WICK CURIOSITY @WICKCURIOSITY www.WICKCURIOSITYSHOP.NET The Wick Common Shop is open Saturdays from 11am-5pm A free ‘Shed Tour’ takes place Sturdays at 1pm. Additional events are advertised inside this leaflet, at the shed and via our website: www.wickcuriosityshop.net COMING UP IN APRIL NarratTves ofF THe WICk THE SHED SCREENINGS PART ONE: ‘THe FaCToryY STORYy’ The Common Shop presents The Shed Screenings: ‘Narratives of the Wick’ as part of the Open Saturdays programme. During the three-hour programme a wide variety of independent productions will tell stories about and from Hackney Wick. The short films and videos take a closer look at the district’s history, creative industry and legacy after the London 2012 Games. An open discussion about each theme will follow after the screenings. WHEN: WHERE: 18th April, 2pm-5pm Wick Common Shop, Fountain Area Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park WICK SESSION HACKNEY WICK AND FISH ISLAND: FUTURE(S) PERFECT The Hackney Wick And Fish Island: Future(S) Perfect Wick Sessions is a workshop exploring the PAST and FUTURE imaginings of Hackney Wick and Fish Island. Sandwiched between a dual carriageway and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick and Fish Island have for some time been bastions of alternative living and working in the capital. WICK SESSIONS are a series of talks, walks and workshops dedicated to Hackney Wick and its surrounding area, bringing together a wide range of voices and expertise. WHEN: WHERE: MORE INFO: 2-5pm Saturday 25th April 2015 Stour Space, 7 Roach Road London, E3 2PA www.wicksessions.net LINES OF FLIGHT: RESEARCH GROUP SEMINAR Lines of Flight is an architectural research group within the PhD programme of the University of Sheffield, which focuses on Transformative Research into Architectural Practice and Education. The seminar is open for public but booking is recommended while spaces are limited. RSVP: [email protected] WHEN: WHERE: 2-5pm 24th of April Wick Common Shop, Fountain Area Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park THE COMMUNITY SHED In 2007 Thomas Pausz met a group of allotment plot holders and initiated a dialogue about their life at Manor Gardens - the allotments formerly sited in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. He created a book-archive of the interviews, where they would describe the dismantled”community shed”. Collectively built, the shed was a place of democratic dialogue, parties, barbecues and afternoon naps. It was also a prime example of vernacular East London allotment architecture. Based on the description of the techniques and materials given by the original users of the shed, and using salvaged architectural parts as well as materials recycled from Art exhibitions, Thomas re-built the shed, this time outside the Royal Albert Hall and The Royal College of Arts. There the allotment gardeners (the original shed makers) joined him in dialogue with architects, planners and the public in the reconstructed shed. This piece is a transitory building. It is a celebration of memory, the transmission of design know-how between generations and cultures and of community spirit. The building was dismantled and the materials transformed into functional shelters in the new allotment site: a kitchen, a porch, and a kiosk. SHED OF THE WEEK: Every two weeks the large billboard on the shed features a reference to other small, local spaces that facilitate cultures of sharing and enable communities to come together. Open Gates II The Shed Workshop The Shed Workshop aims to think the importance of independent spaces and to build a communal shed structure with recycled materials. The workshop starts at the Common Shop at 5pm with an introduction to different local and global shed examples. At 6pm the workshop continues to Vittoria Wharf, Hackney Wick where the participants will build their own common structure with recycled materials. Note: bring your scrap wood and tools! WHEN: Saturday 2 May 2015, 5pm –10pm WHERE: 5pm The Wick Common Shop Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 6pm Unit 17 / Yard, 10 Stour Road Hackney Wick E3 2NT The Wick Common Shop hosts two researcherS in RESIDENCE: Mara Ferreri is an urban researcher interested in the potential of temporary art/activist practices in spaces of contested urban transformation. Mara is shadowing the Common Shop as part of a Queen Mary University funded research entitled: Temporary Use in the PostOlympic Landscape: Between Architectures of Commoning and Spectacle. The research is a collaborationbetween the School of Geography at Queen Mary University and public works and will contribute to the ongoing programme of the Wick Common Shop. Kim Trogal is a research fellow at Central Saint Martins School of art and explores issues around ‘Common Products’, objects which are not conceived for monitory gain but help sustain a variety of alternative economies and exchanges. Kim Trogal is running two sets of workshops with students from Central Saint Martins which stretch over several sessions to be held at the ‘Common Shop’ some of the events are public and will be advertised on the Shed and on our web sites and social media. About The Wick Common Shop The Wick Common Shop is not a shop. It is an archive, a billboard, a venue for discussion, a studio and sometimes a shop. The Shop documents the areas unofficial and “minor” history through an eclectic collection of memories, local produce, memorabilia, oral history, songs and stories. It doesn’t provide an overarching narrative, but a tapestry of mostly disregarded facts and experiences one can navigate in various ways creating as many narratives. For a six month period from February to July it will take up residency in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park where it will host events, workshops and exhibitions around the idea of the ‘Common Object’, artefacts which are not conceived for individual gain but which express ideas of a common good while at the same time unearthing and revealing hidden relationships or narratives about the locality. The Wick Common Shop is a project by public works and has been commissioned as part of the Park’s Local Programme. Find out more at: www.QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk
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