Upcoming events
Earthly Undertones
Forty Hall welcomes experimental art installation Earthly Undertones over the weekend of Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th March, 11am-4pm. Earthly Undertones is a collaboration between two Enfield Festival of Industry partners: poet and industrial chemist Anthony Fisher of Enfield Poets (poets in residence at Forty Hall), and artist Cath Carver of Colour Your City (a local arts practice). The exhibition incorporates Anthony’s Londinium poem with Cath’s colourful audio visual installation and reflections on local industry.
Londinium by Anthony Fisher is a visceral and highly sensory poem, unearthing the layers of human history found in the soil just below our feet. In celebration of London’s rich diversity, Anthony then had the poem translated into 38 languages.
Cath Carver is creating an immersive audio visual installation in response. The experimental experience will dig into the nature of the poem within the context of industry: highlighting the need for deep respect of the Earth and human cooperation to navigate the future ahead – and the role each of us have to play.
The poem will be broadcast through LOSS – a sound system designed by artist-maker Rosie Strickland. The sound system is made from wood-turned dishes and broadcasts soundscape narratives on the relationship between ecology, humanity and technology. The speakers will tell a story of soil and diversity in collaboration with Anthony’s words and multilingual voices.
About
Enfield Poets provide opportunities for local poets to perform their work in a supportive and stimulating environment. They hold regular live shows and workshops to help local writers develop their knowledge and skills.
“London’s success, dynamism and power is mainly due to its diversity, people from all-over, 300 languages spoken, and its acceptance of all who come.” Anthony Fisher
Colour Your City is a locally-based multidisciplinary practice that uses colour to activate creativity, explore place, transform space and connect community. They work in a chromatic, civic and spatial way through design projects, multimedia installations, workshops and programming. For their festival commission, they’ve been exploring industry through the lens of colour, and gathering a unique Palette EN:IN.
“As the Festival of Industry wraps up, this installation – landing in the green of Forty Hall – will ground closing reflections with two vital aspects of industry: respect for the Earth and ecology, and the importance of human collaboration, as we navigate the future ahead. Using colour and Rosie Strickland’s LOSS sound system to bring these themes to life in an experimental experience open to all.” Cath Carver
Opening: Saturday 23rd March and Sunday 24th March 11am-4pm
Artist Cath Carver will be present on both days from 2-4pm
Driving Creative Health Forwards in Enfield with Breathe Arts Health Research
A day designed to develop the creative health sector in Enfield with Breath Arts Health Research.
Join Breathe Arts Health Research (Breathe) for a day designed to inspire the development of the creative health sector in Enfield as well as seeding the arts and health projects of tomorrow in the borough. Aiming to bring local organisations, healthcare professionals, policy makers and artists together, the training will share expertise and insight on programme design and delivery, best practice, funding, evaluation/research and more.
The morning session will feature an overview of the sector, sharing Breathe’s evidence-based approach to programme design and case studies. The session will explore the key ingredients required to embed creative health safely and sustainably, as well as some of the barriers to implementing this work. The afternoon session will consist of bespoke, interactive workshops, co-designed with local artists to equip them with the practical tools they need to deliver creative health programmes safely and sustainably.
Event Schedule
Facilitated by Hannah Dye (Head of Programmes and Interim Co-Director, Breathe Arts Health Research) and Lorna Greenwood (Head of Scalability, Breathe Arts Health Research)
Guest speakers / presentations from: Anna Woolf (Co-Director, London Arts & Health), Ben Nathan (Founder, Pinhole London), Lydia Hayes (Head of Development and Interim Co-Director, Breathe Arts Health Research)
10:00-10:30 Registrations & Networking
10:30-12:30 Morning Session (All) including:
An overview of the Creative Health sector
Breathe Arts Health Research’s approach to programme design
London Arts & Health on support for Creative Health in Enfield and Social Prescribing
Creative Health Case Studies:
Breathe Melodies for Mums
Pinhole Photography for Wellbeing in Enfield
12:30-13:30 Lunch & Networking
13:30-16:00 Afternoon Session (Creative practitioners only) including:
Making programmes sustainable using evaluation and research
Interactive evaluation breakout session led by Breathe
How to write a funding application
Interactive funding bid breakout session led by Breathe
This is a free event with limited capacity so booking is essential. Participants who are self employed are eligible for £50 to cover attendance.
For more information, please contact Penny Skerrett, Skills Exchange Manager, Festival of Industry on Penny.Skerrett@enfield.gov.uk
Woolly Mammoths of Enfield by Chickenshed
An immersive and interactive theatre show for all the family.
