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Painting Connections: Sharing Economies in the Creative Wick
A Grand Challenges small grant examined the sharing economy in Hackney Wick, East London
7 February 2016
Painting Connections was supported by a Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities Small Grant. The project worked with Creative Wick and Affordable Wick to explore and showcase the Sharing Economy in Hackney Wick and Fish Island (HWFI), East London. The research group brought together visualisation and outreach from CASA, models of prosperity from the Institute for Global Prosperity, and systemic approaches to understanding microeconomies from the Institute of Sustainable Resources.
Sculptural installation by Marie Brenneis.听Captivated by experimental psychology of space and colour, Brenneis听tests theories out by creating unconventional spaces and displays. In particular she considers how today鈥檚 utilitarian spaces and the built environment increasingly condition our visual freedom and imaginative potential.听
A complex network of drawn lines responds to a map showing concentrations of creative activity in buildings within Hackney Wick and Fish Island (HWFI) by Natalie Ryde.听Her abstract, systemic drawings contemplate the theoretical workings of the universe while searching for connections in physical world she observes.
Image by Ansell Cizic. His art work deals with the occupancy and utility of space, its use and possible misuse. The idea of a sharing economy in this context is theoretical and utopian 鈥� the artist questions whether it is quite the opposite and he is really 鈥楢nsell in Wonderland鈥�?
The project is led by a UCL team made up of Martin Zaltz Austwick in听, Emma Terama at the听, Hannah Sender at the听, and Carina Schneider at听听/听; and Will Chamberlain from听听and Richard Brown from听.
Painting Connections received support from the UCL Grand Challenges Sustainable Cities Small Grant scheme听and Public and Cultural Engagement in collaboration with the Forum for Future London.听
