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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Exhibitions

A person adding black letters to a lightbox outside Peckham library

Futurama

17 September – 27 November 2010

In 2010 artist Harold Offeh took the idea of World’s Fairs as a starting point for an exhibition exploring visions of a future Peckham designed by the young people who live there.

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.

Peckham Square Studio

16 September – 16 November 2014

From a mobile studio on Peckham Square, artist Eileen Perrier channels 19th century photography techniques to take local people’s portraits.

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