“We were chucked out on the street, when I was probably 5,6 or 7, lots of us were you know, working class families, didn’t have toys in the house or books to read or paper to draw on, everyone was chucked out onto the street. And we had a box of chalk for hopscotch, and about 5 balls, 3 to juggle, juggle on the wall and we had marbles, we called them ‘Ollies’, one phat one, and lots and lots of them.…
Hope you enjoyed the crazy heat last week, honestly thought no one would turn up to the drop-in sessions being inside n all, but actually, it was that type of heat where you just appreciated a cool / chilled space, which worked out pretty well for me having the sessions between 12-3pm / 3-5pm (The sun being the hottest between 11-3pm usually) attracting some committed folk who enjoyed their time getting proper creative, as I did.…
I was recently invited to attend the listening session in The Showroom’s ‘Sounds of Resistance’ series curated by the lovely Attia Shiraz, featuring Analog Armenia & Syrian Cassette Archives, with a sick DJ set by SAISOUNDS – can confirm it was a VIBE!
‘Sounds of Resistance’ is an event series in which music archivists and DJs take part in communal listening sessions to share cultural memories through sound and visual projections of their chosen music & contexts of music resistance.…
Abit last minute, but thought I’d roll out some free creative sessions for youth across 3 sites this half-term South of the river, aka my local local Endz…
It’s been a minute since I visited Sutton, and if I’m honest, didn’t really have a reason to since spending most of my time delivering work in more central parts of London. But, it was good to stay South and re-connect with an area which used to be quite a spot for going out & clubbing it up back in the day, wayyyy back!…
