Spotted these amazing photographs by Menno Aden on Thidaa’s blog, and love them for giving something familiar a whole new perspective (and for their sense of voyeurism….) The flatness and graphic quality of ‘Room Portraits‘ makes them abstract and almost unrecognisable in subject matter, while still interesting in terms of colour and composition. Room Portraits […]
Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined, at the Royal Academy, is a series of installations by seven different architects, each looking to expand the visitor’s perception of space, and the architect’s role in defining how that space is experienced. The exhibition has thrown the floor open to the discussion over art meeting architecture, partly through the staging of such a large profile […]
So, a little update on how the Scene project is developing – slowly, slowly behind the scenes, until one summer’s day it will emerge as a butterfly (we hope): The location hunt continues… looking for any kind of property in London can be daunting and disheartening, but when that place is meant to say everything […]
I absolutely love this project from Alice Moloney, documenting lives at Newent House, an elderly day centre. Water colours and pen and ink by Alice Moloney for Frankie magazine
News from yeahhackney.com: Hackney has won the award for Transport Borough of the year at the London Transport awards 2014 www.transporttimesevents.co.uk/awards.php for its cycling and sustainability initiatives. More info at: www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/hackney-scoops-top-award-for-pioneering-cycling-schemes-9175465.html and lcc.org.uk/articles/love-london-go-dutch-wins-london-transport-award
Last night, as the third in a series of takeovers at the V&A showcasing the offerings of various art scenes across the city, Hackney Wick landed with its own unique take on what it means to work and create in London today. Time was, Hackney Wick was an undiscovered treasure, the back and beyond, a […]