Programme of Events 2012

There will be a programme of walks and talks as part of Islington Exhibits 2012.

Please get in touch is you would like to contribute to the programme.  Events can take place any time between 16-31 July 2012 (there will be some flexibility with these dates).

Tour of John Jones framing company

Wednesday 18 July 2012 3-5pm
at John Jones, 4 Morris Place, N4 3JG (see map)

John Jones framing company will welcome Islington Exhibits for a behind the scenes talk and tour at their creative workshops and design studio on Wednesday 18th July. John Jones are passionate about working with the local community to promote the artistic projects of Islington residents, and this event will introduce art enthusiasts to the craftsmanship and creativity of the 90 designers and technicians working at John Jones.

The tour will include:

  • Focus on recent creative projects undertaken at our studios
  • Tour of our workshops, including our unique wood mill, gilding and special finishing departments
  • Discussion around aesthetic considerations such as height, position and vista that help incorporate art into an interior space
  • A chance to view diverse examples of framing options
  • Analysis and explanation of current artwork conservation practices and techniques
  • Opportunity to peruse the gallery space and latest exhibition at John Jones
  • Top tips on fine art installation to ensure your artwork is displayed and protected to its maximum potential

If you would like to book your place to attend this tour, please email ie@therowanartsproject.com.

Intercapillary Places, Poetry at Parasol: CODED HISTORIES

Thursday 26 July 2012 7pm
at Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, N1 7RW (see map)
Tickets: £5 / £4 (concessions) Book tickets online

John Armstrong – A talk on Entropy, passwords & the history of code
John Seed – A poetry reading investigating historical documents

The spaces of the city are coded and password protected - socially, historically and through contemporary technology. A mathematician who works on coding and a poet who uses poetry to investigate and unlock the documents of the past will consider how coded histories can be unpacked and how we can think more clearly about the 'code/space' around us. John Armstrong is a mathematician and software architect currently lecturing at King's College London while researching differential geometry. John Seed teaches History at Roehampton University in London. He works on religious dissenters in eighteenth and nineteenth-century England. His book on eighteenth-century historiography, public memory and politics -- Dissenting Histories – was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2008.

There are a limited number of places available so booking is recommended.