From 18 February to 28 March 2015 Real Estates was a 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. Programme
Thursdays 2-5pm Class Room - workshops and lectures for st
udents and the public
Fridays from 6.30pm Film screenings
Saturdays 2-5pm Homeworks - Public talks from key figures/campaigns on housing
Week One 18 to 21 February
This week expanded on the Estate project by Fugitive Images, featuring material generated from their long-term engagement on the Haggerston Estate in collaboration with residents and local practitioners. Key events include an evening with filmmaker John Smith including screenings of Hackney Marshes and Blight, UEL Unit 10 students will held a seminar on their design and engagement with the Nightingale Estate and talks from the information, support and campaign group Hackney Digs. Week Two 25 to 28 February
This week will profile work by artist Tom Hunter including a sculptural model and photographs of the Holly Street Estate (demolished in 2001) and his film A Palace for Us. Events include workshops with sound artist Brandon LaBelle and architectural theoretician Jane Rendell, and a talk by architect and Head of Central Saint Martins, Jeremy Till. Film maker and writer John Rogers (Trews Reports/Drift Report) surveys his ongoing series of videos highlighting housing campaigns around London including the New Era Estate, West Hendon, and Save Soho. Week Three 4 to 7 March
This week is themed around homelessness. Bekki Perriman’s The Doorways Project explores homeless culture through photography and sound, inviting visitors to pay attention to the intimate, sometimes humorous, often disturbing and mostly ignored stories of homeless people. This will be accompanied by photographs by Moyra Peralta and work from Cardboard Citizens which has been making theatre with homeless people for over 20 years, for homeless and non-home-less audiences. Cardboard Citizens is informed and inspired by Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, using the arts to provoke debate and rehearse actions. Events include a screening of Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home and talks by performance artist Marcia Farquhar and campaigners Lesley Woodburn and Barry Watt. Week Four 11 to 14 March
This week is curated by DIG Collective, formed of William Bock, Alberto Duman, Sophie Mason and Mark Morgan, who came together to interrogate demolition and redevelopment, ritual and nature in Hackney Central. Week Five 18 to 21 March
This week is run by Focus E15 Campaign, continuing to build their movement that demands SOCIAL HOUSING, NOT SOCIAL CLEANSING. The week will be a melting pot of ideas and events, exhibiting visual materials and films about their campaign, hosting an eviction resistance workshop, open mic night, discussions and socials. Week Six 25 to 28 March
The final week will feature an expanded enquiry from Fugitive Images, including politics and high fashion expressed in the Ghana Must Go bags made by Estate fashion designer Smart Urhoife. Events include a panel discussion by and on Women, Home and Activism with Lorna & Elam Forrester, Gillian McIver, Lesley Woodburn, Emer Mary Morris, Nela Milic, Cathy Ward, Alison Marchant and Andrea Luka Zimmerman; a screening of Guillaume Meigneux’s HLM – Habitations Légèrement Modifiées; readings from poet Stephen Watts; and an evening with the Authors of the Estate project contributors – Andre Anderson, Raze, Predz UK, Kayden Bell, Jade Snyper, Nathaniel Telemaque. For more details and regular updates go to the dedicated website – real-estates.info – This website will also act as a medium to disseminate the exhibition, discussions, essays and resources to other visitors and campaign groups online. Follow this project on Twitter:
www.fugitiveimages.org.uk
www.lux.org.uk
www.peeruk.org
Real Estates is presented by PEER and LUX
