Category Archives: Shoreditch life
Mapping Time & Space
Mapping Time & Space is the latest solo exhibition by artist Peter Mountford. Running until 1 July, his work uses maps as the basis for the four playful wall installations. “The freedom to disobey the conventions of mapping and traditional portrayal of our encounters with landscape opens up a greater dialogue for both me as [...]
Do you have a Shoreditch story to tell?
Charlie Inman at Mother London is getting together a project for the Shoreditch Digital Fringe festival. It’s about people telling their stories of their experiences in Shoreditch. Here’s what he is after: “We’ve all walked past that massive old warehouse, or that ancient little clerk’s cottage, or that new block of flats, and wondered to [...]
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Fancy being immortalised in a famous piece of art?
Political photographer Gerard Rancinan, renowned for his stark depictions of ‘a confused humanity’, is exhibiting in London for the first time, in conjunction with the Opera Gallery on New Bond Street. As part of this show, called Wonderful World, he’s also going to pop down to Shoreditch for a casting event that will see a [...]
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Film review: Goodbye First Love
By Samantha Ashworth Mia Hanson–Love follows up Father of my Children with this romantic tale of a young girl Camille (Lola Creton) and her intense and unwavering love for her child hood sweetheart Sullivan (Sebastian Urzendowsky). This film is thought to be a semi autobiographical representation of Love’s childhood relationships. It is seen over the [...]
Five of the best theatre pubs in and around Shoreditch
The East End has quickly become known as the hub of the arts scene, as well as one of the coolest places in London to party. So it seems only right to combine two of our most loved pastimes, nights out and taking in art, in one innovative venue. Here Jenny Greenwood lists five of [...]
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The Hoxton Art Gallery
In the lead up to The Hoxton Art Gallery’s new exhibition “Wunderkammer” launching on 9 March 2012, our new reviewer Katrine Carstens rewinds for a moment to last summer and the opening exhibition “Symbiosis”: May 2011: As soon as I turned the corner into Charlotte Road I was swallowed up by a sea of lingering [...]
Hello sunshine!
It’s probably never safe to say winter’s over in this country but I’m going to say it anyway – winter’s over! Although I did read in this morning’s Metro that there’s snow on the way but we’ll just put that to the back of our minds for now. So here are a few places around [...]
Talking Baby Twins Revealed
Baby talk by Joe Barratt and Jo Lyons. This is what the talking twins were probably saying to each other.
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Field Day – Jamie xx, James Blake, and many more
Saturday 6th August 2011 – Victoria Park, London, E2 Further artists confirmed for East London spectacular! Jamie xx, James Blake, Carl Craig, Warpaint, Faust and more join the likes of Wild Beasts, Electrelane, John Cale, Tortoise and The Horrors About Group / Anna Calvi / Carl Craig / Casper C / Chad Valley / Chimes [...]
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Feng Shui , where you been? By Nikita Chauhan