Updates
Blogs from artists, participants and art centres written during the project, which give insight into the highs and lows of individual Here and Now projects.
Dawinder Bansal
The stories were collected together to build an online archive on Instagram and a selection of submissions were featured in a short film by Dawinder with an accompanying soundscape created by Martyn. The film has been developed as part of the Waltham Forest and Barbican Virtual Culture programme and will be shared during Leytonstone Loves […]
Nigel & Louise
Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari spent several weeks talking to people on the streets, market stalls, shops and businesses of Deptford, knocking on doors and asking local people: ‘We want to make or do something at the Albany in Deptford that brings local people together and gives them something to talk about – what would […]
Martin Richmann & Luxx
Online conversations ranged from memories of first holidays or special trips out, favourite sweets and memorable foods from childhood, first concerts and shows, iconic clothes that are kept or lost forever, how our own neighbourhoods have changed beyond recognition, and how some buildings have stood the test of time. How do these memories root us […]
Scarabeus Aerial Theatre
Jacksons Lane partnered with the acclaimed aerial circus company Scarabeus for Our House is on Fire, a site-specific new work set in the picturesque Queens Wood in Highgate, featuring an ensemble of local young aerialists. The show arose out of the young people’s thoughts and feelings around our planet and the environment, and was a […]
Stacey McKnight
The live performance which was devised by young poeple, based on responses from Tottenham’s local community on their differing experiences of the Covid-19 lockdowns, was a holistic exploration of the intersection between Covid, mental health, race, dance and community.
Jo Fong
We’re living in and out of hope, yet the seasons keep coming. Covid has scrapped so many versions of stability and yet there is an opportunity to re-think. In these times what is success? Getting to the next year with grace perhaps? Or can we do this together? Or are there things we will need […]
Take Stock Exchange
From isolating experiences of lockdown, to stories of neighbourhoods coming together, to dreams for the future (including one about eating a strawberry cake), the conversations focused on the way in which people in the communities of Barnet care for and support one another. You can listen to podcast here, or you can watch and listen to […]