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.

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South London Black Music Archive

17 January – 24 March 2012

Barby Asante celebrates, preserves and investigates south Londoners’ personal relationships with moments in Black music history.

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