Pipe Dreams
Jimi and Madeleine Famurewa
25 Jul 24 – 11 Aug 24
Staffordshire St invite you to return to the water park with Pipe Dreams, a collaborative project conjured by Jimi and Madeleine Famurewa.
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.
OPENING EVENT: 25 JULY 2024 | 6 – 9pm
TICKETS: Free
VISIT: 25 JULY - 11 AUGUST 2024 | 12 - 6pm
If you are financially able, please consider donating, to keep Staffordshire St events accessible to all.
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.
This exhibition will be the centrepiece of our annual Festival of Community 2024: a collaborative programme of workshops, events, exhibitions and drop-ins that will celebrate our neighbourhood and the communities that fill its streets. Exploring notions of community, place and belonging, Staffordshire St will become a locus for playful creativity and celebratory knowledge sharing.
Made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.
EVENTS:
Festival of Community 2024 | festival
A collaborative programme of workshops, events, exhibitions and drop-ins that will celebrate our neighbourhood and the communities that fill its streets.
25 JULY - 11 AUGUST 2024 | 12 – 6PM
Family Day | workshop
A day full of workshops, talks, and guidance which invite visitors to share their experiences of swimming.
Curator tour with Jimi and Madeleine | 11:30 and 14:30
Swim Dem Crew | talk | 12:00
Saxon Crown Swimming Club | talk | 15:30
Junk Modelling | workshop | drop-in
27 JULY 2024 | 11AM – 5PM | FREE. PWYC
Open Water: How can swimming make space for everyone? | panel
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.
6 AUGUST 2024 | 6.30 - 9PM | FREE. PWYC
