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How would you use the old Brixton cycle shop if it were your space?

Oh for fuck's sake.

The pair of you put each other on ignore - either that, or don't post on this thread.

edit: er, that was referring to IS and Dub rather than the editor and Wolfie...
 
gabi said:
Is this going to court then? Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that its become an arts space, just looking at it from the landlord's perspective, I'd probably like a bit of rent from them. Like the other businesses on Coldharbour.

The law's a bit ridiculous IMO, if they're allowed to essentially commit theft, but if he sent a few of his mates round to get his property back he'd be the one in shit with the police.

And before u say it, no, I am not Tony Martin ;)
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Don't you think rent is theft? Someone owning some land or property, acquired through (ultimately) force and then charging people to live there?
 
FridgeMagnet said:
Oh for fuck's sake.

The pair of you put each other on ignore - either that, or don't post on this thread.
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for what it's worth, for the sake of actually keeping the thread alive, i did actually try and engage with some of her points. to no avail, obviously
 
I don't know how relevant this is to the thread, but at Offline I had a long, long natter with Raverdrew - and, more pertinently, his mate whose name I got too pissed to remember, but who's involved with the crowd running the squat.
Now, whilst i have the highest regard for IS and her opinions - I also have nevr known RD to give me duff info.
They both gave a 100% rousing endorsement - and explained a long-standing personal 'issue'.
I'd met Drew's mate before, and liked him then. so thumbs up from for now, and until I get to talk to IS
 
Red Jezza said:
and until I get to talk to IS
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the thing is - and i did TRY and make this point earlier -even if IS has a legitimate grievance with (some of) the people involved, that doesn't immediately invalidate the project as a whole. and i'm afraid her anger - which may well be fair - with those people has completely clouded her ability to assess the thing on its own merits.
 
editor said:
Have you taken a look yet?
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Things got in the way; will pop in this week though.

I think installation art is an acquired taste. I've see some interesting stuff over the years, and I like it.
 
hendo said:
Things got in the way; will pop in this week though.

I think installation art is an acquired taste. I've see some interesting stuff over the years, and I like it.
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I think it's worth a look hendo. Stig and I went in on Saturday, and tbh I wasn't expecting too much from the art

(Like you I'm sceptical about a lot of conceptual art)

But I was pleasantly surprised, there's a good variety of interesting stuff on display, definitely worth a visit.

Will pop back in soon I think :)

I also talked to Drew's friend (on Friday at Offline, and on Saturday at BAC), he seemed a perfectly nice bloke to me, and committed to the project and to being creative.

Dubversion said:
even if IS has a legitimate grievance with (some of) the people involved, that doesn't immediately invalidate the project as a whole. and i'm afraid her anger - which may well be fair - with those people has completely clouded her ability to assess the thing on its own merits.
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I have to agree with this, I know nothing of the local details of this dispute, but the effect of a lot of her more hostile and vociferous posts has had the effect of making me want to find out more about the place for myself.
 
back on track - the mate of RaverDrew (whose name I STILL can't recall, and it's driving me potty :mad: ) also 'loves' IS...
bugger it, on my next pilgrimage back to civilisation, i'll pop in and see this. I'm a total traditionalist on the subject of Art (I find it hard to take ms Emin, for one, seriously) - I'm all for community projects taking over empty buildings that some breadhead landlord couldn't be arsed to utilise properly.
 
Mr Retro said:
As if I didn't know :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:(
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You could always just fuck off these boards if you find reading my posts such a terrible cross to bear.

Dragging threads off topic with your public whining isn't going to achieve anything and I believe you've made your point very clear.

Oh, sorry, I forgot:

:rolleyes:
 
How I have suffered

Not a jot, in fact.

I was out helping to plant 400 trees for the Woodland Trust on Tuesday and, as a result of getting soaked to the skin in the lashing rain, was off sick yesterday.

Did I miss anything? Evidently not.
 
I popped in again yesterday, and thought the place loooked even better.
I really liked the fabric embroidery pictures and the crochet piece.
I was even inspired to put my own name in the book they have there, so's to show a bit of my own stuff.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
Does that mean that the entire South London environmental movement is now hors de combat with a variety of colds?
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It was mostly a Kent posse and they're made of sterner stuff. We were the soft-as-shite media types. ;)
 
I finally got around to going yesterday and like the poster above, i too was pleasantly suprised.

It's a big space, which I hadn't been in before, and it was filled with all sorts of bits of art. You put a quid in a blue bucket and you're in.

There are some paintings of Somalians which are colourful and well executed - but only three of them.

There's a baffling and faintly disturbing installation involving pictures, whips and a mirror, which seems to be about bondage, and should be a big draw with the younger urbanites.

A four foot long animal made of metal scrap and painted silver is a striking exhibit, as is a whitened tree trunk lit from the inside by pink and blue flourescent lights.

It ain't the Tate, but it is art, definitely. And as people have pointed out, better than the closed shop it was prior.
 
hendo said:
It ain't the Tate, but it is art, definitely. And as people have pointed out, better than the closed shop it was prior.
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Couldn't agree more - especially as they've put it all together in such a short time.
 
hendo said:
I finally got around to going yesterday and like the poster above, i too was pleasantly suprised.

It's a big space, which I hadn't been in before, and it was filled with all sorts of bits of art. You put a quid in a blue bucket and you're in.

There are some paintings of Somalians which are colourful and well executed - but only three of them.

There's a baffling and faintly disturbing installation involving pictures, whips and a mirror, which seems to be about bondage, and should be a big draw with the younger urbanites.

A four foot long animal made of metal scrap and painted silver is a striking exhibit, as is a whitened tree trunk lit from the inside by pink and blue flourescent lights.

It ain't the Tate, but it is art, definitely. And as people have pointed out, better than the closed shop it was prior.
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What kind of other things were they doing besides art installations?
 
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