Hackney WickED 2012
In its’ 5th year Hackney WickED remains dedicated to providing a platform for artists to showcase their work alongside established and international names. Hackney WickED continues to evolve, adapting to the changing social & built environment whilst remaining a dynamic force for promoting local culture.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
ART EXHIBITIONS
Hackney WickED will be programming a series of art exhibitions in and outside of the Wick, including the crème of past festivals with a Retrospex, The Tomorrow’s People, Open Studios, and the Fete for the WickED.
An Evening of WickED artists’ Films and Performance at the Sugarhouse Studios
26 May 2012
Hackney WickED Retrospex
15th – 29th June 2012
The Tomorrow People: Artists of the Future Now at Elevator Gallery
27th July – 19th Aug 2012
Fete for the WickED at the Open Studios event
30th November – 2nd December 2012
FILM
Coinciding with the BFI festival, Hackney WickED will curate a series of film and video screenings inviting artists to experiment with film.
In-conversation with directors, collaborators and local artists the festival will celebrate independent film makers and innovative productions. It will be a red carpet affair with premieres, awards and films of all persuasions; from shorts to features, video art to documentaries. Hackney WickEDs’ first film festival in true WickED style we will be commandeering spaces, showing indoors, outdoors and in unexpected places across the area.
25th – 28th October 2012
HACKNEY WICKED OPEN STUDIOS 2012
Hackney Wick and Fish Island artists unite!
Hackney Wick’s mystical buildings will once again throw open their doors for Hackney WickED Open Studios 2012. Co-ordinating Open Studios enables Hackney WickED to take people on a tour through this industrial labyrinth, revealing a veiled but thriving artistic community. Through this solo event we aim to highlight the intense diversity and sheer concentration of artists working in our square mile.
30th November – 2nd December 2012
MUSIC
An eclectic program of live music & performance in the Wick and on tour.
Hackney WickED wants to give voice to new music by curating a space where tradition and modernity freely mingle through Fusion, World, Electro, Celtic Music, Flamenco, Jazz, Tango, Reggae, Ska, Soul, Urban Sounds, Bossa-Nova, Klezmer, Raï. We will create a meeting place for a cultural exchange between local, emerging and established musicians.
Dates throughout the year
DEVELOPMENT
For all ages… Artist Panels & Critical Debate, Community Engagement, School & Education Programmes.
Throughout 2012 we are working on a number of projects that sit somewhere between professional development for artists and facilitating an exchange of ideas, methodologies, skills & stories between practicing artists and creative locals.
Projects will include The Wick Award, Problem Solver, Art Camp (MUF), Hydrophone & Canoe Building Workshop, Development group show and week of education events, Boat, Film Festival Development Award, Retrospex panel discussion, Crit Groups, Debates, Lectures & more. Development will run as a strand throughout the year programme and will stage its own ‘group show’ at the end of the year to showcase socially engaged practice and give those involved a chance to celebrate their work and see the work of others.
Dates starting in May and running throughout the year.
Black Eyed Susan, C.A. Halpin
Double Games, Red In Tooth And Claw, exhibited at Hackney WickED 2010
