Friday 24t February at 19.00

at public works studio

1-5 Vyner Street

London E2

This Friday Session doesn't promise a quick fix to raising money for projects, but looks at different models and concepts of self-funding and self-sufficiency.

Speakers to be confirmed soon.

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Sunday, 11th Dec 2011 - 4pm - 6pm
At public works - 1-5 Vyner street, London E2 9DG

After a talk by James Quilligan at an event held by School of Commoning the realisation of how far the thinking about commons extends, from cultural commons to intellectual commons, digital commons, common governance and the common sector as an additional sector to the existing private and public sector lead to the inspiration for this event.

In this Friday Session (on a SUNDAY) we are delighted to invite:

The School of Commoning will introduce their activities towards a new kind of educational space, to bring the commons into being. It is a social enterprise that provides education for commons culture and social renewal.

Michel Bauwens, research fellow at university of Amsterdam and external expert at Pontifical academy of social sciences to talk about co-production and co-governance.

Celine Condorelli will explore forms of commons and commonality, making a small, specific cut into the large question of how to live autonomously and together by focusing on old and new enclosures, forms of communing and of being in common.

public works will present a selection of projects which attempted to implement co-production and spatial/urban tools that tried to create commonality.

If there's interest, there will be also a possibility to test the commons concept in practice, by envisioning the formation of a knowledge commons on Urban Spaces for the People, by the People. This could become a collaborative project to follow on from this introductory session.

PLEASE RSVP

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    We are inviting friends and colleagues to join us for drinks, music and get-your-design-x-mas decoration laser cut on Friday 2nd December from 19.00 at our studio on Vyner Street. Matilde Martinetti, who currently works with us, will be playing her latest compilation "STEREO-TYPE. New frontiers of Italian Music". See more info below.

Bring a design for a very special x-mas decoration and the most popular one will be laser cut that night. You can also send it by e mail in advance. Just keep it smaller than A4.

Spritz will be served. And there will be food - of course.

* The compilation explores the concept of stereotype starting with a fundamental element of Italian culture: the melodic music of the Classical Period. The composers of those early songs influenced the shaping of a home made stereotype more than important historic eras such as Risorgimento (the Italian unification 150 years ago), the temporary post-war cohesion or the disown of terrorism during the 1970ies.

Another compilation,  the Compilation of Crisis, can be seen here.

Have a look at the winner of our Christmas decoration competition by Christopher king.

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Speakers include Rowan Durrant (artist), Colin Priest (Studio Columba), Rebecca Whyte (Stour Space), Caitlin Elster (Muf architecture/art), Joanna Hughs (mother studios), Anna Harding from [Space], Joe Stillion (Electric Matchbox) and Mimi Mollica, (photographer via Skype).

Friday Session 47 will take place in Hackney Wick, Hosted by public works together with
Hilary Powell to form a contribution to her forthcoming book about the Olympics, published by Myrdle Court Press and launched in April 2012.

Hackney Wick Un-Regulated is part of a weekend of salons, discussions and round tables curated by Hilary Powell with book contributors and invited participants drawing out some of the issues within the book.

The session will be recorded and edited version will form a contribution to the book.
Places are limited and RSVP is necessary. You can do so -> here 
For more information on the other salons of the series click ->here 

Friday 30th September 2011
7.30-9.30pm
Electric Matchbox
92 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London E9 5EN
http://www.electricmatchbox.com/

 

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A round of presentations and discussion followed by a book launch, accompanied by drinks.

On Friday 17th June with

Rochus Urban Hinkel, from Urban Interior, a research group at the School of Architecture, 
RMIT University, Melbourne 
Dr Hélène Frichot from Architecture + Philosophy
Marianne Müller, Concrete Geometries Research Cluster, Architectural Association School of Architecture

And the presentation of the "Urban Interior - informal explorations, interventions and occupations" book,
edited by Rochus Urban Hinkel.

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Speakers include: Helena Webster, Bethany Wells, Alex Warnock-Smith & Elena Pascolo, Colin Priest, Trenton Oldfield, Ro Spankie, Ruth Morrow, Torange Khonsari

Architectural education has been talked about a lot recently; mostly in terms of how it will survive within the landscape of increased university fees and how it might better serve the architecture profession of the future. This forum however is less concerned with internal insecurities and instead opens up a discussion about architectural education both to those not traditionally valorized within the current system and to others who have as much to say about cities, spaces and spatial practice as architects.

The event invites people engaged and enraged by architectural education to give voice to new potentials, locations and collaborations in architectural education.

Format of evening: Six or Seven, 5min presentations  followed by discussion.
Views from the peripheral – professional, cultural, geographical are welcome.
The Friday Session is facilitated by Ruth Morrow with public works 

Details of contributors to be confirmed and published soon.

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This WICK CURIOSITY SHOP focuses on current activities and programmes including self-initiated, commissioned, informal and formal projects. The programme splits into three groups of events:

The Way We Walk
The Way We Make
The Way We Talk

Two evening sessions are announced here:

COLLECTIVELY WICK
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 7pm till late

A Wick Development Trust and trust in development.

There is no Development Trust in Hackney Wick or the surrounding area. With so much speculative and top-down development descending on Hackney Wick we want to take a moment and brain storm alternatives for a collective community driven development of public spaces in Hackney Wick.
Speakers to be confirmed.

GROUNDS FOR CULTURE
Friday, March 4, 2011, 7pm till late

Wick Session Number 2 will bring together artists and activists currently working on projects or setting up initiatives in Hackney Wick. A friendly and informal exchange between practitioners with a passion for Hackney Wick.
Speakers to be confirmed.

Please check our website for updates, www.wickcuriosityshop.net

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- The launch of TRANS-LOCAL-ACT, the publication resulting from the Rhyzom project public works has been involved in over the last 18 months.

- A Friday Session on architectural education together with Ruth Morrow from the School of Architecture at Queen's University Belfast.

Dates to be confirmed soon.

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Friday Session 42 will bring
together two speakers who's work as artist and architect has led
them to a close involvement with nomadic and pastoral cultures
across the globe.


Pooya Ghoddousi, Architect and researcher born in
Tehran and currently living in London will present his work nomadic
and transitional cultures. Fernando García Dory,
artist and ecologist from Spain will introduce his practice and
involvement with the global pastoral movement from setting up of a
Shepherds School in Spain to organising a global gathering of
pastoralists.

Friday Sessions are informal talks and
presentations hosted by public works mostly on Friday evenings -
but sometimes on a Wednesday - with invited guests and friends.


Anyone is welcome.


Beer is served.

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