Time To Crossover: Future Art Emerges At Hackney Wicked
Words and photography MATTHEW MILES
On the ‘wrong side’ of the Olympic Park blue fence, and hemmed in by a canal and a dual carriageway, the industrial warehouses of Hackney Wick were easy to ignore. Then its creative festival began making some noise – and new trends in art too.
With a combination of permanent galleries, pop-up group shows, street performance, music, theatre, stalls and…
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