Site Specific Art

Russell Thoburn
Parkesine
Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July
Lea Navigation Junction (in between the Wick and Fish Island)

Parkesine is a floating sculpture made from recycled bottle tops and lids. It pays homage to Alexander Parkes who invented and manufactured the world’s first plastic in the Wick in 1866. The idea was formed whilst noticing amateur football players throwing away their water bottles and sports drinks on nearby Hackney Marsh.

Parkesine has been commissioned by Design for London in collaboration with MUF art and architects.

www.recycled-recreations.com

www.russellthoburn.com

Esther R. Sabetpour
Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July
The Yard Dace Road

The project emerges out of a traumatic yet profound accident suffered by Esther last year. It left 32% of her body, scattered with 3rd to 4th degree burns, 5 fractures and a brain injury resulting in amnesia. Esther chose to document her experience of recovery through creating a set of compelling self-portraits.

Though the artist has been representing herself in front of the lens since 1997, her recent work unveils another layer, helping us to get closer, urging us to question our understanding of beauty through her response to her body. This set of new photographs courageously demonstrates beauty and vulnerability; a visual dialogue between destruction and construction. This recent photographic journey began from within the solitary isolation of a hospital burns unit. The artists vision of powerful landscapes and backdrops for her portraits took her most recently to Iran. Here she produced some of her most recent work, from within the harsh desert landscape of the Middle East.

The carefully selected locations are both powerful and dramatic settings. They resonate a sense of connection to the disturbing event which the artist cannot recall. “ Each location is a reflection of an emotional landscape or abstract mind space” The placement of this work within this setting, takes the viewer deeper into the surreal, dreamlike dimension of Esther’s work.

www.esthersabetpour.com

Xero, Kline & Coma
They Came From The Earth: A Screening of Science Fiction Films Concerning Vegetables
Featuring the works of:
Pil and Galia Kollectiv , Gelbart (with Felix Kubin ), Charlie Tweed and others
Friday 29 July
Folly for a Flyover

"The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution!"
Paul Cézanne

Bloodsucking evil created by radiation, soilent creatures sent here to terraform our planet, controlling all elements of the biological down to the cellular level. Come the vegetable rebellion, they will have their day. They came here and built their organic machines from giant vegetables. But what is the purpose of these machines? Although predominantly benign, these entities consisting of mainly carbohydrates finally get their retribution. The ultimate form of revolution arises from the earth, as subservient salad turns to violent vengeance. This program of short artist films, television excerpts and trailers presents a cornucopia of catastrophic calamities and inexplicable encounters between man and vegetable, curated by xero, kline & coma and featuring the work of Gelbart (with Felix Kubin), Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Charlie Tweed and others.

www.xero-kline-coma.com

www.kollectiv.co.uk

Lemon Curd Lighting
Stage Lighting, The Rickshaw Nights and Light Up Your Street
Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July
Hackney WickED Main Stage and various other locations around the festival

It Began In Clapton…from the humble beginning of house parties in Hackney, to themed raves at The Peanut Factory, to full-blown mystical synesthetic contraptions in the fields of Secret Garden Party, Lemon Curd Lighting will be beaming psychedelic shimmering’s over the Main Stage of Hackney Wicked in true 1960′s lightshow style.

The Rickshaw Nights (various locations throughout the festival) Londoner’s favorite mode of transportation has finally arrived to the Wick! Hop into the Hackney Wicked Rickshaw and enjoy the sights as a Colombian Don Juan takes you on a ride across the festival. The cost of the ride? Nothing! The only thing the driver will ask from you in return for his services and his good looks is for you to entertain him with a story.

Light Up Your Street (various locations throughout the festival) Lucy Harrison will be collecting festival-goers’ choices of song lyrics in various locations around the Wick during the Hackney Wicked weekend, as part of the project Light Up Your Street. The lyrics will be included in an outdoor projection piece at the Hackney Wick festival in September. The project has been commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority and is supported by Arts Council England. It is inspired by one of the ODA’s art commissions “RUN” by Monica Bonvicini which will be installed inside the Olympic Park this Autumn.

Kent Hugo & Michael Wilson
The Shadow Of The Wick
Friday 29 July
Projection on pavement outside Oslo House/ See Studio

Shadow of the Wick is a projection from the roof of Oslo House, Hackney Wick, onto the newly pedestrianised Prince Edward Road, through the “Hollywood” Hackney Wick sign. The result is a large silhouette.

The Love Booth
Sunday 31 July
Fete for the Wicked

The Love Booth will give participants the opportunity to take a practical,experiential and fun role in the process of exploring the meaning of romantic love, while at the same time raising awareness of our wider project and encouraging further written submissions.Inside the booth,the participant’s experience will be visual, written,a ural, and even scent-based!

Christina Mitrenste & Jonas Ranson
Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July
Wall Mural next to The Hackney Pearl

Multidisciplinary artist Christina Mitrentse & artist/print maker Jonas Ranson collaborating on an outdoor 17 meter panel display. A silk screened mural will be on view next to The Hackney Pearl.
www.christinamitrentse.com
www.jonasranson.com

Laura Oldfield Ford
Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July
Billboard, 92 White Post Lane

Site specific billboard installation to be installed on a disused billboard.

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