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Film: Peckham Promenade by Janette Parris

Film created by Janette Parris with thanks to students and tutors at Harris Academy Peckham.

Film: SlipStream by David Cotterrell

This video by Gordon Beswick documents the launch event and artist talk for David Cotterrell’s 2011 commission SlipStream.

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: Futurama, urban design and utopian thinking

Artist Harold Offeh and Paul Goodwin (then Tate) discuss issues of urban design and future thinking in reference to Futurama, Offeh’s 2010 commission for Peckham Platform.

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.

Artist Talk: Sarah Cole, TRIBE

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

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.

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: 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.

Case study: Southwark Education Research Project testimonials

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

Publication: Peckham Square Studio, limited edition newspaper

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

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.

Artist Talk: Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, 343 Perspectives

Artist Nikolaj Larsen discusses his 2012 work 343 Perspectives.

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.

Artist David Cotterell standing with miniature stunt helicopter as part of the film Slipstream

Artist Talk: David Cotterrell, Slipstream

Artist David Cotterrell discusses his commissioned artwork with Dr David Dibosa.

Sound: Meera Shakti Osborne and A.G.: Digital Sound Tapestry

This digital tapestry is a collaborative work from artist Meera Shakti Osborne and producer A.G. made after working with a group of young people on the 2021 Digital Tapestry project.

Film: South London Black Music Archive by Barby Asante

This interview with artist Barby Asante looks at her inspiration for the South London Black Music Archive and documents the exhibition.

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

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.

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