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Apr 9, 20201 min read
Moving_Me?
Selected images and stories from Moving_Me?, forming part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) programme, Gentrification,...
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Platform7
Dec 24, 20194 min read
Paul Hazelton Reflects on Moonbow Margate
Artist Paul Hazelton, who grew up in Margate, created a number of works for the Moonbow Margate intervention in 2011, which he later...
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Platform7
Dec 3, 201931 min read
Turner Prize For Turner Contemporary: Revisiting The First Summer
With the Turner Prize in Margate about to be announced, this post republishes the 2013 paper on the Turner Contemporary’s first months,...
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Platform7
Oct 1, 20194 min read
Waste Agency
Waste Agency was a 4-month art performance intervention in a disused HMV record store in the City of London, the UK’s financial heart and...
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Platform7
Sep 29, 20194 min read
Making Esparto Grass Paper
This article discusses the embracing of art projects, whether as an artist or not, through making paper from Esparto, a perennial grass...
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Platform7
Sep 21, 20196 min read
Margnification
Margnification, by the conceptual art collective Akleriah, was a live street intervention that challenged the perception of the space in...
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Platform7
Sep 20, 20195 min read
Margate: A Place Of Pixelations
As part of Goldsmiths, University of London, City to Sea symposium, photographer and lecturer, Paul Halliday discusses the rise and value...
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Platform7
Sep 16, 201921 min read
Behind Up The Line
This essay discusses a live performance on war and conflict, in a cemetery during darkness, which challenged the audience to consider...
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Johannes Lenhard
Dec 30, 20166 min read
Creative Homelessness | A Study
In this article Johannes Lenhard, a University of Cambridge PhD candidate, reflects briefly on his background in the anthropology of homeles
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Platform7
Mar 27, 20155 min read
Waste.Agency: Textile Recycling Picker Working Conditions
During the Waste.Agency, a senior insurance underwriter explained in great detail why he and his colleagues were refusing to underwrite...
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Platform7
Feb 27, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: RECYCLING INSURANCE RISKS CONSUMPTION CHANGES
A surprising conversation took place in December 2014 with an Insurance Underwriter who underwrites recycling businesses where he...
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Platform7
Feb 1, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: NEW FINANCIAL CRASH WITH WAR IN EUROPE?
Is there about to be another financial crash leading to major social unrest or possibly a war in Europe? A depressing potential scenario...
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Platform7
Jan 13, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: NOTIONS OF BROKEN
Stage two of the Waste.Agency explores the notions of the word broken. To know if something is broken often requires at least the...
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Platform7
Jan 6, 20152 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: TIMELINE
Timeline of key points in the creation of Waste.Agency intervention in the City of London, estimated to last 3 years, keys to first...
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Platform7
Nov 26, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY:SEA SALT
A fascinating conversation during Tuesday (24 Nov 14) lunchtime took place with a Lloyd's Register employee discussing the difference in...
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Platform7
Nov 22, 20143 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND FUNDING
Monday 17th November 2014 Arts Council England and SHM-Foundation have awarded funding towards maintaining the Waste.Agency intervention,...
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Platform7
Oct 2, 20141 min read
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Platform7
Jul 29, 20144 min read
THE PROSUMER: EXPLOITATION OF HUB MEMBERS
Provocation Article 4: This is the fourth in a series of provocative articles taken from a paper by Platform-7's founder critiquing the...
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Platform7
Jul 27, 20145 min read
PLATFORM-7 AND CONTESTED SPACE RADIO DISCUSSION
John McKiernan, founder of Platform-7 Events discusses public art interventions and contested space on The News Agents radio show with...
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Platform7
May 26, 20146 min read
ADVERTUCATION: AN EDUCATION BY ADVERTISING STAGNATION
Provocation Article 3: This is the third in a series of provocative articles taken from a paper by Platform-7 founder critiquing the fad...
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