Some[w]Here Now: SoapBox Art Lab & The Day of Small Conversations

THE DAY OF SMALL CONVERSATIONS
Tickets: £5 (contribution to lunch and refreshments) / Free for local residents.
Places will be limited and popular - please book in advance.


Some[w]Here Now invites artists, local people, and others interested to join the drawing shed for open conversations at Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park, exploring how artists may work collaboratively, with ‘local’ communities and in ‘public’ places, in the context of Now.

The frame is set by the drawing shed's playful and critically informed Some[w]Here contemporary arts project on three housing estates known as ‘the island’. The estates are situated in 9 Elms in the shadow of the Battersea Power Station Development in London SW8 and close to Pump House Gallery.

Conversations will be co-hosted by a number of artists and thinkers, including Sally Labern, Bobby Lloyd, Jordan McKenzie, Barby Asante, Daniella Valz Gen, Adrian Renton, Cara Courage, Dr. Debra Benita Shaw, and Live Art Development Agency (more to be announced). The days agenda will then be shaped by all of the voices in the room, with conversations passing between small groups throughout, looking towards future possible projects, shared actions, and collaborations.

SoapBox Arts Lab
6 - 8 June | 11am - 5pm

The Day of Small Conversations follows the drawing shed's SoapBox Arts Lab taking place at the gallery in the three days preceding. Here the artists will be taking over the gallery for individual and collaborative making of mobile soapbox structures. These will further be used as a platform for conversations on June 9. The SoapBox Arts Lab is free; please turn up on any of the three days to join in, or email for further information.

On 9 June, the drawing shed will also launch the Some[w]Here publication: Manual for Possible Projects on the Horizon

For more information, please email: [email protected]

Supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Wandsworth Council and Pump House Gallery.