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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:
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
In collaboration with Up Projects, Swiss Cottage Gallery offered a unique insight into the developmental processes behind the finished pavilions. Archival in intent, the exhibition took the project ‘back to the drawing board’ and presented the artists’ maquettes and other preparatory material.
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
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 led visitors
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.
For further information download a pdf here:
Mark Gwynne Jones Portavilion Poetry Performance
Download Portavilion poems by Mark Gwynne Jones here:
the yellowest bucket in the world
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. Leading visitors from The Smallest Cinema in the World – For the Wealthy and the Good to see The Wind House at Primrose Hill.
PORTAVILION STORY WALK AND WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
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 lead visitors on a leisurely walk around the park, stopping to hear stories that incorporated local history by story teller Richard Sylvester from Jigsaw 
(Journey into Green Space and Waterways). Produced in partnership with The Polish Cultural Institute.
ARTIST’S TALK
DAN GRAHAM
SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
ICA
In the Nash Room at the ICA, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 Y 5AH
Artist Dan Graham talked about his thirty year long interrogation of the concept of artist-designed pavilions.
PORTAVILION KITE MAKING WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Saturday 4 October 2 – 4 pm
Starting at St Johns Wood Library and ending at Primrose Hill
Kite making workshop in St Johns Wood Library and then kite flying on Primrose Hill. This workshop was inspired by The Wind House.
Produced in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute, the Royal Parks, Westminster Council, and Camden Council.
