Platform7Apr 29, 20201 minDraw Me King’s RoadIn 2013, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea commissioned the “Draw Me/Tedna Ve” camera obscurer booth to create an instant...
Platform7Apr 9, 20201 minMoving_Me?Selected images and stories from Moving_Me?, forming part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) programme, Gentrification,...
Platform7Jan 1, 20202 minOn The HorizonOn The Horizon dance performance explored the universal struggle of venturing into the unknown, in expectation of something better, as...
Platform7Dec 29, 20194 minDead Rat At The LidoThe Dead Rat Orchestra is now an established trio, a staple of the European folk scene with a reputation for introducing experimental...
Platform7Dec 24, 20194 minPaul Hazelton Reflects on Moonbow MargateArtist Paul Hazelton, who grew up in Margate, created a number of works for the Moonbow Margate intervention in 2011, which he later...
Platform7Dec 24, 20192 minGold JunkArtist Rebecca Lock created a number of gold objects from junk and placed them in amusement arcades in Cliftonville, which now serves as...
Platform7Dec 23, 20192 minLido’s Last SeasonAs the rapidly deteriorating Lido complex in Cliftonville, which once drew vast crowds, seeks yet again to revive its former glories, we...
Platform7Dec 20, 20192 minClare Pattinson – Food PoliceClare Pattinson was featured on Britain’s Channel 4 television programme Sunday Brunch* discussing her latest automatons, and how it all...
Platform7Dec 3, 201931 minTurner Prize For Turner Contemporary: Revisiting The First SummerWith the Turner Prize in Margate about to be announced, this post republishes the 2013 paper on the Turner Contemporary’s first months,...
Platform7Oct 2, 20193 minReimagining Ladies TightsReimagining Ladies Tights examined the importance women place on tights and hosiery and the role these seemingly innocuous items play in...
Platform7Oct 1, 20194 minWaste AgencyWaste Agency was a 4-month art performance intervention in a disused HMV record store in the City of London, the UK’s financial heart and...
Platform7Sep 30, 20192 minTapescape Catford: Intervention IAn intervention in an old Blockbuster Video, closed after being looted during the London 2011 riots, exploring the politics of the...
Platform7Sep 29, 20194 minMaking Esparto Grass PaperThis article discusses the embracing of art projects, whether as an artist or not, through making paper from Esparto, a perennial grass...
Platform7Sep 24, 20192 minClaire and Dean Play Tony and DominicMixing classical instruments with audio equipment, this swirling soundscape captured Margate’s overpowering fetish for nostalgia in 2011,...
Platform7Sep 23, 20192 minAI Entrepreneurial ChallengeIn a world that’s increasingly litigious over intellectual property (IP), the challenge for entrepreneurs in the Fourth Industrial...
Platform7Sep 21, 20196 minMargnificationMargnification, by the conceptual art collective Akleriah, was a live street intervention that challenged the perception of the space in...
Platform7Sep 20, 20191 minMatterMany seaside towns often mask their own sense of community by immersing themselves in the idealised version of the tourist, Jonathan...
Platform7Sep 20, 20193 minGandhi in London 1931The Spaces Inhabited by Mahatma Gandhi was the first exhibition at Moonbow Margate, where the distorted and romanticised media coverage...
Platform7Sep 19, 20194 minIntroducing Moonbow MargateThe Moonbow Margate art intervention began quietly with a photography exhibition in a derelict cafe, behind dirty windows. Tensions were...
Platform7Sep 18, 20192 minMoonbow MargateMoonbow Margate** was an abstract art performance intervention in a derelict cafe in Cliftonville, investigating the impact of the new...