On The Horizon dance performance explored the universal struggle of venturing into the unknown, in expectation of something better, as Margate hoped the opening of its new Turner Contemporary gallery and offshore wind turbines would stall its decline, and usher in a more prosperous period. Originally posted on Wix blog 26 November 2011, 20:18 Performance Sunday, 25th September 2011, across Margate, Cliftonville and Lido complex. On The Horizon A continuation of previous work

Artist Paul Hazelton, who grew up in Margate, created a number of works for the Moonbow Margate intervention in 2011, which he later reflected on with this thought provoking piece on how food, sense of place and change are all intrinsically linked. Originally posted on Wix blog 24 September 2019, 07:15pm Throughout Summer 2011 Paul Hazelton is an international artist, presently preparing for a commission for the New York Museum for Art & Design, born and grew up in Cliftonvil

As the rapidly deteriorating Lido complex in Cliftonville, which once drew vast crowds, seeks yet again to revive its former glories, we revisit the 2011 event discussing the Lido’s history and shared memories with many locals who could remember the heyday. Save The Margate Lido is a new limited company set up in an attempt to save the building from corrosion and neglect, see below. In 2011, there was a real passion to see the Lido restored, as our event demonstrated, however

Waste 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 the World’s insurance and derivatives capital, exploring why we built an economy based on consumption and wastefulness. Originally posted 3 Oct 2014 8:10 pm | view here Introducing The Waste Agency Nestled between London’s two latest skyscrapers, the Leadenhall Building aka `The Cheesegrater’, and 20 Fenchurch Street aka `The Walkie-Talkie’

An intervention in an old Blockbuster Video, closed after being looted during the London 2011 riots, exploring the politics of the videocassette and its impact on the functioning of society, the environment and consumer behaviour. First published 24 Apr 2019 11:12 am, view here Video Player 1970s Tapescape Catford | Intervention I took place over a three week period in March 2012, seeking to understand how the rise of the video player from the late 1970s began to change the w

This article discusses the embracing of art projects, whether as an artist or not, through making paper from Esparto, a perennial grass found in North Western Africa and the Southern part of the Iberian Peninsula. Originally published on 30 Dec 2016 4:48 pm | View here Introduction ‘bi-anonimous’ is a small art collective based in Spain who work within nature with themes of love and sharing. Esparto grass is a perennial grass of North Western Africa and the Southern part of t

Margnification, by the conceptual art collective Akleriah, was a live street intervention that challenged the perception of the space in which the performance took place; as if the wind had blown away the sadness leaving nothing behind but the physical remnants of Margate. Let’s change the rhythm of the clock! – Akleriah Originally posted Aug 4, 2011 7:04 pm | view here Thoughts The airy mix of experimental and classical music represents the feeling of Margate; the sea with t

Many seaside towns often mask their own sense of community by immersing themselves in the idealised version of the tourist, Jonathan Polkest’s Matter exhibition returns to the origins of what makes a seaside community? Matter by Jonathan Polkest, Until 18 August 2011 Originally Posted Jul 2, 2011 7:03 pm | view here Many seaside towns often mask their own sense of community by immersing themselves in the idealized version of the tourist, even though tourism could be seen as a

The Spaces Inhabited by Mahatma Gandhi was the first exhibition at Moonbow Margate, where the distorted and romanticised media coverage of Gandhi’s stay in 1931 at Kingsley Hall in Bow, in London’s East End, resonated strongly with the kind of media coverage Margate was receiving in 2011. Gandhi in London 1931// Noakhali 1946: Exploring The Spaces Inhabited By Mahatma Gandhi | Saif Osmani | 20 June – 2 July 2011 Originally Posted Jun 27, 2011 7:00 pm | view here The starting

Moonbow Margate** was an abstract art performance intervention in a derelict cafe in Cliftonville, investigating the impact of the new Turner Contemporary art gallery and the role art-led regeneration has on a local community. Background Moonbow Margate was 3-month temporary performance intervention in a derelict cafe situated on a long-time neglected and disused parade of shops in Cliftonville, Margate, on the East Kent coast, England. Less than 5 minutes walk away was the

