RSVP London

Award-winning short-films and director’s talks at the APT Gallery on Creekside.
The first in the series of events hosted by DnA is one-night only screening on Tuesday 10th June, 7-10pm. Tickets (£5.00m £3.50 membs.)

Amongst the delights are ‘AwayDay’ by Simon Blake winner of two ‘Best…’ awards at Valencia and an exploration of Silence by Sonic Arts Network. The hilariously worrying gameshow (or worryingly hilarious) ‘Who Wants To Be…’ by Deptford TV is also on – and alot more. ...

Free exhibition of photographs of a cultural exchange between London and Mauritius.
Young artists and arts practitioners from London brought the sounds and stories of London and helped community organisation Pentakruz Entertainment Association with their project to establish a recording studio and arts academy on Mont Brisee mountain.
Young photographer Sara Shamsavari gained critical acclaim with her Street Portraits, a series of images that capture "the uncelebrated beauty which exists in everyday situations and people" (i-D Magazine) Exhibition opening times:
12 - 4 pm, 7 - 8th June, APT Gallery, Harold Wharf, 6 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 4SA ...

Creative Director of renowned London based design agency Ochee, Jason Kelly has won one of only 30 places out of almost 3000 entrants in the Human Rights Violation category of the esteemed social communication project organised by 50 x 70 – one of only 2 UK based design agencies. The competition was endorsed by Amnesty International, Greenpeace, UNICEF and The WWF. The core brief of the competition was whether the declaration itself is actually “worth the paper” that it is written on. 60 years after the UN unveiled the Universal declaration of Human Rights almost half of the world’s population experiences severe violations of this declaration on a daily basis. A concept reflected effectively in “The Shredder” – Ochee’s winning entry - http://good50x70.org/2008/gallery/gallery03/ – a powerful image resonating the virtual destruction of the declaration’s socially responsive sentiment.

Founded in 2001 by Jason Kelly, Ochee has become of one East London’s leading design companies. Its philosophy is based around the concept of being socially creative – a concept often overlooked in a fiercely competitive industry. Coming from a commercially driven background; Jason Kelly has worked for some of the most prominent media powerhouses such as GQ, The Saturday Telegraph and Condé Nast Traveller. With this experience under his belt Jason has built up one of London’s most exciting young design agencies. Offering a range of services including branding, advertising, corporate identity, web design, graphic design, photography, print management, illustration, exhibition design – Ochee is a highly sought after creative design agency.
...

The dialogue around art and culture and the ability for art to change people’s lives, have been revised through the reality of ‘multicultural’ Britain, a rapid change in technology, ‘new media’ and the introduction of arts, cultural and social policy. Initial government strategies for change have no doubt shifted from an economic to social focus. The increasing use of artists and arts based projects for the sake of community cohesion demonstrate the agreed impact not merely on artistic excellence of a final product but in the benefit of its inclusiveness with participants.

We are at a phase where we ought to appreciate, that art no longer hangs purely for its aesthetic appreciation but as a tool for social reshaping and integration. As a tool the arts provide a plethora of insights into the high resolutioned social constructs who’s pixels can be deconstructed in order to make better sense of the continued impact of the arts and the importance of its process.
...

Dstock is a small image content archive and rights managed photo film stock footage library with over 10 thousand images and growing steadily. It is also available for charity usages and community start-up small businesses with a need for principal image branding. It will never be a stable, we are extremely selective of our providers. Thomas Clark, Miguel Amortegui, Carlos Haddock, Rashid Abdul ...