A TINAG FESTIVAL EVENT
www.thisisnotagatewayfestival.net
Sunday 26TH October 2008
3-5pm
Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
SALON DE REFUSES OLYMPIQUE
This event was the latest manifestation of what began as the initiated ‘Olympic Artist Forum’ - an afternoon of presentations and roundtable discussion exploring creative responses to the changing London 2012 Olympic site and surrounding regeneration zone. The salon aims to voice to those operating alongside official cultural programming and offering a more critical stance - from outright rejection of the ‘Olympic story’ to ironic critique and adaptive actions. Primarily this salon aims to address practices that attempt to engage audiences and participants with the Olympic- led regeneration and changes happening in East London in the run-up to 2012 in a thought provoking way and creative way. The event featured short presentations of work by participants using their vision and visuals as prompts to engage with key questions raised within the salon.
The debate was accompanied by tea and cake made from the fruits of the Olympic fringe lands provided by Pudding Mill River: Purveyors of Sporting Spirits and Foodstuffs, event hosts.
