If you can’t wait, here’s a sneak preview of Jeff Robb’s ‘Three Acts of Will’ show that will be exhibiting at Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch between 5th and 12th June only.

The show will be the first ever exhibition for holographic sculpture, an entirely new 21st century art form invented by the British artist.

More details of the show here.

A full review to follow once the show opens!

You might have noticed, if you read Time Out, decent newspapers and find yourself on Redchurch Street of a weekend, that there’s a kid on the block. He isn’t new. In fact, he/ she/ them are 7 this year. And there’s 9 of them. And they are shining so very brightly this year.

It’s May, which means it’s Catlin Art Prize time. Time to visit, time to ponder, time to vote.

Visit and vote please

But this year, time to wonder too. Behind the simple glazed doors on the artfully graff’ed street (this ain’t Mayfair), you enter a perfectly executed labyrinth displaying the hottest new artists, selected by the ever upbeat but deadly-eyed curator Justin Hammond.

The very best of installation, sculpture, painting, performance, video (sometimes all in one artist’s oeuvre) are here as you navigate the galleries. Don’t skip past Fatma Bucak’s video work of a woman toiling over ruins in an unknown town as you enter.

Fatma Bucak

Ponder on the translucent screens that you pass through - like a traveller in airport security perhaps - in Terry Ryu Kim’s work Screening Solution I, II and III before you are hit by David Ogle’s lasers.

David Ogle

Stumble forward into the dream/ nightmare that is Nicky Deeley’s fantastical performance piece;

Nicky Deeley

Take a breather with Robert Crosse’s fascinating Folkstone Model Railway Club which looks - reverentially I felt - at communal activity;

Robert Crosse

And then emerge into gallery#3 and Bee Griffith’s arresting nudes, juxtaposed with Steve Allan’s targicomedy banana-man paintings and Conall McAteer’s contemporary pixelated version of Notre Dame cathedral’s north rose window.

Bee Griffith

Conall McAteer

And we haven’t even mentioned the media’s star of the show, Juno Calypso. Go and see what all the fuss is about yourself.

Open until 26th May at Londonewcastle Project Space. Full details here.

All images courtesy and copyright Peter Hope www.peterhope.eu

After an initial meeting over a year ago, last Thursday the super creative girls from Patternity Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham opened the doors of the Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch to launch their first exhibition-cum-festival SuperStripe: “A cultural festival of pattern exploration.”

The title of the exhibition really lives up to its name - as they have transformed the space into a superlative pattern festival. One never normally pays attention to the patterns we come across in our day to day, but this exhibition focuses and celebrates the pattern, raising the status of the humble stripe to SuperStripe status.

The exhibition is a mixture of pieces from the Patternity Studio archive and collaborations with artists throughout the creative industries, including photography, fashion and video.

As you enter, a huge monochrome wall graphic decorates the space and leads you in. It’s a great introduction to the exhibition which underlines Paternity’s principle of the power of Patterns. In the second gallery, along with sculptural items from everyday life on podiums there is the opportunity to do some weaving - fun, original and witty. (weaving is the new sewing - you read it here first).

A short film pulls you into gallery three, but don’t miss the pop-up shop in-between which showcases unique and original collaborations between the brand and fashion, design and homewares specialists.

The Shop

Overall, the show is spot on and extremely well-timed as Fashion Houses have exploded with pattern this season. The production values are epic - at times you feel like you could be in the V&A not Shoreditch (in a good way).

On top of all of this there’s an incredibloe schedule of events,m workshops and talks planned too. Click here to download.

The show runs to 21st April, daily. Click here for details.

Can’t wait until the talk on 17th April co-chaired by Patternity and Lily Silverton, Fashion Features Editor at POP Magazine? Nope, nor could we. Hence here is the chance to watch the slick short ‘When Stripes Collide’ produced in the space where the exhibition will be held from Saturday 6th.

Read more about the short on POP.

If this gets you baying for more, then cool - come along to the talk where practitioners from the worlds of fashion, film, art and design will be discussing and exploring pattern in their work.

Click here for tickets.

With scant days to go before the opening of PATTERNITY’s inaugural Pattern Power/ SuperStripe show - a series of exhibitions, workshops,talks and events exploring pattern in all its guises - the events calendar has now been published and bookings are being taken.

There’s everything from science lectures to stripey jelly-making classes (with Bompas & Parr) between 6th and 21st April at Londonewcastle Project Space, on Redcchurch Street in Shoreditch. Click here to see and download your own schedule. I’m looking forward to the yoga session, ‘When Stripes Collide’ short film and talk co-chaired by Lily Silverton of POP and the Late Night Patterns in Sound event.

Here’s a sneaky peek inside from the set up…

Visitors will be immersed in an intriguing and tactile world of stripes as Patternity transport their iconic curation and ethos of ‘celebrating pattern everywhere - from the mundane to the magnificent’ boldly into the real world. For more information on the show, visit the page in the Arts Programme section of the site.

And remember… The exhibition remains open to the public when workshops are taking place so feel free to visit the show at any time during 12 - 7pm daily.

Review events and book via the Eventbrite platform - click here for info and the full list.