A big big thanks then to all who came along to the Fragile show, thanks to all the artists, thanks to everyone who braved the weather and came to the very busy opening (I wouldn’t have gone out to explore art on a night like that!), thanks to everyone who came along over the weekend,…
Fragile opened at BSMT space last Thursday evening, the third Cultivate show in the Dalston space, here’s some words and photos that originally appeared on the Organ website… Fragile – Cultivate at BSMT Space, Feb 2017 – Rosso, Sean Worrall[/caption] Fragile, Cultivate at BSMT Space, Dalston, London N16 – Back to the basement, never mind…
The week of Fragile then, fragile things? The delicate juggling and the cross-pollinating of art and attitudes. Christophe Cachelin (the artist otherwise known as Kidd Feather when he has his musical head on) will be joining us again, a last minute addition t owhat we hope you’ll agree is a fine selection of creators, performers,…
We’re rather leased to say Vesna Parchet will be making a debut as far as Cultivate shows go, this A1 hand finished print is one of the pieces you’ll be able to view in the flesh next week at the Fragile show at BSMTspace… Rather pleased to have these pieces in the show…. Versna Parchet…
“Our battle to Save Hackney Wick Artist warehouse community is at a crucial point!” said a spokesperson for the Save Hackney Wick campaign just now. Vyner Street has all gone now, we’re losing our art spaces on a weekly basis, the creative lifeblood is being drained from the capital city and especially over here in…
Why is the next Cultivate show called Fragile? Well no one asked why the last one at the same gallery was called Debased. What’s in a name? You decide, is it Fragile? Is the making of all art a fragile thing? Cultivate is nomadic now, the Vyner Street period is almost ancient history (we were…
Fragile then, these are fragile times, that wasn’t the reason for calling this third and final show in the trilogy of shows from Cultivate over at BSMT Space in Dalston. Someone just said that I should be out protesting rather than worrying about art shows. Maybe so? He argued this was not a time to…
Fragile? nothing fragile here, everything is fragile here. We’ve been keeping a low profile, avoiding the end of year must flog some art panic, art is for life not just for Christmas, get us to the other side already. We might look like we’re not busy, we are though, serene above the waterline, feet kicking…
Back in the last century we started a zine, it eventually evolved and became many things, including Cultivate… “And so Kembra Pfahler’s opening night more than happened, it more than lived up to all the anticipation, to the word of mouth buzz, and once more art excited, art and artists alive in this under siege city…
October 17th 2016, the sun is out, the leaves are glorious, the Eleven O’clock pigeon is sitting by the door, the Debased show was three weeks ago now, the Debased group show marked five pretty intense years of Cultivate events and five non-stop years of organising, herding, promoting, occasionally fighting, five years of talking about…
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