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Moving_Me?
Selected images and stories from Moving_Me?, forming part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) programme, Gentrification,...
Platform7
Apr 9, 20201 min read


Paul Hazelton Reflects on Moonbow Margate
Artist Paul Hazelton, who grew up in Margate, created a number of works for the Moonbow Margate intervention in 2011, which he later...
Platform7
Dec 24, 20194 min read


Turner Prize For Turner Contemporary: Revisiting The First Summer
With the Turner Prize in Margate about to be announced, this post republishes the 2013 paper on the Turner Contemporary’s first months,...
Platform7
Dec 3, 201931 min read


Waste Agency
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...
Platform7
Oct 1, 20194 min read


Making Esparto Grass Paper
This article discusses the embracing of art projects, whether as an artist or not, through making paper from Esparto, a perennial grass...
Platform7
Sep 29, 20194 min read


Margnification
Margnification, by the conceptual art collective Akleriah, was a live street intervention that challenged the perception of the space in...
Platform7
Sep 21, 20196 min read


Margate: A Place Of Pixelations
As part of Goldsmiths, University of London, City to Sea symposium, photographer and lecturer, Paul Halliday discusses the rise and value...
Platform7
Sep 20, 20195 min read


Behind Up The Line
This essay discusses a live performance on war and conflict, in a cemetery during darkness, which challenged the audience to consider...
Platform7
Sep 16, 201921 min read


Creative Homelessness | A Study
In this article Johannes Lenhard, a University of Cambridge PhD candidate, reflects briefly on his background in the anthropology of homeles
Johannes Lenhard
Dec 30, 20166 min read


Waste.Agency: Textile Recycling Picker Working Conditions
During the Waste.Agency, a senior insurance underwriter explained in great detail why he and his colleagues were refusing to underwrite...
Platform7
Mar 27, 20155 min read


WASTE.AGENCY: RECYCLING INSURANCE RISKS CONSUMPTION CHANGES
A surprising conversation took place in December 2014 with an Insurance Underwriter who underwrites recycling businesses where he...
Platform7
Feb 27, 20154 min read


WASTE.AGENCY: NEW FINANCIAL CRASH WITH WAR IN EUROPE?
Is there about to be another financial crash leading to major social unrest or possibly a war in Europe? A depressing potential scenario...
Platform7
Feb 1, 20154 min read


WASTE.AGENCY: NOTIONS OF BROKEN
Stage two of the Waste.Agency explores the notions of the word broken. To know if something is broken often requires at least the...
Platform7
Jan 13, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: TIMELINE
Timeline of key points in the creation of Waste.Agency intervention in the City of London, estimated to last 3 years, keys to first...
Platform7
Jan 6, 20152 min read


WASTE.AGENCY:SEA SALT
A fascinating conversation during Tuesday (24 Nov 14) lunchtime took place with a Lloyd's Register employee discussing the difference in...
Platform7
Nov 26, 20142 min read


WASTE.AGENCY: ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND FUNDING
Monday 17th November 2014 Arts Council England and SHM-Foundation have awarded funding towards maintaining the Waste.Agency intervention,...
Platform7
Nov 22, 20143 min read


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Platform7
Oct 2, 20141 min read


THE PROSUMER: EXPLOITATION OF HUB MEMBERS
Provocation Article 4: This is the fourth in a series of provocative articles taken from a paper by Platform-7's founder critiquing the...
Platform7
Jul 29, 20144 min read


PLATFORM-7 AND CONTESTED SPACE RADIO DISCUSSION
John McKiernan, founder of Platform-7 Events discusses public art interventions and contested space on The News Agents radio show with...
Platform7
Jul 27, 20145 min read


ADVERTUCATION: AN EDUCATION BY ADVERTISING STAGNATION
Provocation Article 3: This is the third in a series of provocative articles taken from a paper by Platform-7 founder critiquing the fad...
Platform7
May 26, 20146 min read
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