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London Villages Project: August Update

    We had seven presentations at the August monthly meetup which was a squeeze but resulted in some fine discussion & new insights into the ‘Village’ theme.

    We’ve got a flickr site for upload of Project work-in-progress, in response to members and ensuring a greater degree of feedback. Some members of the LVP from Lewisham are beginning to plan a local exhibition and any initiative for other local exhibitions will get as much support as we can give.

    Keith Ellis presented for the first time his exploratory work in Deptford.
    Anne-Marie Glasheen continues work within the condemned prefabs close to her home in Catford, focussing on the intimacies of the ‘internal’.
    Jennifer Roberts was another member showing first-time work, from Surrey Quays, portraying her neigbourhood through its built composition.
    Angela Inglis‘s work in Somers Town continues to gather pace, currently working with the proliferation of community groups in that territory.
    Lesley Brew is documenting the interaction between the 2012 construction on, and the local population’s use of, Woolwich Common.
    Astrid Baerndal continues to document the early days of her Buddhist community in Camberwell, working on portraiture of the fraternity.
    Jonathan Goldberg introduced ‘Transition Towns’, involving a movement that aims to inspire and support communities in the transition from oil dependency to relocalised economies responding to climate change.

    We’re six months into the Project & we’ve got six months to go. Onward!