My Model City, My Dream Today, Our Dreams Tomorrow

EXHIBITION

A 1:20 scale installation reimagines Peckham’s Rye Lane in the future, populated by deer, bears and other wild animals.

Details

This exhibition has now finished.

Horniman Museum

6 July – 1 September 2019

As an area of London undergoing rapid change, south London is the testing ground for a new vision of urban life, created by young people from Peckham Platform and the Horniman Museum with muf architecture.

The project explores how cities could better serve their communities and enhance our shared culture – opening up a space for exchange and experimentation through collage, model-making, animation and a change of scale.

As we peer through archways in the plywood installation, we momentarily inhabit an imaginary fragment of a future city envisaged by today’s young people, prompting individual thoughts on urban design and the nature of living in cities.

More Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Bookbed

31 January – 23 March 2014

Ruth Beale explores the idea of the book and public library as generative public space and symbols of self education.

Peckham Promenade

21 January – 25 March 2016

Janette Parris takes inspiration from the characters, lives and daily interactions of the people living, working in and visiting Peckham’s bustling Rye Lane for this 60 metre artwork.

Pink and yellow digital collage of Sound System Library desiged by Yes Make

Small Island Vibes: Library Sound System

4–7 August 2022

We believe that libraries and sound systems are important social spaces for learning and joy as well as activism and protection. For our 2022 Summer Programme Yes Make have created a temporary structure, on Peckham Square. The structure holds a free access Library that includes poetry, fiction and art texts as well as a sound […]

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