This just in from the organisers:
You are invited to the launch of the
A Hackney Autobiography mobile app & book
Sunday 7 May
You are invited to celebrate the launch of A Hackney Autobiography: a mobile app and website and the publication of The Lime Green Mystery: An oral history of the Centerprise co-operative.
When: Sunday 7th May, 5 – 7 pm
Where: Sutton House, 2 and 4 Homerton High Street, London E9 6JQ. Map here.
Booking essential.
Contact: info@on-the-record.org.uk to reserve your place.
Before the party, there’s a unique chance to preview one of the audiowalks featured on the app as a group. Meet at 3:30 at Homerton station and RSVP asap as places are booking up quickly.
What: hear a roundtable of speakers who are engaged in cultural and community activities in related fields, reflect on the history of Centerprise as re-presented by a hackney autobiography and join the discussion. Receive a free copy of The Lime Green Mystery, preview the app and get help downloading it.
Speakers include: Toyin Agbetu from Ligali, Vivian Archer from Newham Bookshop, Nana Fani Kayode, teacher and radio producer, Gary Molloy from Core Arts, Marie Murray from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden and representatives from the Young Historians’ Project.
Event organised in collaboration with Pages bookshop
More details on the app, book and audiowalk below.
Through the memories and reflections of many of the people involved, The Lime Green Mystery charts how the Centerprise co-operative (1971 – 1993) attempted to put radical ideas about education, culture and community work into practice. It explores issues of representation, power and collective management and will appeal to those interested in radical community organisations, grassroots bookselling and publishing, the adult literacy movement, London’s social history, and to people involved in community-based cultural and co-operative initiatives today.
Pre-order your free copy now by emailing us with your address. Limited numbers available, pre-ordering is encouraged to avoid disappointment. Donations to cover the cost of postage appreciated but not essential.
The Inside Out Homerton Audiowalk
The walk explores birth, madness and creativity, inside and out of The Institution. This 45 minute immersive audio walk blurs boundaries between auditory hallucination and external sound. This is a unique opportunity to experience a hackney autobiography, with the people featured in it.
To book a place on the Inside Out Homerton audiowalk, please contact us by 21 April. Later bookings will be accepted if places remain available.People who don’t like smart phones are welcome!
A Hackney Autobiography app
Poetic sat-nav, mapping Hackney through the writing and memories of its people. A hackney autobiography features:
- four audio walks, each with original illustrations and music
- over fifty bite-sized stories about creativity, education and resistance in Hackney.
All content was published or inspired by Centerprise, a radical cultural and community project (1971-2012).
The app and website will be launched at the end of April and will be at http://ahackneyautobiography.org.uk
The Radical History of Hackney 