Chickenshed present an immersive, interactive and fun theatre performance for all the family. Join in with this interactive performance, told using song, dance, mime, recordings, animation, and everything in between. As we make the connections and power the engine, that is Enfield’s industrial past and future in a creative and accessible newly created musical theatre extravaganza!
There are 3 performances starting at 10.15am, 12pm and 1.30pm. Each performance is 50 mins long. Please book a ticket for all adults and all children attending.
Public Call for Entries with Colour Your City
A public call for entries with arts practice Colour Your City
Local arts practice Colour Your City are collecting colour stories for their project ‘Palette EN:IN’ in which they will create a unique colour palette that represents industry in Enfield – a chromatic ode to Enfield’s rich industrial heritage, its dynamic present, and futurescape envisioning.
Do you have a story about industry in Enfield?
It could be something you helped to make, manufacture or design.
It could be to do with your current workplace, or your parents or friends workplace. Take a moment to consider what kind of jobs and industries are in Enfield today.
The story could relate to a place or service you enjoy in Enfield or something that you wish existed here.
Does your story have a link to any particular colour? It could be something you imagine or envision – a colour that represents your hopes for Enfield’s future or reminds you of a memory you experienced here.
Please share your story via email to info@colouryourcity.com by 3rd March.
You can include an image or video if you have one, or something which matches the colour you’re thinking of. Short videos, photographs, drawings / artworks also welcome.
Feel free to create a colour name of your choosing, have fun with it!
Enjoy this creative callout, open to all with a colour story broadly about Enfield industry! Any questions, just get in touch with Colour Your City using the button below.
Industry Through the Eyes of Enfield Poets
Join Enfield Poets for an evening of poetry and conversation as we hear original poetry from six of their members.
As part of the Festival of Industry, Enfield Poets created a series of poems celebrating Enfield’s industrial heritage and inspired by their experiences and memories of working in industry. As part of this event, the poets will be interviewed by Skevos Loizou, from Maroon Community Media, about their work. Having the opportunity to discuss their stories in more detail and sharing more behind the stories that inspired their poems.
The poets sharing their work will be:
Anne Alexander
Michael Brett
Anthony Fisher
Anna Mickiewicz
Christine Vial
Gay Whymark
And their poems can be read or heard online here
The poems by Anthony Fisher, Christine Vial and Gay Whymark are about their experience of working in industry in Eastern Enfield. Christine and Gay left industry but Anthony is still working in Brimsdown. The others are about places or things from Eastern Enfield.
Artist Takeover - An Interactive Showcase from the Festival of Industry - Free
Join the artists of Enfield for a day of creative exploration as part of the Festival of Industry.
The event will be an interactive and fun experience encompassing arts, performance, creativity and learning as we give you the chance to meet the artists and explore the projects behind the Festival of Industry.
The Festival of Industry is a cultural programme led by Enfield Council and funded by the Arts Council, through which 20 local artists and arts organisations were commissioned to explore Enfield’s industrial past and consider its present and future links to industry. The artists will be taking over the Dugdale Arts Centre to offer a free afternoon of drop-in creative workshops, screenings, exhibitions, performances and more.
Suitable for all ages and abilities, there will be family-friendly arts activities, alongside more adult focussed exhibitions, screenings and creative sessions.
Activities Include:
Experience an interactive soundscape of Enfield’s industrial sites from Clang Studios.
Design your own tiles and learn about Enfield’s ceramic industries with Doodle Designs
Exploring Colour workshops and create your own colour stories with Colour Your City.
Experiments in art and drawing including animation by Tiger Monkey UK Ltd.
See the exhibition ‘Workers of Tomorrow’ by artists DYSPLA on AI and the future of industries.
Enjoy performances by children’s theatre company Chickenshed.
Meet artist Dan Maier from Extraordinary Design and learn about her latest commission.
Meet ceramicist Owen Wall and learn about his work and his upcoming installation.
Meet Pinhole London and view images from their latest project with ENACT.
See artwork from Maeve Laurence’s commission with AiR, ‘While you work’
All activities are available on a drop-in basis and can be enjoyed by all ages.
After the showcase, you can also join Enfield Poets for an evening of poetry from 5pm - 7pm as they read poems celebrating Enfield’s industrial heritage and share their stories.
Book your free place below to join the fun.
‘Animation Live’ theatre workshop with 1927
A workshop for creatives with internationally acclaimed animated theatre company 1927.
This workshop will explore the art of using simple animations in performance. The art of interacting with animation is a skill encompassing mime, clowning, devising, and collaboration across art forms. It will teach performance styles and devising ideas and explore how we fuse eye-catching animated ideas with strong performance to create magical images!
