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

The Dead Rat Orchestra is now an established trio, a staple of the European folk scene with a reputation for introducing experimental sound to a wider audience, however when invited to Margate in 2011 the band were still perfecting their art and the intervention proved pivotal to their future direction. Originally published on Wix blog 22nd October 2011, 19:16 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The Dead Rat Orchestra (DRO) performed two gigs at the Lido bringing remarks of ‘incredible’,

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

Artist Rebecca Lock created a number of gold objects from junk and placed them in amusement arcades in Cliftonville, which now serves as a timely reminder of the gamble we are taking with our coastline through our wasteful disregard for the fragility of the seas. Originally posted on Wix blog, 24 September 2011, 07:14pm Date: FRIDAY 24TH – 26TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Gold junk — win artist’s work from Margate arcade machine In association with Platform-7 Margate and the Lido project,

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

Clare Pattinson was featured on Britain’s Channel 4 television programme Sunday Brunch* discussing her latest automatons, and how it all started with the What is Food? exhibition at Moonbow Margate. Clare’s work will feature prominently in the upcoming AI Innovation Hub in Great Yarmouth, which opens in 2020, connecting the dots between algorithms, robots and the future. For more, visit www.haphazard.business Originally posted on former Wix blog 9th September 2011 Cliftonvil

With the Turner Prize in Margate about to be announced, this post republishes the 2013 paper on the Turner Contemporary’s first months, as observed from our Platform-7 art intervention, Moonbow Margate in Cliftonville during Summer 2011. Art-led regeneration in Margate: learning from Moonbow Jakes Café and Lido Nightclub intervention ABSTRACT This paper considers whether a new iconic landmark – the Turner Contemporary – is likely to be a successful vehicle for the regeneratio

Mixing classical instruments with audio equipment, this swirling soundscape captured Margate’s overpowering fetish for nostalgia in 2011, fluctuating between the melancholy of the lost town of now and the energy of the seaside resort of the 1970s. Originally posted on Sep 8, 2011 7:07 pm | view here Introduction Centred around the 1976 record, Tony Savage and Dominic Play the Organ (recorded live at the Cliftonville Lido), Claire Hazelton and Dean Wood create a theatrical sou

Recession Cupcakes with artist Ania Bas invited passersby to join her in decorating cupcakes with icing, nails and other bits, to consider the perverse juxtaposition of the hugely popular fad in 2011 of expensive cup cakes being sold in a place with huge deprivation during a time of recession. Originally posted Saturday, 10th September 2011, 7.09pm | view here During the performance a series of edible (and almost edible) artworks was created. Each cupcake explored the relatio

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

As part of Goldsmiths, University of London, City to Sea symposium, photographer and lecturer, Paul Halliday discusses the rise and value of aesthetic orthodoxy within photographic practice with Moonbow Margate Curator, John McKiernan. Originally posted on May 14, 2011 6:53 pm | View here CITY AND SEA SYMPOSIUM, GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 10TH JUNE 2011 Nikki by Paul Halliday photographed by John McKiernan through the dirty Moonbow Margate window using Nokia cameraphone

The Moonbow Margate art intervention began quietly with a photography exhibition in a derelict cafe, behind dirty windows. Tensions were running high locally, with a large amount of vocal opposition towards the new Turner Contemporary art gallery. What follows was posted on the Platform-7 website before the project began in earnest, to set out the intention of the intervention. This blog post was originally posted on Jun 17, 2011 6:58 pm, view here Introduction The Golden

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

Moonbow Jakes Coffee Bars were created in derelict spaces across South East London from 1998-2009, becoming a Mecca for artists, performers academics and creative people seeking a safe, bohemian, relaxed space with live performance, exhibitions, talks, record store and an outdoor theatre. At The Forefront It is difficult to believe now in London, but in 1998 there were no Starbucks in the UK, Costa had three stores and Café Nero had only just opened their first outlet. Platfo

Click to purchase #margate #academic

John McKiernan, founder of Platform-7 Events discusses public art interventions and contested space on The News Agents radio show with Professor Andy Pratt (City University, London) and Professor Loretta Lees (University of Leicester). This radio show was first broadcast on Resonance Radio 104.4FM in London, 1st March 2014 and is available as a podcast. Resonance 104.4fm The News Agents Radio Show, Saturday 1st March 2014, 2.30pm Producer: Jude Cowen Montague // Host: Rob Edw

Loretta Lees and John McKiernan have been invited to write a chapter for Geographies of Urban Public Art: Spatial Mediations of Art, People and Identities. “We’d like to include your chapter in the book section that explicitly yet critically addresses the production perspective of urban public art.” Returning to the 2012 essay, Art-led Regeneration in Margate: Learning from Moonbow Jakes Café and Lido Nightclub intervention, [click] John McKiernan will revisit Margate in sum

Art-led regeneration in Margate: learning from Moonbow Jakes Café and Lido Nightclub intervention​ ​ Professor Loretta Lees and John McKiernan​​ In 2012, founder of Platform-7 and creator of the Moonbow Margate intervention began assessing the impact of the project with Professor Loretta Lee (King’s College London). The essay will be published in Art & the Public Sphere: Public Art & Accountability 2014. Intellect Press [click to read]. ABSTRACT This paper considers whether a