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Fruitmarket SegmentsPoor ThingsPoor Things was an exhibition of sculptures made by 22 artists, working across the UK, shown at Fruitmarket in spring 2023. It was born out of conversations about art and social class that Emma Hart and Dean Kenning had together, both as friends and as artists.
Emma and Dean’s hope for Poor Things was that it might reveal the multiplicity of experiences of artists whose work speaks to working and lower-middle class backgrounds, whilst identifying points of commonality.
Details on Poor Things can be found at the Fruitmarket online archive.
In May 2023, Emma...2024-09-261h 22
Woman Up!Woman Up! On Tour - Rogue Artists Studios -Laura Yuile & Anna FC SmithIn this episode we went to Rogue Artists Studios in Manchester and spoke to ecxeptional artists Laura Yuile and Anna FC Smith.Laura’s multidisciplinary practice explores the entanglements between domestic and urban space through matters of community, sustainability, and obsolescence, and the effects of globalisation and technological development. She exhibits internationally and alongside gallery-based exhibitions and events, she has organised a number of projects that filter into the everyday, commercial spaces that her work is engaged with. These have included Comfort Zones - a series of symposia on the subject of comfort zones held in the sh...2023-08-1157 min
Asset Arrest27. FRIEZE WEEK SPECIAL #3!!! THE PROPERTY INVESTERS FAIR AT EXCEL, LONDON.FRIEZE WEEK SPECIAL #3!!! The Property Investors Show, ExCEL, London.
“Why would anyone want to live 15km from the centre of Lagos? Because there’s an 18-hole golf course!”
“The vast majority of landlords out there are great people.”
“You do get professionally bad tenants who will prey on vulnerable landlords.”
“Covid has given landlords a big bloody knock.”
“Deep inside we’re all investors.”
“Anomalies and loopholes can be translated into entrepreneurial opportunities!”
A contemporary horror story featuring flesh eating creatures called investors and blood sucking monsters called landlords, who are desperate for bodies to take to another dimension they call ‘property’. Finding mys...2021-10-231h 03
Asset Arrest26. FRIEZE WEEK SPECIAL #2!!! 69 AVENUE RD AND RADLETT HOUSE (LONDON) WITH TIRDAD ZOLGHADR.Episode 26 and my 2nd Frieze week special!! In this episode I visit two houses on (and just off of) Avenue Road in St Johns Wood – named London’s most expensive street in 2020 – with Berlin-based curator and writer Tirdad Zolghadr. We talk about the art-gentrification-real-estate relation; artists' complicity in these processes of social cleansing; the Haus der Statistik in Berlin, and hope. One house is £38 million and the other £55 million 🤯
Since 2017 Tirdad has been artistic director of the Sommerakademie Paul Klee. Curatorial work includes biennial settings as well as long-term, research-driven efforts, most recently as associate curator at KW Institute for Contemporar...2021-10-1748 min
Asset Arrest25. FRIEZE WEEK SPECIAL!!! PRODUCTIVE PLACEMAKING AND SUCCESSFUL URBAN REGENERATION! (EVENT, LONDON)“We really tried to manufacture a sense of life and in some ways, it paid off.”
– random developer man in suit who networked me.
“Yes, ultimately we have the sinister goal of increasing property prices, but it doesn’t mean we don’t care about culture.”
– John Mulryan, Managing Director of Ballymore who couldn’t help but network me too.
FRIEZE WEEK SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!! ART + REAL ESTATE = HOUSES EVEN FURTHER OUT OF REACH!!!
Episode 25 is bit long and unwieldy but incase anyone is interested, it is a recording of an event I attended this morning called ‘Productive Placemaking, New Opportunities: What does successful rege...2021-10-121h 54
Asset Arrest24. SHIELDFIELD STUDENT HOUSING (NEWCASTLE) WITH VARIOUS STUDENTS.A special episode made for the 'Prospect Us' exhibition at Shieldfield Art Works (SAW) in Newcastle. I visit several private student accommodation blocks in the area and speak to a number of former, current and future students to visit their accommodation or view new accommodation with them and discuss their experiences of searching for and living in this form of housing.
Presented in the gallery alongside a video that compiles imagery and footage from the various student accommodation’s promotional material in the form of a tour around their various spaces.
With thanks to Anna Muddiman, Anna Li, Grace Armstrong, Re...2021-09-1441 min
Asset Arrest23. HALE WORKS (LONDON) WITH ALBERTO DUMAN.Episode 23 of ASSET ARREST is here and is a viewing of Hale Works by Anthology, in Tottenham Hale, with artist and researcher Alberto Duman who is my first return guest (and was guest in the first episode I published too) and who makes brilliant and important work around issues of culture and art practice within the “world-class” city: its relationship with capital and urban space, and its role within strategies and regimes of opportunistic planning and city-making. We talk about his perspective - as a local resident - on Tottenham Hale’s regeneration plans; the personification and personalization of future real e...2021-08-301h 07
Asset Arrest22. THE WILBERFORCE PENTHOUSE @ NINE ELMS POINT (LONDON) WITH WILF SPELLER.A viewing of the Wilberforce Penthouse in Nine Elms Point, Nine Elms, London, with artist and filmmaker Wilf Speller. Wilf’s work emerges from a research and writing practice that reflects on future imaginaries and their representation. Their recent work has focused on the ideological and aesthetic dogmas that shape the spatial politics of late capitalism and the Anthropocene.