The workshop is open to all creatives and will be relevant to film makers, visual artists, writers, dancers and musicians. It will be a chance to rethink our own disciplines, to explore and explode what happens when we fuse artforms to tell stories. Attendees will have the choice to participate and/or watch the workshop.
1927 are an internationally acclaimed, award winning company who make wildly creative animated theatre shows! From larger-than-life operas in LA to small shows in church halls in Lagos, from Ozzy Osbourne music videos to collaborations between prisons and primary schools.
Lost in the DAC by Platinum Performing Arts
Tickets £8 adults, £6 children
Lost in DAC, an immersive performance and museum experience in true Platinum style! Join us in the Alice in Wonderland inspired maze and interactive zones. Meet The Mad Hatter, Caterpillar of Wisdom, Dancing Flower and friends. Celebrate Enfield’s inventions, creativity, and ingenuity, past, present and future. Fun for all the family!
Neurodiversity and Accessibility in the Arts hosted by DYSPLA and Chickenshed
A workshop led by DYSPLA and Chickenshed exploring neurodiversity and accessibility in the creative industries.
A dynamic workshop aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to cultivate creative and accessible spaces within the arts. This workshop delves into the fundamental principles of neurodiversity, dispelling myths, emphasising the unique perspectives neurodivergent individuals bring to creative realms, exploring actionable strategies and offering practical insights into adapting creative approaches.
Exploring Colour with Cath Carver, Colour Your City
A creative workshop with local artist Cath Carver
Join artist Cath Carver from Colour Your City for a creative workshop exploring colour. Delve into curious colour connections with industry – what is made in Enfield to green land-based activity, urban design and more. Surface your own colour stories – related to experiences, memories, hopes and future visions. As part of her Festival of Industry commission, Cath will be collecting colour stories to create a unique palette for Enfield.
Hear more about approaches to working with colour and participate with others in a creative experience. There will be books and resources about colour to browse and enjoy too.
Mixed art materials will be provided for drawing, painting, writing, collage. All abilities. Adults / 14+ years are most welcome (children must be supervised).
Digital Art & Photogrammetry - 3D Capture Workshop with DYSPLA
Join local artists DYSPLA for a creative workshop exploring 3D technology, accessible for all levels.
Join this creative workshop as local artists DYSPLA will be showing participants how to create 3D digital art using the technologies that most people have available at home. Using some of the same technologies used to create their artworks DYSPLA will be guiding a group of residents through the process of digitally capturing 3D objects, using mobile phone cameras and freely available 3D capture software.
DYSPLA have recently launched their public artwork Workers of Tomorrow which is being shown on billboards in the Hertford Road area showcasing a fictional representation of the future of different industries set in 2099, focussing on health, education, law and creativity and considering how those industries will be impacted by the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). They hope the work will create a dialogue around the preservation of our unique humanity, whilst allowing for progress in our essential industries. More information can be found accessed on QR codes and on their website.
DYSPLA ‘Workers of Tomorrow’ - Launch Event
Join the launch event for DYSPLA public installation ‘Workers of Tomorrow’
Local artists DYSPLA will be launching their public artwork Workers of Tomorrow showcasing a fictional representation of the future of different industries set in 2099, focussing on health, education, law and creativity and considering how those industries will be impacted by the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Join us for an evening with the artists discussing the work, which they hope will create a dialogue around the preservation of our unique humanity, whilst allowing for progress in our essential industries.
Workers of Tomorrow will be shown on billboards in the Hertford Road area and more information can be accessed online and via a QR code on the artworks.
Sow Some Seeds & Shed Some Light - A creative session with Extraordinary Design
A drop-in creative session and consultation with artist Dan Maier, founder of Extraordinary Design
Join artist Dan Maier, who will be showing her ideas for her Festival of Industry public art commission at Southgate Library. Learn about the designs and enjoy creative activities including sowing seeds and making upcycled tea-light lanterns in this interactive drop-in consultation session. This event is a drop-in session and the activities will take around 30mins, come along anytime between 3pm - 5.30pm to take part.
Digital Art & Photogrammetry - 3D Capture Workshop with DYSPLA - FREE
A creative workshop exploring 3D capture technologies
DYSPLA will be showing participants how to create 3D digital art using the technologies that most people have at home. Using some of the same technologies used to create their
artworks, DYSPLA will be guiding participants through the process of digitally capturing 3D objects, using mobile phone cameras and freely available 3D capture software. Each participant will need a smartphone with a camera and wifi accessibility.
