THE HACKNEY UTOPIANS AT "RIVER RUN" EXHIBITION. 17.09.10

The Hackney utopians will have a display of their projects and art work as part of the River Run Exhibition and "Orchestra in a Weekend" :

The Chainstore
Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Place E14
 Join us at the private view on the 17th of September from 6-9pm
Open Staurday &Sunday as part of Open House weekend.

For more info visit: www.trinitybouywharf.com, wwww.frankcreber.co.uk

HAGGERSTON WORKSHOP 2010

Since the exhibition in Madrid, the Hackney Utopians with the collaboration of a few artists from Nicaragua which are part of an art exchange at the Bromley By Bow centre, hold a mural workshop at the Haggerston
Community fair 2010 .We will carry on working with different communiy groups to understand and explore the dreams, ideas and identities of different communities.

We will continue to create new projects as we progress, as we tend to approach the project in an organic way, siezing opportunities as they arise.

Photograph: Hagerston mural &  workshop, summer 2010

ART & ARTISTS " SMALL SCREAMS OF COMMUNITIES" EXHIBITION

The Hackney Utopians have been trained in different artistic mediums which we apply in our own practice. The use of different techniques around one particular subject offers a wider perception and interpretation to the viewers. 

To make the work for this exhibition has been a positive experience that has enabled the group to express their views while exploring and expanding our artistic practice.

Work

Frank Creber  www.frankcreber.co.uk

Maria Alvarez – Ceramic Relief www.mazchenik.co.uk

Eva Bachmann – Photography & printing collages www.evabachmann.co.uk

Mickel Haill- Graphic Design collages www.pineyemedia.co.uk

 

 

SMALL SCREAMS OF COMMUNITIES. EXHIBITION IN MADRID

The exhibition in Madrid featured a body of work using poetical and observational approaches to visually translate the dreams & screams of communities through the mediums of painting, photography, ceramic relief and graphic collage. 

The Hackney Utopians invited the artist Michael Haill to be part of this exhibition.

All the artists in the collective are based in East London. Historically it used to be one of the most deprived areas in Britain but with the upcoming Olympics in 2012, the neighbourhood is undergoing some drastic changes, particularly in its landscape, housing, and businesses to the area. We felt that some of the changes within the communities happened to them rather then with them. 

In 'The Small Screams of Communities' we wanted to give the voice to those communites who are trying to achieve changes they want rather then those which are imposed on them. 

It has been great to work for this exhibition, developing and working on the ideas behind the project and  sharing amazing creative moments & stressful deadlines.We would like to thanks Michael Haill for join us in this exhibition, Ernesto for his help with translations & for being a great host in Madrid and to our families and friends who help us and share all those beautiful moments with us.

Photographs- Private view, La Tuerta Madrid, June 2010

 

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WORKSHOP AT THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

The Hackney Utopians Collective run a workshop at the Whitechapel gallery in November 2009 as part of their ongoing research about art, communities & dreams.

The workshop invited people to participate, and think of new ways & approaches towards how they would like to live and what is their dream community.

THE BEGINNING- HAGERSTON WORKSHOP 2009

The Hackney Utopians Collective was created one year ago with the idea of bringing arts and community together, making art with people as a way of enabling them to rediscover their imaginations.
As an Art Collective we run a series of workshops with different communities affected by gentrification and other urban challenges.

At Haggerston Estate in 2009  we participated with the community to make "The Tree of Wishes" with the idea to create visual solutions to questions like: How can they change their neighbourhood? How is their community part of a wider society? What does it mean to live with different background communities in one neighbourhood?

Photographs: Eva Bachmann

WELCOME!

The initial idea developed out of the concept of ‘Utopia’, looking for idealistic perception of our immediate environment, room for improvement, dreaming of the solutions in deprived communities.The project started by interviewing friends and relatives about their ‘utopian view’ of their community. The collected material was then re-viewed and used as a starting point to explore those ideas visually.
Later, the group of artists led workshops with different communities to encourage people to share their views of their neighbourhood, the aim was to give them a space to imagine and dream, even if some of the resulting ideas might be hard to realise. People made leaves with their ideas on them and added them on the ‘community dream tree’.

   Photograph  by E. Bachmann at  Haggerston community event 2009