Empty Shops Network - Workshop 24

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Workshop 24 (Tumblr blog)

a project by the Empty Shops Network

funded by South Kilburn Neighbourhood Trust and New Deal For Communities

atelier | factory | gallery | hub | office | public place | meeting space | sewing room | studio | workshop

24 Peel Precinct, South Kilburn, London, NW6 (nearest tune Queen's Park or Kilburn Park, Bakerloo Line)

Based in a shop which had been empty for nearly a year, Workshop 24 was a place for South Kilburn people, open from November 2010-March 2011. Run by the Empty Shops Network, and managed by artist and writer Dan Thompson, it was home to poetry and parkour, guerilla gardening and urban exploration, patchwork and photography – all powered by endless cups of tea. Some of the people that used the space are photographed and interviewed in this book, but it really is just some: a snapshot of about one hundred and twenty days at Workshop 24.

A floating band of artists, creatives, writers, makers and thinkers made Workshop 24 their temporary home. Some were local, some passing through, some, inspired by Workshop 24 itself, had come to spend time in a bit of London they'd never seen. And they all made sure that Workshop 24 was a place to have a go at things you'd never tried, find out about things you never knew, explore corners of South Kilburn you'd never seen and make friends with people you'd never met. Workshop 24 uncovered lost rivers and abandoned allotments, unlocked creativity and culture and unwrapped South Kilburn's stories and histories.

Over four months, the shop became part of the local landscape, and part of the rhythm of life in Peel Precinct. A quiet morning, the bustle of hometime, calm in early evening; Workshop 24 was there for people to stop, meet, catch up.

Download South Kilburn Speaks: Poetry from Peel Precinct fanzine

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