EXPLORING SPACE AND PLACE
Commission / funded project (mapping project and events). 2017
Creative Islington | Central St Martins

Exploring Space and Place – mapping King’s Cross

Exploring Space and Place was a year-long action research project led by Lala Thorpe, an Education Curator based in north London, in partnership with Creative Islington and Central St Martins. The project focused on providing local children and families with an opportunity to creatively engage with the rapidly changing culture and landscape of King’s Cross (N1C). It involved working with the students and staff of two schools in the local area, and three artists who were leading a ‘cultural mapping’ project using different approaches – sound, text, photography and performance. A panel discussion held at Central St Martins invited leading practitioners and local organisations to discuss Place-making and socially-engaged practices.

Making Place was a mapping response to this project.

Summary:
Mapping project with events programme in London UK / public programme with workshops, sharing events, presentations and temporary exhibition / working with artists, cultural agents, schools and cultural spaces

Artists:
Luce Choules – participating artist / survey documentation
Ella Phillips – artist
Dan White – artist, composer and record producer

With:
Esther Collins – programme manager Cubitt
Stephanie Delcroix + Michael Pinsky – curatorial partnership
Sophie Hope – researcher, artist and teacher
Mark Newell – documentor in words, pictures and film
Alex Schady – Fine Art programme leader UAL Central St Martins

Project coordinator:
Lala Thorpe – education curator

Schools:
Edith Neville School
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

With:
Dixie Curtis, Project Photographer, London, UK | Amy Haggeman, Edith Neville School, London, UK | Jessica Harrington, Event Filming, Central St Martins, London, UK | Georgia Jacob, Creative Producer Local Engagement, Central St Martins, London, UK | Gemma Taylor, Edith Neville School, London, UK | Brin Thomas, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, London, UK

Keywords:
Environmental Art, Curated Landscapes, Cultural Tourism, Industrial Ruin, Social Geography, Cultural History, Protest and Archive, Survey and Mapping, Fieldwork.

Funded by:

Partners:
Creative Islington with Central St Martins

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