The Modern Factory

Figure Ground are taking part in The Modern Factory, an exhibition at Gallery 10, Gun St, Reading. From Sat 20th September and continues to 4th October.

HOXTON PARK PICNIC- Agents of Change

25.7.08 Picnic Hoxton Park




debating/exploring issues relating to practice in the public realm




with Geof, Tom and Daisy from AOC (Agents of Change) architects, urbanists and interpreters..

and Lucy also an architect with an interest in environment and sustainability... Artful Ecologies

HASTINGS - Claremont Studios

Elise then took us to Claremont Studios where we met artists Sharan Haward and Esther Appleyard .

An warm and friendly space with a mix artists, illustrators and others that feels independent and experimental.

We finished the day with a quick visit to the sea for the inland dwellers. edges and centres.

HASTINGS - onetwoone

22.7.08 We met Elise Liversedge and Mary Hooper from ONE TWO ONE. They combine disciplines of architecture, site-specific art, urban and landscape design to develop projects and interventions within the built environment and have an extended members network.

One of the projects that really interested us was Ore Valley . Elise and Mary shared the experiences - benefits and challenges - of working really long term, of developing projects with a community.

manifesto of possibilities

Last week (13.6.08) we met Cameron Cartiere at Birkbeck College. A fascinating room of books, birds and conversation, on a shelf the words = There is no place like here = The chrome letters on black, 2.5" x 6" by Seyed Alavi (1997) close by the tube timetables.

manifesto of possibilities