7point9 in association with Finding Projects, The British Council, The Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival presents:
THE CHANGING ROOM. Arab
artists occupy an underground gallery*, a magic shop and an office hub
to evoke signs of change. 15 Aug 2012 - 30 Sep 2012. Taking place at the
venues below at 10am-6pm unless otherwise stated.*
TALKS + EVENTS PROGRAMME of The Changing Room curated and chaired by aladin All events are free and take place 10am-11.30am at Davenports Magic Shop unless stated otherwise.*
Throughout the week the following will attend events in addition to those they are featured at: John Grant, Mark Borkowski, Hector Proud, members of FocalLocal [Ambassadors of Changing Room], Bill Roy [proprietor and operator of Davenports Magic Shop and Underground Gallery], Ricardo Davila Otoya.
- Wednesday 12 September. Talking Art and Uprisings, Arabia to the U.K.: A conversation about art and social change. With Noor Kadhim, Founder of InTheFrame and Rebecca Swift, Creative Producer of Entelechy Arts.
- Friday
14 September. Refuse, rise-up and re-use. and Changing Room
and FocalLocal team members collaboratively create and make an art work with scavenged
and found objects.
- Sunday 16 September. Magical Mystery Talk/Show: Exhibition tour and talk with a twist by project initiator aladin.
- Monday 17 September. IslamaGood: The remake of creative marketing for, with and by the Muslim majority world. With John Grant.
- Monday
24 September. Creative uprisings. With Ansel Neckles and Stephanie
McLaren from socially aware multidisciplinary agency
www.twentypercentextra.com , John Grant Co-Founder of St.Luke's, author of Green Marketing Manifesto, Coopportunity etc,
- Thursday 27 September. - Curating without
Compromise. With Lindsay Hughes, Creative Producer, Visual Arts, ICIA, University of Bath.
- Friday 28 September - Liberation: a workshop and nightwalk. With aladin. Outdoors: 10.30 pm until LATE. Strictly by invitation: email change[at]7point9.org with full name and contact details; information will be sent by return.
- Saturday 29 September - Magic and Neural Nudging for Emergencies: An Un-Workshop in Behaviour Change. Outdoors: 2pm - indefinite. With aladin; Strictly by invitation: email change[at]7point9.org with full name and contact details; information will be sent by return.
All events are FREE but RSVP recommended by emailing:change[at]7point9.org with the subject heading 'Changing Roomt' and the date of proposed visit; the body of the email should
contain the full names of each prospective visitor.
