Public Talk 

Participation and Contemporary Art
4 September 7pm-8.30pm
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH

The second of Peckham Space's public talks series, Social Change and Contemporary Art was part of Peckham Street Training. Clare Cumberlidge from The General Public Agency was in conversation with one of the collaborating artists, Lottie Child.

The talk, held at South London Gallery's Games and Theory exhibition, included presentations from the artists followed by conversation and an open discussion  addressing the notion of participation and play in the public realm and contemporary art. 

A podcast of the talk and discussion will be available online soon

Peckham Street Training was part of Open House London 2008

 Public Event 

Peckham Street Training
20 September 2pm & 4pm
Peckham Square
Peckham Road
London SE15 8RS

Find out what Peckham Street Trainers are doing now.

A new collaboration between artist Lottie Child and net-art organisation Furtherfield.org, Peckham Street Training tours  introduced new ways of reclaiming public space. 

The public event explored Street Training's concepts of 'the path of safety and the path of joy', encouraging rediscovery of the urban environment through new moves and activities that were devised by a group of six local children from Year 6, Gloucester Primary School in Peckham. 

30 people took part in the Peckham Street Training tours, with the children from Gloucester Primary School demonstrating to the public  the moves that they had developed along the route from Peckham Square to their school.

"The involvement of the kids was great. It was really good to have a mixture of adults and children in the event, especially having the children lead the adults."
Participant feedback

Peckham Street Training defined new territory both on the street and online. 

Peckham Street Training was part of Open House London 2008