The second in the series of investigations into how opinions on conflict and war form, using short abstract live art performances as a medium to engage during a lightening storm in a darkened cemetery. Taking place in Brockley cemetery during in darkness and a lightening storm, the audience weaved through poets, dancers, musicians and installations along a narrow path, giving a taste of the foreboding that might be sensed when heading to a battlefront. Background This event f

Up The Line was the first in series of live experimental art and installation performances that sought to understand how people reach opinion on war and conflict. Taking place during darkness in Brockley and Ladywell cemetery, a designated nature reserve, hundreds of visitors weaved passed poets, dancers, musicians and installations along a narrow single track path. Background Inspired by the passing away of Harry Patch, the last British survivor from the World War One trench

This essay discusses a live performance on war and conflict, in a cemetery during darkness, which challenged the audience to consider their attitude to war and conflict and the role symbols and stories used by charities and nations play in influencing public opinion. For Up The Line 2009 event page, click here Originally Presented to Goldsmiths University of London, (May 2010) and posted June 2010 Index Introduction Brief Outline of Event Creating an Abstract Background to th

Almost a century on, how do people today interact with the Remembrance 2-minute silence? What does it mean to them? Television news bulletins show the UK coming to a halt, people taking a moment to consider the atrocities of war, yet is this true reflection of what takes place? In 2012, Platform-7’s created the ‘no man’s land’ Remembrance event across 10 London Underground tube stations and the disused Eurostar at Waterloo on Remembrance Sunday. Before the event began, all t

2012 UPDATED There will be no Up The Line 2012 event, please see our London Underground event no man's land [click] Below is a short film from behind the scenes that includes many interviews with the Friends of Margate St John’s Cemetery and a taste of why they got involved. There is also the feedback from our formal annual survey conducted 3-months after the performance to ascertain whether the event had residual impact months later. All feedback is provided verbatim. If y

Contributors: Julian Jacobson, Pianist Keren’Or Pazard, Dance Choreographer Dougal Squires, Film Interviewer Joe Duggan, Poet, The German Graves Bran Jones, Photographer, Broadstairs Kai Clear, Filmmaker Harry Vendryes, Film Performer Mo and Jane Black – Lantern Artists Dead Rat Orchestra, Performance at front gate and exit Jazzman John Clarke, Light Brigade Poet Harriet Olins, Lifeboat Poet Isabel White, Poetry Director Mel Simpson, Artist Liaison Manager Mark Holihan, Broad

RAMSGATE ARTS Hi , Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed Remembrance on Thursday night. Great to see something like this locally. We're working on our festival for next year, the third Summer Squall which will be in August. Is there anything we could maybe link up on or include of yours in the event? It's meant partly to be showcasing the best of the area. It would be interesting to have a chat. Yours METROPOLITAN POLICE Subject: RE: Up The Line 2011 Cemetery Per

UNIQUE LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT TO TAKE PLACE IN MARGATE CEMETERY AS PART OF REMEMBRANCE New and traditional art forms meet in an exploration of conflict, war and human tolerance This November 10th, the eve of remembrance day, a unique multi-disciplinary performance event will take place in the atmospheric setting of Margate’s St John’s Cemetery. The free event, called ‘Up the Line’, will bring together new media and traditional art forms in an exploration of attitudes toward

Saturday 24th September 2011, The Lido, 2pm Amusing anecdotes from Gordon Clarkson’s formative years working at the Lido to putting on the last summer season. www.gordonclarksonproductions.co.uk Local celebrity, Gordon Clarkson, discussed the history of the Lido and his years as a worker and performer to an audience of more than 70 people. This event led to many emotions surfacing about the Lido in Cliftonville and greater Thanet in general. Committees were formed and new

UP THE LINE 2010 Survey of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery Event 11th November 2011 This survey was sent to 107 people who gave their email addresses at the end of the 2010 event. Information of the survey was also posted as a message on Brockley Central blog spot. The results below are supplied by our email list management service. Of the 47 people who opened the email 29 click through to the survey. A total of 32 people completed the survey with the maximum of 26 people p