LAUNCH EVENT:
Wednesday 18 February, 6pm – 8pm
Introduction by Owen Jones at 7pm
A six week multi-purpose project coordinated by art collective Fugitive Images opening PEER up as a social, discursive and imaginative space around issues of housing and spatial justice in East London through a constantly changing series of exhibitions, screenings, discussions, readings and workshops. Featuring work by Fugitive Images, Focus 15, Tom Hunter, Bekki Perriman, Jeremy Till, Andre Anderson, John Smith, DIG Collective, Smart Urhoife and many more.
‘This project marks the end of a seven-year series of collaborative works with our neighbours of the Haggerston Estate. Our work came from within the community, with whom we cultivated other spaces to gather, share and campaign before the estate was demolished in 2014. Our neighbourhoods and communities are facing even greater threats from new developments and policies that separate and stratify us. But there are also many that have resisted these forces.
Over six-weeks we are inviting other communities, speakers and artists related to the housing crisis in London to make a series of presentations. The project will act as a platform for campaign groups and engaged makers to bring their important work into a different space, to share with us a glimpse of their own long-term projects on key sites. PEER in partnership with LUX will host works that connect us, that illuminate, that bring pain to the surface, that inspire tenderness, that reject terrifying social injustices and restore ethical imperatives. The events programme brings together discussions around eviction, displacement and homelessness and their expression through an art that is committed to being made public and shared.”
Fugitive Images are Andrea Luka Zimmerman and David Roberts, a collaborative cultural activist producing agency, with a particular interest in, and commitment to, the social organisation of urban space.
Wednesdays 6-8pm – Openings and socials
Fridays from 6.30pm – Film screenings
Saturdays 2-5pm – Homeworks – Public talks from key figures/campaigns on housing
All of the events are FREE, but it is strongly advised to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start time as space is limited and seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Located on Hoxton Street since 2002, PEER is geographically located at the centre of the widening gap between rich and poor. It welcomes this opportunity to be part of the broader conversation about the impact of the dismantling of social housing and huge increases in private rent on the wellbeing of communities. A fundamental aspiration for PEER is to make high quality art available to local, long-established residents of Hoxton as part of the daily experience of the high street. The Real Estates project provides a relevant and urgent channel through which PEER and our communities can explore these ideas further.
Restless Futures is a continuing programme of events that show how design can and should contribute constructively to societal transformation. Central Saint Martins is part of University of the Arts London. www.arts.ac.uk/csm
