TOM HUNTER - Living in Hell and Other Stories
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Currently exhibiting at The National Gallery is an east London artist depicting real life stories taken from The Hackney Gazette.
Tom Hunter tells these stories using carefully staged, large format photographs, restaging them in compositions that often directly refer to classic paintings of the past, many of the paintings to which Hunter has referred for his […]
HITCHCOCK’S EMD CINEMA - Injustice in Art & History
It’s one of those injustices we see too often in the world of art and history… An integral monument to the cultural structure of a society being sacrificed in the name of some unfulfilling, commercial purpose.
The EMD Cinema in Walthamstow was a celebrated building. It is acknowledged as one of London’s finest art deco cinemas […]
SLAVERY - 500 YEARS LATER
The film is a compelling compilation of testimonies, voices and opinions gathered around five continents.
The Live8 concert in July this year, in London’s Hyde Park was set up to raise awareness about the Black continent issues, but before the first guitar riffs, the gig highlighted one single home truth: Africans should do it for themselves! […]
THE PLANETARIUM - The Artvaults Project
Below the post war redevelopment that characterises Southampton’s city centre lies a labyrinth of over 100 underground vaults dating back to the twelfth century. For the second year seven of these spaces are being opened every weekend through the summer as exhibition venues. Last year the project, organised by ‘a’ space, attracted 15,000 visitors.
Three artists […]
VISIONS OF UTOPIA - Utopianism & Post-Ideological Art
Ambitious beyond its means, an international line up of some 150 artists, designers, musicians, writers, thinkers and performers wrestle with the theme of utopia in and around the birthplace of William Morris through exhibitions and installations.
News From Nowhere: Visions Of Utopia promises to be one of the largest art events in London this year. A […]
JAZZ IN THE CITY - Exploration of Jazz & Art
Nina considers the musical language of jazz to be one of her greatest inspirations. Her exhibition, Jazz in the City is the culmination of a life’s work for this innovative and unique artist.
It also begins a tour featuring Nina as an artist in residence, to include The International Jazz Festival in Moscow, during which Nina’s […]
SHANGHAI ON SCREEN - Film Festival 2006
China’s city of Cinema is being celebrated in the Shanghai on Screen film festival screening at venues including the Museum in Docklands as part of the 2006 China in London event.
Of special note are three documentaries screening at City Hall telling the migrant stories of the first Chinese settlers in east Londons Limehouse Basin in […]
RHYTHM FACTORY - Catalyst
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Featuring sculptures, photographs, illustrations by Cat Miranda, Jennifer Hale, Sami Hammoudan, Hugo Sterk; live performance dance and music, DJ’s, poets, visuals; and Illustrations by Jennifer Hale, Contemporary Dance by Briar Adams, live music from Danbob Clarke with vocals from Shannon McNab, Poetry by Tim Wells, Cat Catalyst, David J, Funlola, Ramshackle Event, Salina Saliva, Baden, […]
Actor, Art, Artist, Director, DJ, East London, Humanist, Illustration, Music, Performance, Photography, Poetry, Spiritual, WriterSPICE FESTIVAL 2005 - Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama
The opening night sees an evening of classical opera extracts performed, including Carmen, Nessun Dorma, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and many others at The Hackney Empire.
East London Metropolitan Opera continues to bring together top professional musicians with members of the local community and children from Hackney schools accompanied by a full […]
100% Design - International & Emerging Design Exhibition
East London is in for a treat. September sees the launch of a design exhibition that plans to give anything experimental, conceptual and vibrant a shot at showing themselves. 100% East, presented by 100%Design and Undu Graduates will be an exhibition showcasing international and emerging design.
Jimmy McDonald, Director of Undu Graduates is eager to […]
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