The British Timothy Leary?We’re delighted to trace the Somers Town footsteps of 1970s countercultural figure Robin Farquharson. Author of ‘International Freak‘ Syd Rosen is walking in Robin’s footsteps on Saturday 22nd – so book now for tickets. Meet at the museum for this one-off event – walk and Book Launch. Robin Farquharson (1930-1973) was a… Continue reading International Freak book Launch
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Summer in the city!
It’s getting hotter – and we’re looking for memories of Summers in Somers Town. Help us build a visual archive of Somers Town or Camden that tells us about London’s experience of heat from 1945 to today. We had a day of events at Climate Action Day on June 20th. We’re creating an exhibition in… Continue reading Summer in the city!
Talk on public art
We joined artist Robert Montgomery in a talk on the transformative power of art – with Marine Tanguy of MTart. The talk covered the light installation in Chalton Street and how this kind of art subverts the role of lighting – usually indicating advertising – to poetry., and viewers as civic members of society not… Continue reading Talk on public art
A [new] Place for us?
Last chance this week to view an exhibition of work by students of Interior Architecture to image a new ‘Place for us’ – and ideas for possible ways to activate St Mary’s Church in Somers Town, and ensure its future use. Students were asked to “reimagine St. Mary’s Church in Somers Town as a vibrant community… Continue reading A [new] Place for us?
Save our art: save your town!
We are saving Somers Town – we’re currently fundraising to bring back lost artworks to Somers Town where they belong – you can help! 1. DONATE NOW to help us raise funds for the resititution of artworks 2. Come to Save Somers Town Heritage Open Day Saturday 28th February 2-5pm DROP IN 52 Phoenix Rd… Continue reading Save our art: save your town!
2025: A Year in Review
2025 was a major year for A Space for us as we launched two public realm artworks in Somers Town. Poetry in Lights We ended the year on high launching Poetry in Lights with artist Robert Montgomery. Here is a short film of the launch party with a walk in Chalton Street led by Robert… Continue reading 2025: A Year in Review
Poetry in Lights
Poetry in Lights was launched on Wednesday and we took a walk with Poet-artist Robert Montgomery along Chalton Street to see the installations – poems we worked on with inspiration from the local history and stories. Led pied Piper like by saxophonist Abbe, it was a magical walk. The evening ended at the end of… Continue reading Poetry in Lights
Housing for Euston
At the recent Housing for Euston’s Festival of Community-Powered Housing we presented a provocation on why our area’s social housing heritage: ‘why we should designate this a conservation area?‘ Camden Council is working on housing with the Euston Housing Delivery Group, set up by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to help deliver much-needed… Continue reading Housing for Euston
CONVOKER! May Day Unions Event
On May Day this year the museum hosted a lively discussion on class, unions and struggle. Artist Hannah Sawtell lead the event, prompted by her sound work Mayday: Radio Raum 2022, which reflected on the meaning of the 1st May Workers Festival, and by a recent walk through Somers Town. Hannah led us through a… Continue reading CONVOKER! May Day Unions Event
Art in everyday life trail Launch
We launched a new heritage trail for Somers Town. The launch of a new heritage trail ‘Art in everyday life’ took place on Thursday 18th September, with a walk and panel discussion explaining about the project to reimagine artworks on estates of St Pancras Housing. We also hosted a walk and art workshop that Saturday with artist… Continue reading Art in everyday life trail Launch