This 3-day conference is part one of an event that is hoped to promote ideas and identify projects that could use dialogue to retake and regenerate streets and public spaces.
The aim of day one is to introduce the subject of dialogue through the works and writings of different theoreticians and practitioners.

PANEL 1

RECONSTRUCTION OF SPACES
Yara Sharif
Doina Petrescu
Reza Pourvaziri

PANEL 2
NARRATIVE AND DREAMS
Torange khonsari, Jean Pierre
one local speaker

PANEL 3
PLACE AND IDENTITY
Samah Hijawi
Laura Englezue
2 other local speakers

‘The Whitechapel gift shop’ described 2 posts below this one, is now open and the Launch on Thursday was a great event

The Wick Curiosity Shop is an eclectic collection of local produce, memorabilia, oral history, songs and stories from or about Hackney Wick. Originally commissioned by [Space] for the Hackney Wick Festival. Produced by public works with Pudding Mill River.

The Wick Curiosity Shop exists as a series of events in which it temporarily assembles. The display and the format in which the shop is presented are changing with each event and the shop archive is continuously growing. This way the shop is slowly collecting an extensive list of contributions made in or inspired by Hackney Wick and the surrounding area.

In its most complete form the shop exist on line. The Wick Curiosity Shop Web-site brings all contributions together in one place. You can brows the shop either by looking for individual contributors, by searching all contributions or by events when the shop was open and on site.

Contact us if you would like to contribute something to the shop or spotted something that needs further explanation. You can also join the shop mailing list to stay informed about future events. To find out more about the Hackney Wick Festival visit http://www.hackneywickfestival.org.uk

join us for the launch of the whitechapel gift shop

featuring the opening of photographer jon cartwright and the launch of the gift exchange

november 27th, 2008, 7-9pm
the whitechapel gift shop
2a east mount street
london e1 1ba
www.thewhitechapelgiftshop.com
click to view map

The whitechapel gift shop is part of a larger project by public works which sees the transformation of an old pottery building in whitechapel e1 into a (non for profit) gallery and project space as well as the home for pilar and pele cortizo-burgess owners and shop keepers. The premise is organised around a internal ‘court yard’ and comprises a living quarter that can accommodate previously agreed one off cultural events and the whitechapel gift shop, an informal cultural space engaging with the local community.

the whitechapel gift shop consists of 3 non-commercial parts:
1)artists space: studio space donated to artists for short residencies. The first phase of residencies will host artists: jon cartwright, victoria nightingale, richard and christopher fairhead, frontal, verity keefe, katy binks, kamala katbamna, flip baber. click to see full programme
2)the gift exchange: where ‘gifts’ made by individuals or groups are exchanged for other ‘gifts’, not sold.
3)gifted: a series of workshops and conversations aimed at inspiring individuals and groups to discover and share their gifts.

Building work to the living quarter will start early in 2009 once the first phase of residencies are completed. Both the development of the gift shop and the development of the design for the building works are running in parallel and indirectly inform each other. The project proposes an architectural process which is equally concerned with establishing a new network of social relationships as well as delivering a physical environment which can support those new relationships as they are being played out and expanded over time.

Both aspects of the project explore notions of recycling and reusing which ultimately will inform the aesthetics of the build.

Whilst we wait for the result for AHRC grant that will enable us to take this experimental architecture project forward we exhibit the ideas as research.

Come join us:
ASD Exhibitions
Department of Architecture
and Spatial Design
London Metropolitan University
Spring House
40 – 44 Holloway Road
London N7 8JL

Click to view full pdf invite and details

The panel-led discussion will be held at
4.00 pm in room 82E04, Belfast Campus,
Ulster University.

Launch of the Village Produce Films
during a Two Day Village Shop
13th and 14th November 2008
as part of Grizedale Arts’ Toadball.tv at the
Royal Academy’s Contemporary Season,
6 Burlington Gardens, London W1J 0BD.

Please join us for the special launch event on
Thursday 13th November 2008 from 19.00
with our films, village food and shop talk.

The Two Day Village Shop will be hosted by
Kathrin Böhm (myvillages & public works),
Wapke Feenstra (myvillages) and
Andreas Lang (public works).

Village produce from an extended network of producers will be on offer.
Opening hours of our shop are:
Thursday 13th from 12.00 to 22.00 and
Friday 14th November from 12.00 - 18.00.

The Village Shop is a joint long term initiative by myvillages.org (www.myvillages.org), public works (www.publicworksgroup.net),
Grizedale Arts (www.grizedale.org) and somewhere (www.somewhere.org.uk ). The Village Produce Films show the producers and production of several items from Lawson Park (UK), Wjelsryp (NL) and Höfen (Ger), and are a co-production with Michael Smythe.
See more on www.agrifashionista.tv.

This event is supported by the Mondriaan Foundation and villages mentioned.

On Wednesday 5th November at 20.00,
as part of the 2008 Ibai lecture series,
on invitation by Isabelle doucet for recyclart

“INSIDE OUT/SIDE IN
After having explored the theme of ‘hybridisation of space’ through a closer look at architecture and urbanism practices with a specific focus on co-production of space and the particular attention this required for architectural representation, the coming ibai-lectures will explore the notion of hybridisation through a closer look at the public/private tension of public/private urban space. Under the theme INSIDE OUT/SIDE IN two evenings will be organised, inviting each time an architectural ‘practice’ that has an original and hybrid way to address this tension, and a ‘thinker’ who will reflect on such approaches from a more theoretical/philosophical point of view.”

public works will join the Salon de refuses Olympique for an afternoon of presentations and discussions at Cafe Oto in Dalston on Sunday 26th October 3-5pm

TINAG festival includes the latest incarnation of the Olympic Artist Forum :
Salon de refuses Olympique
Join us on Sunday 26th October for the latest manifestation of the [ S P A C E ] 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 debate will be 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, sponsors of this event.
Participants include, Gesche Wuerfel, Leigh Niland, Emma Dwyer of MOLAS (Museum of London Archaeological Services) Tessa Garland and Stephen Cornford.

Download the full Salon de refuses Olympique - Programme

Download the full TINAG Festival Programme

image: local pre pre launch of the films earlier this summer

public works together with myvillages.org and Grizedale Arts have been producing 8 short films which document the makers and making of different village produce. Three of the films have been shot in Höfen and show the making of the butterspoon, the doylless bag and the jar lamp - all former Höfer Goods produce.
This years - alongside well known conserves and other things - we’ ll be showing and selling the films on DVD.
The films will be launched in the UK on 13th November 2008 as part of the New Seasons exhisbition at the Royal Academy and together with other film projects curated by Grizedale Arts for the Agrifashionista.tv project.