Construction Gallery will be hosting a 10 week programme of exhibitions, residencies and events. This programme will be regularly updated:
Week 1
Exhibitions
Main Space: Alistair McClymont, After the Rain
Video Room: Heather Jones, Autumn Tree
Sound Room: Present Attempt, Keeping the Park: Walking Archive
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Artist in residence
Project Space: Sam Robinson
Week 2: Wed 25 to Sun 29 Jan
Events
Public Launch 6.30pm Wed 25 Jan
Live music from Jo Stephenson
Exhibitions
Main Space: Alistair McClymont, After the Rain
Video Room: Heather Jones, Autumn Tree
Project Space: Sam Robinson, exhibition of new paintings
Sound Room: Present Attempt, Keeping the Park: Walking Archive
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Week 3: Wed 1 Feb to Sun 5 Feb
Event
Tooting Book Club, Wednesday 1 Feb, 7pm (New members welcome)
Exhibitions
Main space: Alistair McClymont, After the Rain
Video room: Eva Rudlinger, Arctic Echo
Sound room: Chris Wood ‘the lines beneath your feet…’
Cafe area: Melanie Russell, paintings
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Artist in residence
Project space: Melanie Russell (Thursday and Friday)
Writers room: Christopher Lawrence (Wednesday)
Workshops
Saturday 4 Feb, 2pm & 3pm: Melanie Russell, make your own sticker collage! (ages 4 – 11)
Saturday 4 Feb 3pm to 6pm: Chris Wood, interactive sound workshop (suitable for all ages)
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Week 4: Wed 8 Feb to Sun 12 Feb
Exhibitions
Main space: Alistair McClymont, After the Rain
Video Room: Rodney Dee, Daedalus
Project space: Melanie Russell (until Saturday)
Sound Room: Ursula Kelly, Pitch 78 East Street Market
Cafe area: Melanie Russell, paintings
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Artist in residence
Project space: Ursula Kelly (Sunday)
Writers room: Hamja Ahsan (Wednesday)
Discussions
Wednesday 8 Feb, 7pm to 9pm: What makes good public art? What makes public art good? Debate
Thursday 9 Feb, 2pm to 4pm : Jonathan Trayner, Temporary Autonomous Zone project discussion
Events
Thursday 9 Feb, 7.15pm: Wild and Foraged Supper Club (Booking Essential)
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Week 5: Wed 15 to Sun 19 Feb
Week guest curated by DEAR LIDO
Exhibition
The exhibition will include archive material about Tooting Lido as well as documentation from Dear Lido performances.
Workshop space
The workshop will be a hive of Lido activity, where the local community can participate in a number of ways.
Wednesday 15 February – Bunting making and tea party
Help us design bunting for the Lido and have a spot of tea!
13.00-15.00 & 16.00-18.00
Suitable for everyone
Thursday 16 February – Vintage hair and make up workshop
Kitsch dressing up for grown ups!
19.00-20.30
Adults and young people over 16
Friday 17 February – Set design workshop
Try your hand at set design and see your designs used this summer in the performance of Dear Lido at Tooting Lido!
11.00-12.00 & 13.00-14.00
Children under 5-11 years
Friday 17 February evening Talks and lectures
19.00-20.30
Suitable for everyone
Saturday 18 February – Dance workshops
Learn some of the Dear Lido repertoire with the cast from Dear Lido
11.00-12.00 & 13.00-14.00
Sessions for children and young people
Dear Lido, pop up space in collaboration with Wandsworth Town Centre development and Wandsworth Museum. Funded by the Outer London Fund.
Week 6: Wed 22 to Sun 26 Feb
Events
Friday 24 Feb, 7pm to 9pm: Live spoken word performances as part of Tooting Tales
Saturday 25 Feb, 12 noon to 6pm: Tooting Zine and Artist Books Fair (Open for stalls: tootingzines@gmail.com)
Saturday 25 Feb, 6.30pm to 9pm: Exhibition preview: Declan Jenkins and Jonathan Kelly
Exhibitions
Main space and project space: Declan Jenkins and Jonathan Kelly, Eureka Lemon!
Video room: Sofia Niazi, Social Notworking Investigation
Sound room: Ursula Kelly, Pitch 78 East Street Market
Writers room: tbc
Cafe walls: Gurley
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Week 7: Wed 29 Feb to Sun 4 Mar
Exhibitions
Main space: BBKP Big Wheel
Cafe Walls: Christopher Mayer
Video: Savinder Bual, Road
Sound: Olga Koroleva, Unintentional
Residencies
Project Space: Wednesday and Thursday Egle Vaituleviciute makes a textile installation
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Matthew James Kay builds a cardboard mountain
Writers Room: James Yule, The Origin of A
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Week 8: Wed 7 to Sun 11 Mar
Public Opening Event: Thurs 8 March, 6.30pm
with performances and Flag launch!
Exhibitions
Main space: BBKP – Big Wheel
Cafe walls exhibition: paintings by Yasuhiro Onishi
Sound: Helena Wee – Strings
Video Bronwen Buckeridge – Forgetting Babette
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Flag: Jonathan Trayner, TAZ (until 25 March)
Workshops:
Make a recycled material weaving with Egle
Cupcake Wednesdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Sugar Landscape Thursdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Week 9: Wed 14 to Sun 18 Mar
Event
Constructing Spaces – public performance 5-7pm
Workshops: Jennie Savage Saturday 17 March explains “A Guide to Getting Lost”
Cupcake Wednesdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Sugar Landscape Thursdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Exhibitions
Main space: BBKP – Big Wheel
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Video: Kelly Jackson – ‘An Ode To Kubrick’
Sound: Debra Fear – ‘The Cat and She’
Audio tour: Jennie Savage ‘A Guide to Getting Lost’
Residencies
Fleur Melbourne – project space
Jonathan Gilderseeves – project space
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Flag: Jonathan Trayner, TAZ (until 25 March)
Week 10: Wed 21 to Sun 25 Mar
Event
Closing event and performances Sat 24th March
Exhibitions
Main space: Group Sculpture Exhibition
Cafe window display: Rebecca Lucraft
Video: Marianna O’Reilly – ’28′
Audio tour: Jennie Savage ‘A Guide to Getting Lost’
Workshops:
Cupcake Wednesdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Sugar Landscape Thursdays with Edith from Tea Party Cakes
Residency: Kelly Jackson
Public Art
Cafe Outer Shutter: Robert Aldous (until 25 March)
Flag: Jonathan Trayner, TAZ (until 25 March)