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

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.

Cuming: A Natural Selection

7 August – 30 August 2015

Artist Janetka Platun uses 3D printing technology, community collaboration and museum practice to respond to Southwark’s Cuming Museum, devastated by fire in 2013.

image of the general public walking past Peckham Peace Wall

Peckham Peace Wall

8 August – 2 September 2012

This permanent public artwork celebrates thousands of hopeful messages of peace written by the local community on post-it notes and pasted up onto a wall on Rye Lane following the London riots of 2011.

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