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Space

CLIENT:

Space Studios

LOCATION:

Various locations in the UK

PROJECTS:

Several projects over several years - see below

AUDIENCE:

An eclectic mix from all walks of life

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HACKNEY WICK FESTIVAL

A small but perfectly formed community event, Hackney Wick Festival was a collaborative project organised by Space Studios.  Consisting of a series of artist led projects and activities to engage and involve local people.  It was also one of the first events to be part of the Cultural Olympiad of which Hackney is one of the 5 host boroughs. GaiaNova provided event consultancy to help the artists and organisers with their event planning and licensing application. During the event we provided a site manager, sound engineer and stage manager and a team of stewards.

SPACE NOW

Originally started in 1966 by several well known artists and has now been around for 40 years. GaiaNova converted the outdoor covered area at the back of space studio's to provide a venue for the Celebrations. GaiaNova sponsored the event as well as transforming the space using sound, video, lights and scuplutre 

THE ROMAN ROAD PARTY

A quirky, humourous day out on Roman Road, Bow, E3.

Commissioned artists Ben and Holly, the Laundrettas and pH each created distinctive areas on the street, which included a village fete obstacle course, a sea-side area and the Laundromat of Love. SPACE worked with local residents to create activities for the day and appointed artists to create a series of market stalls and live art performances running along the Roman Road.

Other attractions included a giant safety match construction, a portrait tattoo parlour, a shopping trolley conga, Bow's strongest man, and a gang of cardigan wearing fans loitering on the corner of Cardigan Road.

Artists at the party included FrenchMottershead, Hayvend Laboratories, Lottie Child, Marysa Dowling, Ashley McCormick, Daniel Lehan, Kay Aplin, David Brazier, Erica Scourti, Esther Collins, Gitte Bog, Harald Smykla, Helena Bryant, Pouloumi Desai, Kazzum Childrenís Theatre, Lizzie Hughes, Daedalus, Maria Yiasoumi, B.O.W Social Club, 5th Wheel Productions, Raimi Gbadamosi.

ONE NIGHT GRANDSTAND

Every young kickabouter's dream is to see their goal in an action-replay on the stadium screens. This one-off football game was produced within the Ranwell Estate complete with flood-lighting, a live PA belting out real commentary by professional commentator Phil Parry (BBC London), whilst live images of the local kids playing football was projected on three large screens surrounding the football pitch to the sound of roaring crowds and the grandstand theme tune.

Watch the video at www.onenightgrandstand.co.uk

STRANGERS WITH ANGELIC FACES

What does it mean to be a Stranger? The term constitutes such a broad area of life in modern society. Alien migrants penetrate borders, travellers render maps meaningless, the homeless who make the street their own, bizarre subcultures that make city life so dynamic.

'Strangers With Angelic Faces' was an explorative project curated by Levent Calikoglu which explored these issues through a diverse range of mediums within a gallery setting.

This exciting mix of Turkish and British exhibiting artists included:

  • Shona Illingworth

  • Ali Demirel

  • Denizhan Ozer

  • Dryden Goodwin

  • Gul Ilgaz

  • Neriman Polat

  • Pinar Yolacan

  • Serkan Ozkaya

  • Seza Paker

  • Sener Ozmen and Erkan Ozgen