PINS: “Same – I love seeing what type of art they have on the walls *Research
For more randomness and in-depth chat about my journey including current views of the Art game with boss woman Salma El-Wardany on BBC Radio London, click HERE or download the BBC Sounds app and search ‘The Scene with Jasmine Dotiwala’ – Sept 19th Episode – have a listen (my bit from 18m10sec onwards)
Thankyou to Jasmine Dotiwala (a true veteran in the media game) for getting me on and providing such a platform for uncovering London’s diverse culture and emerging talent.…
So during my ‘Coming Home’ PINStallation at the Museum of Croydon , I’ve met so many diverse people, young and gold, from diverse backgrounds enter the space. One such group was The Cedar View Care Centre guys who whizzed down, and of course I gave them the full tour / breakdown of what the project was about, to which they positively responded and got involved in designing their brick boxes 🙂
Special thanks to Karen, who works at the Centre, for not only bringing the guys down but also for her enthusiasm in doing so, and really embracing the creativeness of it all, by literally creating a ‘PINShrine’ of the day in their reception area at the Centre – how random, how cool *Big up Kaz!…
This year marks 100 years since the Housing Act, which in 1919 gave rise to widespread building of council housing across the UK and including the London Borough of Croydon. So since visiting my Stormzy / Coming Home installation currently on at the Museum of Croydon, the Croydon Housing team got in touch, felt the ‘bricks’ vibe and wanted an interactive element to their ‘100 Years Of Council Housing’ exhibition which they were putting on, along with archival bits from the Museum itself.…
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