SALONS UPCOMING

This Is Not A Gateway holds a year long series of salon discussions. The salons are integral to developing a participant-led programme - a testing ground to see what questions and work are being produced in and on cities, and what formats might be possible.

* Salons are free and there are always beer and bagels *

TINAG have put out an open call for salon proposals. Please email: salonsATthisisnotagateway.net

Information on previous salons (press releases and post-salon essays) can be found here.

SALON SERIES WILL RESUME AFTER THE FESTIVAL IN 0CTOBER 2009.

Forthcoming salon topics are below:

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WHO OWNS BRITAIN AND WHAT’S THAT GOT TO DO WITH URBANISM?

A small minority of ‘landed families’ own 60% of the land in Britain. This salon will explore what that means for urbanism in the UK. Kevin Cahill’s book ‘Who Owns Britain’ will be the point of departure for the discussion, opening a conversation about implications on urban politics, economics and social movements.

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CITY POWER AND THE URBAN AGE WITHOUT ENERGY: NEW MORAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES

Addicted to Oil? No, addicted to electricity. Cities are entirely dependant on electricity and it is understood that we can not, and it’s likely, will not, be able to meet or maintain this energy demand in the near future. It has also been said that we have past the point of being able to create 'alternative energies', as this technology also requires significant energy investment. This salon will explore the moral and sociological landscapes of cities with reduced power.

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PAST SALONS:

CULTURAL CITY: HOW ARTS POLICIES INFLUENCE SPACE

Wed 24 June 2009, St. Anne's Community Hall

Sonia Metha / Creative Industries Consultant
Dr Andy Pratt / Cultural & Creative Industries, LSE
John Pandit / Musican & Rich Mix Centre Founding Board Member
Helen Burrows / Policy Adviser, Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Culture Minister

Gavin Alexander and Tony Nwachukwu / Founders of CDR and burntprogress

THE MEDICAL CITY, 14 July 2008, public works
Chris Sharp, Urban Software Designer, Holistic City
Elizabeth Fonseca, Environmental Quality Manager, Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Phil Gusack, Director of gusack.com
Mary Whittaker, Architect and Project Leaer, YRM Architects

RE-VISIONING BLACK URBANISM [with the Office For Metropolitan Alternatives]
25 Feb 2008, Institute Of Contemporary Arts
Rehan Jamil, Photographer
David Ubaka, Assistant Director, Design for London
Karin Woodley, Chief Executive, The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
Andrea Phillips, Director Curating Architecture, Goldsmiths College
Paul Goodwin and John Oduroe, Office For Metropolitan Alternatives

HOW VERMIN ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE CITIES

26 November 2007, public works

Alan Pipe, Archaeological Zoologist, Museum of London
Effie Williams, Pest Control Officer, Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Ben Campkin, Lecturer in Architectural History & Theory, Bartlett School of Architecture

PUBLIC AIR SPACE, 24 Sept 2007, public works
Indy Johar, Zero Zero architects
Lina Gudmundsson, Design London
Lea Ayoub, Researcher, Robert Tavenor Consultancy, LSE
Paul Goodwin, Research Associate, CUCR, Goldsmiths College

THE SUBURBANISATION OF THE CITY, 8 May 2006, public works
Denna Jones, Director Paracity
Kathryn Firth, KPF Senior Urban Designer
Alessandra Buonfino, Young Foundation Research Associate
Deborah Stevenson, Director, Cultural Institutions and Practices Research Centre,
University of Newcastle, Australia


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