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Richard Woods – Upgrade

1 06 2018 - 30 07 2018

- Free

On 1 June, in a parking space in East London, North London, Richard Woods create Upgrade – a month-long site-specific installation that engages with issues of housing and urban regeneration.

Like Wood’s contribution to the 2017 Folkestone Triennial, Upgrade uses the form of a graphic three-dimensional caricature of a house to bring a fresh perspective to its urban location.

‘I had been filling a skip with all the leftover material that we had used to build the Holiday Homes on the Folkestone Harbour Arm, and it struck me how potent an image it made – having bits of window or chimney poking out of the skip. In the studio, we chatted about whether it would be possible to expand the idea and make it into an object – and then out of the blue Lee emailed and introduced the project. We quickly realised we’d both had the same idea. It was the easiest pitch I have ever had to make…’

Details

Start:
1 06 2018
End:
30 07 2018
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
,
Website:
https://www.skipgallery.com/

Venue

19 Hoxton Square, N1 6PB
19 Hoxton Square,
London, N1 6PB
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Details

Start:
1 06 2018
End:
30 07 2018
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
,
Website:
https://www.skipgallery.com/

Venue

19 Hoxton Square, N1 6PB
19 Hoxton Square,
London, N1 6PB
+ Google Map

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