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David Shrigley for Chic, Jeremy Deller for James Blake – just some of the dream creative/musical pairings of Pressing Matters
The series of one-off records curated by Pavement Licker is being auctioned to raise money for mental health and addiction charity Music Support.
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Pressing Matters is a new collaborative project between the music and creative industries aiming to raise funds for mental health and addiction charity Music Support. Curated by creative duo Pavement Licker – graphic artist James-Lee Duffy and writer Josh Jones – the project began by inviting musicians, labels and managers to donate vinyls, test pressings and acetates of their records. Then, a star-studded list of contemporary artists were asked to design cover artwork for each record. The results see dream creative pairings come together, such as David Shrigley and Chic, Jeremy Deller and James Blake, Larry Achiampong and Michael Kiwanuka, Joy Yamusangie and Underworld, Sarah Maple and Frank
Case study: Hackney School of Food by Surman Weston
4 May 2021
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Source: Jim Stephenson
Situated in one of inner London’s most deprived neighbourhoods, the Hackney School of Food project has converted a redundant school caretaker’s house into a specialist food education centre for primary school children and the local community
Hackney School of Food is a joint venture between the LEAP Federation of Schools and the charity Chefs in Schools. In 2018, Surman Weston won an invited competition to help the organisations realise their ambitious vision for a purpose-built food education hub.
Our friends at Pavement Licker over in the UK recently conceived and curated another exciting project in an effort to raise money for a good cause. Th.
WeTransfer launches arts foundation The Supporting Act, endowed with €1 million for emerging creatives
The independent charity will uplift up-and-coming artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians through education, grants and an annual prize.
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WeTransfer has launched its own arts foundation called The Supporting Act, with a focus on supporting emerging creative talent including artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians. The file-transfer company will endow the foundation with €1 million to get it started, and from next year will commit one per cent of its annual revenue towards its work. Set up as an independent charity, The Supporting Act will run educational programmes, grants and an annual prize, starting in 2022.