Project: POPUPPOPUP
Where: Sugar House Studios, London, E15 2QQ
When: Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 September 12-8 pm
More: http://popuppopup.net/
Creature recently helped London artist Hilary Powell to launch a website for her latest project, POPUPPOPUP the public production of a popup book, Legend: An-A-Z of the Lea Valley.
Visitors are invited to observe a production line of uniformed, local, skilled workers absorbed in their tasks. Immersed in a surreal site of production, visitors witness the intensive manufacture of an epic publication made by many hands.
Tickets for tours and workshops can be purchased here: http://popuppopup.net/#workshops
“Pop Up Pop Up brings a former industrial site in East London to life with a peek behind the scenes of a theatrical pop-up factory producing a limited run of artist Hilary Powell’s pop-up book Legend: An A-Z of the Lea Valley.
During an Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts at the Bartlett School of Architecture, artist Hilary Powell has spent the last four years as unofficial artist in residence on a demolition site on the fringes of the Olympic Park. She has produced a unique pop-up book and created an immersive public experience to chart the historic transformation of Stratford and the Lower Lea Valley.
Pop Up, Pop Up takes place from 18 – 20 September 2014, 12 – 8pm, Sugarhouse Studios, Stratford.
Legend: An A-Z of the Lea Valley – a launch celebrating the book’s creation takes place Saturday 20 September 2014 7.30pm.
Find out more here: http://popuppopup.net/
