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Resource: Autodidacts reading collection

Resource: Bookbed autodidacts reading collection

To accompany the exhibition Bookbed, artist Ruth Beale has complied a small collection of books by or about autodidacts and self-education, and books selected to aid the autodidact.

Artist Talk: Kathrin Böhm, Money Making Machines and Other Useful Contraptions

Kathrin Böhm explores issues of distribution of wealth, community economies, local currencies and the economics of mental health.

Case Study: Barby Asante, South London Black Music Archive

Case Study of the South London Black Music Archive by Barby Asante

Resource: Twelve, drug and alcohol misuse

These resources offer a range of reference materials around drug and alcohol misuse, focusing on movies, music, art and books.

Case Study: Sarah Cole, TRIBE

Case study of Sarah Cole’s 2013 exhibition TRIBE.

image captured from instagram post showing a video of using watercolours

Creative Challenge: Patterns and Textures with Watercolours

Join Youth Platform Coordinator Farrah in creating patterns and textures with watercolours.

Case Study: Harold Offeh, Platform Press House

Case study of our Youth Platform’s exhibition Platform Press House in collaboration with artist Harold Offeh.

Film: 343 Perspectives by Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen

Larsen’s film 343 Perspectives quietly reflects on themes of isolation and community in a residential area in South London served only by one form of transport – the 343 bus.

Artist Talk: Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, 343 Perspectives

Artist Nikolaj Larsen discusses his 2012 work 343 Perspectives.

Artist Talk: Melanie Manchot, Twelve

In 2015 artist Melanie Manchot discussed the inspiration behind her ambitious film installation, Twelve, with Dr Pratap Rugani, documentary filmmaker and then Reader in Documentary Film at University of the Arts London.

Artist Talk: Eileen Perrier and Autograph, ABP Newspaper Launch

Eileen Perrier in conversation with writer Michael McMillan and Emily Druiff.

Two people adding black letters to a lighbox that reads Brighter Peckham outside Peckham library

Film: Futurama by Harold Offeh

A film by Harold Offeh, documenting his 2010 Peckham Platform commission, Futurama, with youth group Leaders of Tomorrow and design team Glass Hill.

Podcast: Twelve, Art & Addictions

Podcast debating the value of art within the NHS’s addiction services, with Mark Prest, Dr Alison Rooke and Dr Luke Micheson

Artist Talk: Kimathi Donkor, ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’

Artist Kimathi Donkor, Lindsay Johns and Emily Druiff discuss the development of Kimathi’s exhibition ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’

Pencil shavings pinned to the wall as part of A Dog in the Playground exhibition

Publication: A Dog in the Playground

This publication explores teaching in classrooms as a socially engaged artistic practice, by looking at the role of the teacher as artist.

Case study: Southwark Education Research Project testimonials

Barbara Steveni introduces the methodology behind the radical Southwark Education Research Project (1989-95).

Artist Talk: Sarah Cole, TRIBE

Sarah Cole in conversation with Dean Kenning, Louise Doherty, Danny McNally and Emily Druiff, Peckham Platform.

Artist Janette Parris at Peckham Promeade exhibition

Artist Talk: Janette Parris, Peckham Promenade

Janette Parris in conversation with Tamsin Dillon, Curator of 14-18 Now and former Director of Art on the Underground.

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Resource: Seek, Sort, Sense. Early Years Activity Packs

Seek, Sort, Sense is a free activity pack designed for children aged 3-6 years old that encourages engagement with green spaces in the area.

Publication: Peckham Square Studio, limited edition newspaper

A limited edition newspaper documenting Eileen Perrier’s 2014 commission, Peckham Square Studio.

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