Restaurant dinners are lame. For a genuinely off-beat Valentine’s, head with that special someone to the Pecha Kucha organized by the Japanese Embassy. As per usual for a Pecha Kucha, the presentations will broadly be about architecture and design. Each presenter is limited to 20 slides and 20 seconds for each slide. The presenters will be:
Jonathan Barnbrook - graphic designer; Kenichi Iwasa - filmmaker; Julia Lohmann - designer; Maria Marshall - artist; Claire Merry - Japanesey; Emi Miyashita - artist; Emiko Oki - designer/ceramicist; Sachiko Paris - vision Hairdressers; Christopher Purvis - Japan Society; Fenna Haakma Wagenaar - architect.
Bug is a regular event showcasing some of the most creative and offbeat music videos of the moment. Come see some of the up and coming film directors of London.
Today, at 6:30pm at the Bartlett School, Geoff Manaugh will be discussing the quirkier side of architecture… ranging from how artifical reefs form, how urban soundscapes are created, and the creation of offshore utopias among others. Get ready to be thoroughly entertained
Blurring the lines between fine and performance art, Jasper Joffe is organizing just such a show in order to explore whether this set-up will affect how the pieces (which are incidentally on the theme of beauty) will be received.
Students from the LCC (London College of Communication) are putting on a show at the Dazed Gallery starting this weekend and running until February 5th.
What better way to get into the xmas spirit than to have hundreds of Santas run around all over London? Believe it or not, the day-long event will be taking place this Saturday December the 15th. This is by no means a new phenomenon. The first Santa Flash Mob can be dated back to at least 1996 in Portland, Oregon (USA). In fact, an entire documentary was made about the event. Here is a Camden store where you can get your costume. Contact me if you want to get with our crew. Part-eeeeee woooo!
Let the inner wordsmith in you come out on the 17th of December at the one and only Troubadour. Words can seduce, uplift, connect, bring down empires and a whole lot more… but they can also make a party a great party. Check it…
Larisa Blazic created a motion-sensitive installation. When you ‘make a move’, audio samples are triggered which say ‘love’, ‘i love you’, ‘do you love me’… you get the point. A fun yet immersive and thought-provoking piece.
Have some clothes you want to get rid off? What better way to do that than to come to a clothing swap party for Halloween… who knows…someone’s trash could be someone else’s treasure. Entry is free but you’ll have to pay £3 to leave!
Billed as an evening of extraordinary and outrageous amusements for the ladies and gentlemen about town, A Varierty Show is bringing carabaret back with a vengance. You’ll be able to see magic tricks, burlesque show girls, comedians, and a whole lot more.
The objective of Cut and Paste is to create an event that brings the battle format, usually associated with djing and breakdancing, to digital design. This Saturday, eight digital designers battle it out at the Truman Brewery to reign supreme.
Free Art Fair is a welcome change from the Frieze Art Fair where unfortunately too many clueless finance types and Russian oligarchs troll in with their trophy girlfriends/wives and attempt to buy status. Instead of selling art to the highest bidder, the Free Art Fair lets you register your interest in a piece of work. If you’re first in line when the fair is over for that piece of work, then the piece is yours! Mind you, free does not mean crap. Some of the artists on the roster have exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery and the Tate Modern. The Free Art Fair runs roughly at the same time as the Frieze - from the 8th to 14th of October.
This Friday, social network music site Last.fm is throwing another one of their parties - this time at the Old Blue Last Bar. As usual, djs will play some of the favourite tracks of last.fm users that are subscribed to the event. Musicians featured at the event include:SSS, Duracell, Tapedeck DJs, and The Errorplains among others. Free entry. Starts at 8pm but make sure to get there early - bound to be packed.
This Friday, a new publicly-funded art gallery will open in London. Designed by award-winning architect David Adjaye, Rivington Place will showcase international visual arts installations.
The words rehab and party are so often uttered together in the same sentence that it was only a matter of time before someone threw a rehab-themed party.
The Deptford Design Market Challenge, part of the London Design Festival, is showcasing competition results from the 15th to the 25th of September. Designers were required to turn thrift market material into something functional and beautiful.
By far, my favourite was the ipod guitar. An old guitar was fitted with speakers and an ipod dock.
On Saturday the 22nd of September, a zombie flash mob will take place in London. Starting at St. Paul’s Cathedral at 1pm, the march will eventually end up in Hoxton Square at 6pm, The party carries on though, through Saturday evening, at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen. Professional make-up artists will be on-hand to help you bring out your inner zombie. Zombies of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your lethargic attitude!
Architect Usman Haque is creating a light installation at Holland Park on the 16th of September. Consisting of hundreds of helium ballons with light-emitting diodes insides, Burble (as the installation) will be powered in a kite-like fashion by dozens of members of the public.
The Spitz Gallery, which has grown to become a bit of an institution in the east end, has to leave its current space. On September 11th, social network music site Last.fm is throwing a benefit party. Last.fm users that are subscribed to the event will be able to hear some of their tunes tagged as favourites at the party.
