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Cartographies of the Imagination is a month-long experimental drawing festival held in the RIBA award-winning Omved Gardens and Glasshouse in Highgate, London. The festival includes an exhibition exploring the world of drawing between the real and the imagined, and a varied and experimental programme of events, including artist tours, a forum, webinar and supper club, and a series of drawing laboratories offering workshops to students and the local community. 

The festival is curated by Kirsty Badenoch, who teaches on the school’s Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies and Landscape Architecture programmes, and Sayan Skandarajah, a PhD student at the school and lecturer at the University of Reading. The festival space was designed by London-based architects PiM Studio, whose work includes project delivery and fitout for the V&A Dundee, an installation for the Royal Academy and concepts for St Paul's Hanging Gardens and Sevenoaks Visitor Centre. 

The festival’s exhibition runs from 2 – 31 July and showcases four years of Kirsty and Sayan’s drawing research into lost landscapes and cityscapes. The exhibition also includes a collective forum, with works from leading voices in architecture, landscape, painting, technology and film. Exhibiting artists include, Francesca Benedetto, Nat Chard, Penelope Haralambidou, Charnjeev Kang, Aisling O’Carroll, Saskia Olde Wolbers, ScanLab Projects, Mira Sanders, Doug Specht, Llew Watkins and Izabela Wieczorek. 

Full schedule

02 – 31 July: Exhibition open (daily)
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04 and 21 July: Bookable artist tours
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10 July: Forum
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14 July: Webinar 
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02, 15, 16 and 25 July: Drawing Laboratory: Community workshops 
17-18 July: Drawing Laboratory: Student workshop
22 July: Drawing Laboratory: Salon -
07 and 29 July: Feast of Maps -
30 July: Cosmocartos: Closing party 

More information

• Discover the Architectural and Interdisciplinary Studies BSc programme
• Discover the Landscape Architecture MA/MLA programme
• Visit Kirsty Badenoch’s profile

Images:
Lead: Kirsty Badenoch - The Garden Transcripts
1.ÌýSayan Skandarajah - Scenes of Another Kyoto, Detail
2.ÌýCharnjeev Kang - Written on Words
3.ÌýMira Sanders - Inland Voyage in an Inland Voyage panel 21
4.ÌýPeter Baldwin - Palincestuous Liaisons Exploring the Island
5.ÌýPenelope Haralambidou - City of Ladies, Domobaal 2020-21 (courtesy of Andy Keate)
6.ÌýAisling O'Carrol - Reconstructing a Geological Monument