Pipe Dreams
Opening: Thursday 25 July 2024
6-9pm
25 July - 11 August 2024
12-6pm Wed - Sun
Staffordshire St invite you to return to the water park with Pipe Dreams, a collaborative project conjured by Jimi and Madeleine Famurewa.
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Prepare to be transported to the half-remembered fantasia of a London orbital waterpark in the mid-1990s. The siren of the wave machine; the fog of chlorine and deep fat- fryers; the connective ridges of the water flume on your back.
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Pipe Dreams will combine soundscapes, large-scale drawings and an installation. The project is a cross-disciplinary celebration of leisure pools in the South East, examining what they meant to the people who visited, reflecting on the loss of similar community spaces, and exploring how they can become more diverse and inclusive.
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This exhibition will be the centrepiece of our annual Festival of Community. Exploring notions of community, place and belonging, Staffordshire St will become a locus for playful creativity and celebratory knowledge sharing.
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EVENTS
Festival of Community 2024
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Family Day | workshop
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A day full of workshops, talks, and guidance which invite visitors to share their experiences of swimming.
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Curator tour with Jimi and Madeleine at 11:30 and 14:30
talk | Swim Dem Crew 12:00
talk | Saxon Crown Swimming Club 15:30
workshop | Junk Modelling drop-in
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27 July 2024, 11am -5pm
Free, sign-up here
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Open Water: How can swimming make space for everyone? | panel
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Pipe Dreams curator Jimi Famurewa hosts author Jenny Landreth (Swell; Swimming London) and director Olivia Smart (Black Stroke) in a conversation about the past, present and future of historic disparities and inclusivity in swimming culture
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6 August 2024, 6.30 - 9pm
Free or PWYC, book here
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