Street Art Goes Underground

This season, DISCO nightclub in Soho, will host an innovative series of pop-up street art. This partnership between London’s most talked about, up-and-coming street artists and one of The West End's most vibrant nightspots, will ensure an unforgettable musical and visual feast for everyone that visits the ever-evolving exhibition.

The exhibition will run for six weeks, throughout fashion week in February, and continuing into March. It will see the works of a new artist showcased each week, in the form of a full club takeover, displayed as temporary, floor to ceiling murals, throughout the clubs mirrored walls.

Robin Kay, Business Development Director at DISCO notes what a great fit this kind of event is for the club, stating, ’Harking back to the heyday of disco culture, the exhibition will in many ways be reflective of the style of urban art and political graffiti that was prominent in Manhattan, during the disco movement, such as the works of Keith Haring, which we have actually based a lot of DISCO’s more permanent design features and wall murals on.’

The talented team that will be taking part in this urban project, curated by DISCO Marketing & Membership Manager, Charlie Herman, an artist in his own right, will range from fashion illustrators, to portrait artists, and even a cake designer. For further information on this creative collective, their five individual websites and profiles have been listed below.

This programme of events will then culminate in a grand finale and photography showcase on Friday 7th March 2014. Here guests will get to see the unified works of the group and have a chance to speak with each of the individual artists, that will all be in attendance, along with a selection of other urban expertise, talented trend setters and bright young things.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Zoe Neilson: is a London based Freelance Artist/Illustrator that specialises in portraiture. Her style is contemporary and has elements of fashion illustration. A passionate lover of music and fashion, these are both influential in her work. Acrylics are her main choice of medium, but she also incorporates Oils, Watercolour, Graphite and Biro.

Outside London Collective; The Outside Collective is a London based creative agency made up of a talented and creative team with experience working across a range of media channels including graphic design, digital, film, photography, street art and illustration. As communication lines become increasingly blurred, their ability to work across all channels allowing them to deliver quality, timely, and engaging projects.

Dan Jamieson:is an illustrator from Nottingham, based in London. He works with a wide variety of pens and paints to create humorous takes on popular culture and current affairs - adopting a blend of naivety, accuracy, repetitive patterns and frenetic mark making.

Tommy Pang: is a London based fashion illustrator and stylist who has worked and been featured / published in many respectable international and national fashion publications such as Vogue UK, Tatler UK, The Company High street edit, Company magazine, Radia and Parttime magazine etc.

Tommy has also worked for fashion related clients, designers and companies such as Barbara Wiggins, Tobi Hannah, Thai Airways, London studios and Sorapol London etc. 2013-2014 sees the development and launch of his first lifestyle brand 'Lapin De Luxe' and his continuation into illustration after brief break.

Steph Parker: is a cake maker and artist, believing bespoke Cakes are a sculpted piece of art that you can eat and share with others, creating emotions from sugar and turning flour into a picture. Steph says; “Something personal evokes memories…we create cakes for any occasion, sparking a range of emotions…share an individual piece of edible art with those you love.”

DISCO is an underground boîte inspired by the 1970s Manhattan disco movement. Guests are greeted at a Pan Am-inspired lounge where air stewardesses issue boarding passes and check personal items into the cloakroom via a conveyor belt. DISCO has a cool and quirky interior, featuring entire walls of retro televisions beaming out music videos and nostalgic memorabilia including colorful rollerskates, cassette tapes, and the bar is even mocked up to resemble a vintage fairground stall. The nightclub features choreographed routines from singers and dancers, and serves up cocktails including a sharing option served in an oversized glitter ball.

DISCO has been brought to London by The Inception Group who also own and operate Chelsea speakeasy Barts, 80s themed nightclub, Maggie’s, the acclaimed Bunga Bunga, an Englishman’s Italian, Bar, Pizzeria and Karaoke, Mr Fogg’s, a Mayfair based bar modeled on the actual home of Jules Verne’s most famous adventurer, Phileas Fogg and coming soon to Chelsea – log cabin inspired club, Beavers.

So for a night where not just the DJ will be mixing his colorful collection – head on down to DISCO