Hackey Wicked Festival
Various Locations in Hackney Wick
1st August – 2nd August
Free Entry
Photo by Margaret Stone
Hackney has for a while now been a hub of new exciting art activity. In celebration of the localised talent Hackey Wicked is back this year and according to NY Arts Magazine is ‘the most vital art event of the Summer’. Covering all bases of creativity there will be a live Graffiti Jam, outdoor film screenings, workshops, flash mob punk choir, a raffle even a floating gallery, as well as open studios around the E9 area, details of which can be found on their site here.
Saturday 1 August
12.00pm – 10.00pm
Famous artist will cut the ribbon at noon
Hackney WickED’s OFFICIAL Art Fete with Artist-run Stalls, Live Art, Infatigable Decima Travelling Shop, Bribery Stall, Dog Races, Mobile Galleries, Games and Prizes, Raffle, Vintage Fashion, Bric-a-brac, Books and Records Food Stalls, Credit Crunch ‘n’ Fun and Hackney WickED Live Music Stage.
Sunday 2 August
12.30pm – 10.00pm
Closing Party along the Canal, Wallis Road, E9
The festival will be closing with a massive soiree and BBQ during Harry Meadow’s Coracle Regatta at 2pm, Watercolour Challenge, projections on the Olympic Fence, boat rides and Burning of the Wicker Man at dusk.
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Vauxhall Skate
Secret Shoreditch Location
July 29th
8pm – late
“Vauxhall will be pushing the conventions of roller disco to another level this summer with their Vauxhall Skate event, which promises to take us on a journey through a 21st century vision of the future where 70s disco meets Knight Rider on roller skates. If the time travelling journey fails, at the very least, guests will get to enjoy the skating joys of their truly weird but wonderful Vauxhall Corsa roller skates.
DJs Remi Nicole, Alfie Allen, Carl Barat, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Smash and Grab’s DJ duo Queens of Noize will be manning the decks for the night. The Queens will also be bringing in Florence Welch from Florence and The Machine (who they manage and art direct) for a guest DJ spot. Other than the vehicle skates, there will be distractions a-plenty involving cakes, dressing up and hair styling. Jonny Woo will be hosting a ‘car-aroke’ complete with dressing-up props. A car pit-stop hair salon with free styling from Lyndell Mansfield, who’s currently working with The Gossip. Skaters can make energy pit stops at the hot dogs and cup cakes stands and Kate Moross has also been working on a special four-wheeled piece of art that will be on display.
Dazed and Vauxhall have partnered up to give away 35 pairs of free tickets for the roller skate extravaganza. Just click here to enter your email address to enter.”
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Rankin Live
Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
E1 6QL
London E1 6QL
31st July – 18th September
Daily 10am-8pm
Thursday until 10pm
Tickets: £10/£7
You may have seen the huge black and white posters around in the last couple of weeks asking innocent passersby whether they ‘fancy a quick Rank?’ Well, the answer is a very definite ‘yes’ from us. The week is the opening of the hotly awaited Rankin Live exhibition, the first ever retrospective of the world renowned photographer Ian Rankin’s work covering an impressive 22 year career. To add a participatory element to the show, ‘Shoot Me, Rankin!’ is offering 1000 member of the public the chance to be captured by the man himself and for their portraits to instantly become part of the exhibition.
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Association of Illustrators: Images 33
London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London SE1 6SB
29th July – 12th August
Weekdays: 10 – 5pm
Saturdays: 10 – 4pm
Closed Sundays
Free Entry
Image: Daniel Pudles’s dramatic editorial image Latitude, Leonard And The Mob
“The Association of Illustrators (AOI) are proud to present Images 33 – the best of British contemporary illustration 2009, the most prestigious and comprehensive illustration awards and exhibition in the UK today. On display are over 300 artworks showcasing the incredible talents of illustrators who have made a significant contribution to their industry over the last year.”
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Iconography of Masks
Resistance Gallery
265 Poyser Street
Bethnal Green
London E2 9RF
30th July – 2nd August
All Events Weekender Ticket: £15
From festish, to death, to superheroes and tribes, masks are widely used and interpreted by all sorts of cultures and communities. This weekend you are invited to join the Iconography Of Mask folks and the likes of Bonnie Baker, Charles of London, Suckadelic and Pam Glew in celebrating all things mask, including workshops in mask making and a masked fashion show with DJs and live music.
Thurs 30th July Art Opening Exhibition: 7pm. Free (donation to IOM trust)
Friday 31st July Live Art, Bands, Dj’s & Masked Fashion Shows: 9pm-2am. £5
Saturday 1st August Mask Making Workshops and Seminars: 2pm-7pm. £5
Saturday 1st August Hoodlovers Ball, Dj’s & Performances: 10pm-late am. £10
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Elizabeth Peyton: Live Forever
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX
Until 10th September
Tuesday–Sunday:11am–6pm
Thursday: 11am–9pm
Free Entry
New York resident Elizabeth Peyton is showcasing 70 or so paintings, including depictions of historical figures such as Bonaparte, iconic figures she has been inspired by such as Frida Kahlo, and artists from her own generation such as Matthew Barney. Oil paint, watercolour, ink or pencil, Peyton’s small but perfectly formed portraits using a combination of ‘realism, luminous palette and a rhythmic energy of line’.
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Craftwerk
St Aloysius Social Club
21 Phoenix Rd
London
NW1 1TA
Saturday August 1st
1pm – 5pm
Free
‘Craftwerk is a sale of affordable handmade goods including clothing, homewares and toys from London-based artists and craftspeople. There are Funky Finds swag bags for the first 50 arrivals; also cakes and sweets stalls, a bar and a raffle.’
Thumbnail by Nishant Choski
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