It comes to an end

So we finished up early. Sorry for not being able to make it run for longer. The arts grant didn't come in (imagine a lot of people are finding that...). In the end we self-funded and couldn't afford to keep it going a day longer than we actually did.

We are looking to take the exhibition into the community proper and exhibit in and around Dalston so more of the real community can see our work and get to know each other a little bit better.

THIS ISN'T OVER!

We've said that before....but this time we mean it! We're going to take this forward if it kills us. The response from the community and those that came to see it was overwhelmingly positive, more so than even we expected! (see the Slow London review here: http://www.slowguides.com/london/)

It seems that the positives in exploring the real community in an area are inherent to all; finding the people who actually make an area tick, matters.

Give us some guidance on where you think we should take the Project. We'll keep you updated and hopefully see you at our next event,

Cheers
The DP team

Really intelligent review of the project in Slow Guides

So we have been reviewed. Which means we are doing something right, hopefully and touching a nerve with the right community and people who think about things in the same light.

The article captures the ideals of the Project; that we want people to see the personalities in the community that give society a real buzz. Hayley from Slow Guides really hits the nail on the head by saying that we want people to leave and go explore the area.

Read the review here

Thanks
Dalston Project

What is and was


E8, Dalston, mainly...and other areas...but mainly Dalston. The place is unique in East London right now, and probably comparable with only a handfull of other areas in the country: its in mass transit, from infrastructure through demographic to fiscal. A 'visual slum' being transformed. But it was once a fine area. An area of wealth and community. Neighbours knowing neighbours and living together. Does this not happen any more...?

What we now have is a fractured affair with alienation and disenfranchisement from society. The community feel has supposedly gone; its dried up along with the cement for the new apartments.

However, with all this being said, there are pockets of Dalston that remain warm, inviting and community driven. The ethnic diversity has factored in this; it's made it seem fragmented but for this negative perception there is one parallel that pulls all these strands together - all these people live next door to each other. They breath each other's air.

The Dalston Project aims to get in amongst this complex concrete district and run all the threads of existence, no matter how disparate and begotten they appear, through one door for all and each to come see.

The Project has a task to unite the people by showing them the humanity of all their neighbours. Not in some grand way, not in a patronising way, but by video and audio, by heart and touch. Unbiased and unreproachable, the Dalston Project will be a living showcase for all that is fine and good with the 'community', when most people think one doesn't even exist.