TALKS & EVENTS

A programme of Portavilion talks, events and performances will take place in each park venue. See our calendar of events for full details.

Highlights will include:

ARTISTS' WALK AND PERFORMANCE

Whose Common Now: A series of site specific performances by poet and performer Mark Gwynne Jones

SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

STARTING IN HOLLAND PARK

A one day artist-led performance by Mark Gwynne Jones reflecting on the nature of our common spaces as places to reflect and even daydream…

Linking all four of the pavilion sites, this performative event will lead you from Holland Park, to Regents Park to Primrose Hill to Potters Fields Park on foot and public transport. Commissioned in partnership with The Art of Common Space a Gunpowder Park project.

To open a poetic dialogue, performer and poet Mark Gwynne Jones is inviting the public to text him their thoughts on the four Portavilion projects (Text: 07853 189 245). These reactions will form the focus of a series of new poems and four performances in which the poet’s muse and public’s views combine.

Approximate performance times for Saturday 6th September:
10am: Holland Park
12pm: Regents Park
2pm: Primrose Hill
4pm: Potters Fields Park

FREE | Booking recommended 01992 762 128 florencia@gunpowderpark.org Performance times subject to change, please check this website before attending the event or call 07853 189 245 for additional information on the day.

For further information download a pdf here:

Mark Gwynne Jones Portavilion Poetry Performance 

Download Portavilion poems by Mark Gwynne Jones here:

Who Lives in The Wind House

Whose Common Now

PORTAVILION STORY WALK AND WORKSHOP

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2pm - 4.30pm

PRIMROSE HILL

A story telling walk and workshop for children (5yrs and up) and families inspired by Monika Sonowska's The Wind House. Beginning at Primrose Hill the event will lead you on a leisurely walk around the park where you will stop to hear stories that incorporate local history, followed by a chance to then create and perform your own stories and poems under the guidance of the experienced story teller Richard Sylvester from Jigsaw (Journey into Green Space and Waterways). Refreshments will be served during the afternoon.  Produced in partnership with The Polish Cultural Institute.

There will also be a chance to visit the Smallest Cinema in the World by Annika Eriksson in Regents Park after the session.

FREE: booking recommended at info@upprojects.com

CURATORS TALK BY PORTAVILION CURATOR EMMA UNDERHILL

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

REGENTS PARK

In association with Open House London 2008 a talk by Emma Underhill, curator of Portavilion. Meet outside The Royal Parks Office on the Inner Circle of Regents Park and walk up to see The Smallest Cinema in the World – For the Wealthy and the Good and The Wind House at Primrose Hill.

2 - 3.30 PM

FREE. Reserve a space through info@upprojects.com.

ARTIST’S TALK

DAN GRAHAM

SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

ICA

In the Nash Room at the ICA, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 Y 5AH

A rare opportunity to hear American artist Dan Graham talk about his thirty year long interrogation of the concept of artist-designed pavilions. Graham a highly influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both as a practitioner of conceptual art and as a well-versed art critic and theorist. His Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out Variation H is on show at Holland Park  until end of September.

Booking Essential: Tickets £10 (£9 conc, £8 ICA members) Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647 www.ica.org.uk

Previous Events:

DAN GRAHAM PAVILION LAUNCH

FRI 06 JUN 08

1ST PAVILION WENT LIVE !

Dan Graham 'Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out Variation H' opened with an exhibition at the Ice House, Holland Park.

DAN GRAHAM VIDEO EXHIBITION

SAT 7 JUNE - 15 AUG 08

THE ICE HOUSE, HOLLAND PARK

An exhibition of the celebrated video works by Dan Graham "Rock My Religion" and "Performer, Audience, Mirror" in the unusual setting of the Ice House in Holland Park.

With thanks to the Lissson Gallery

ANNIKA ERIKSSON PAVILION LAUNCH

FRI 20 JUN 08

2ND PAVILION WENT LIVE !

Annika Eriksson Pavilion 'The Smallest Cinema in the World - For the Wealthy and the Good' opened at Regents Park

PORTAVILION ARTIST'S TALK

TUES 24 JUN 08

Annika Eriksson

The Hub, Regents Park

Artist Annika Eriksson talked about her work and the Smallest Cinema in the World project made for Regents Park.

TOBY PATERSON PAVILION LAUNCH

FRI 04 JULY 08

3RD PAVILION WENT LIVE !

Toby Paterson Pavilion 'Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion' opened at Potters Fields Park

C-12 DANCE PERFORMANCE

SAT 05 JULY 08

HOLLAND PARK

As part of London Festival of Architecture and in partnership with Big Dance, C-12 Dance Theatre choreographed a performance specially for Dan Graham Triangular Pavilion With Circular Cut-Out Variation H.

C-12 DANCE PERFORMANCE

FRI 11 JULY 08

POTTERS FIELDS PARK

As part of London Festival of Architecture and in partnership with Big Dance, C-12 Dance Theatre choreographed a performance specially for Toby Paterson Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion. The event was part of the Southbank Friday Late co-ordinated by the London Festival of Architecture in Southwark.

PORTAVILION ARTIST'S TALK

SAT 12 JULY 08

Toby Paterson

Design Museum

Toby Paterson spoke about his work and the evolution of the Portavilion Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion with a visit to the pavilion with the artist after the talk.

TREASURE TRAIL

SAT 12 JULY 08

POTTERS FIELDS PARK AND SURROUNDING AREA

Started at the Royal Festival Hall

An urban treasure trail that included the Toby Paterson pavilion in Potters Fields Park and surrounding area organised by London Festival of Architecture and The Architecture Foundation

SWISS COTTAGE GALLERY

TUE 15 JULY - 15 AUG 08

SWISS COTTAGE CENTRAL LIBRARY

PORTAVILION SYMPOSIUM

FRI 18 JULY 08

Parked Art – Designing Art for Common Space

Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1

A one day discussion forum that explored the relationship of art and architecture, and the social and environmental value that art can create for public spaces.

An Up Projects production in partnership with The Art of Common Space and the Design Museum.

DOWNLOAD PDF :

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UNICORN YOUTH THEATRE PERFORMANCES

SAT 19 JULY 08

POTTERS FIELD PARK

The Unicorn's Youth Theatre presented a re-work of a classic fairy tale that led the audience through a trail of reality and fantasy within the space of the park and around the Pavilion.

The Unicorn Youth Theatre is a year long programme for young people aged between 10 – 16 years old, who live or go to school in Southwark or Tower Hamlets.

MONIKA SOSNOWSKA PAVILION LAUNCH

FRI 25 JULY 08

4TH PAVILION WENT LIVE !

Monika Sosnowska Pavilion 'The Wind House' opened at Primrose Hill.

PINHOLE CAMERA WORKSHOP

JULY AND AUGUST 08

Older Westminster residents enjoy a session experimenting with pinhole camera photography over July and August in Regents Park. Facilitated by Photoworks