London’s longest running contemporary visual arts festival, Deptford X, takes place from 25 October – 3 November 2019 and marks its twenty-first anniversary with its largest programme to date.
The 19th edition of this annual festival in south-east London features a curated programme of work by emerging artists plus a sprawling and diverse Fringe – all within a 1km radius of Deptford station. Carrie Foulkes reports.
Ten-day festival to showcase site-specific work by five emerging artists, with fringe event also exhibiting the work of south London based local talent.
My Deptford X, 1: Market Musical, Janette Parris, songs based on her conversations with Market stall holders and local shop-keepers. Janette wrote the songs based on that material (and she also created the Deptford X edition of her ARCH Comic […]
Kind of at the last minute, I got an email about my ‘Concrete Tower turned Bug Hotel’ at Creekside Discovery Centre, to the effect of: it hasn’t been turned into a bug hotel yet, sorry… something to do with volunteers […]
Just got off the phone with someone at London Port Authority about a proposal I made for Deptford X. It’s not looking likely that I will be given a license to place this particular work in the Creek, thanks to […]