More about Wilf's work:
https://wilfspeller.co.uk/
https://vimeo.com/wilfspeller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74SvNcCvb_I
Instagram: @wilfspeller2021-06-091h 07
Asset Arrest21. THE WARDIAN (LONDON) WITH LORD MATALASEPISODE 21 is a viewing of another Ballymore development – The Wardian, in Canary Wharf - with Lord Matalas. The mysterious Lord Matalas, is a property tycoon, TikTok royalty, and a Canary Wharf local. We talk about his life in a Canary Wharf penthouse, his job in luxury property, his ongoing battle with washer/dryers, the poor-quality housing that Ballymore continue to peddle, and more. You can follow The Lord on TikTok and Instagram @lordmatalas.
https://www.tiktok.com/@lordmatalas?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/lordmatalas/
SPOILER ALERT: Ballymore are criminals and scammers, and we get drunk Canary Wharf style.2021-05-071h 05
Asset Arrest20. 10 FAIRHOLT STREET (LONDON) WITH DEBORA DELMAREpisode 20 of ASSET ARREST is here and is a viewing of 10 Fairholt Street – a £12 million house in Kensington, London - with artist Débora Delmar. Listen to hear our review of this monstrous house, and our conversation about Débora’s work; the suburbs of Mexico City; luxury aesthetics and more.
More about Débora’s work:
http://www.deboradelmar.com/2021-03-2352 min
Asset Arrest19. THE DUMONT (LONDON) WITH ANDI SCHMIEDEpisode 19 is a virtual viewing of The Dumont at Albert Embankment in London with the brilliant Budapest based artist Andi Schmied. Andi has a background in both art and architecture and produces installations, videos, performances and printed works that explores the architectural framing of social space. In her own words, she uncovers “unexpected human behaviours and urban anomalies – places that, for one reason or another, do not follow conventional logic, yet remain part of our cityscape”. I was delighted to discover that Andi had similarly been posing for several years as a fake billionaire in order to view high end proper...2021-01-1841 min
Asset Arrest18. EMBASSY GARDENS (LONDON)WITH AVRIL CORROON.Episode 18 features a viewing of Ballymore’s development Embassy Gardens, in Nine Elms, London, with brilliant artist Avril Corroon, who I had a super time talking to! We get a sneak preview of the world’s first “sky pool” from the inside; hear how the security measures for the U.S. Embassy have become a selling point for property here; and talk about Avril’s work that addresses the exploitative conditions of neoliberalism including the precarity of service industry work, and the housing crisis in London and Dublin.
More on Avril's work: https://avrilcorroon.com/2020-11-2346 min
Asset Arrest17. BALLYMORE HELL (LONDON) WITH ANGRY BALLYMORE OWNER/OCCUPIERS!Episode 17 of ASSET ARREST is here, lockdown style! This time I speak to a number of disgruntled owner/occupiers of Ballymore properties in various developments. Listen for an inside view on how property developers like this are conning people, selling off huge swathes of London to overseas investors whilst destroying existing communities, and even building balconies that set on fire due to the use of flammable materials. The reality of the lifestyles depicted on the hoardings and in the brochures are far from the luxury and convenience they promise, and the owner/occupiers are not happy…
Follow Ballymore Hell on so...2020-11-0925 min
Asset Arrest16. TELEVISION CENTRE (LONDON) WITH SHIRI SHALMY.Episode 16 features a viewing of 3 penthouses at the Television Centre development in White City, West London, with community organiser and trade unionist Shiri Shalmy. Television Centre was home to the BBC from 1960 to 2013 and is now a development of luxury apartments, commercial space, and exclusive members club Soho House. Hear what we thought, and learn more about Shiri's work!
Links:
https://cooperation.town/
http://www.antiuniversity.org/
https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/2020-10-1535 min
Asset Arrest15. HONG KONG WITH WALLACE P. CHANGAfter an extended break, ASSET ARREST is back with EPISODE 15, recorded in Hong Kong in December, when the world was a very different place. I speak to architect and theorist Wallace P. Chang about the city’s aging population, how the unaffordability of housing is impacting the way that young people live, and Hong Kong as a battleground where a conflict between the two systems – the socialist and the capitalist; Chinese and American values – is played out.
Wallace P. Chang is both an architectural practitioner and theorist on urban design, cultural conservation and community participation. His award-winning designs range from urban...2020-09-0930 min
Asset Arrest14. BLACKWALL REACH, ONE + TEN PARK DRIVE & THE COLLECTIVE (LONDON) WITH OLI MOULDIn episode 14 I meet cultural geographer Oli Mould and go on a viewing tour in East London, incorporating Blackwall Reach in Poplar, One and Ten Park Drive in Canary Wharf, and the Canary Wharf branch of trendy “co-living” chain The Collective. Oli’s most recent book, Against Creativity (Verso, 2018) explores the reality of creativity as a form of neoliberal appropriation that priorities individual success over collective flourishing. We discuss ideas of gateless gated communities, “user friendly” communities, the selling of “vibes” and atmosphere, and hotel-style living for grown up adult-babies. Enjoy, share, and support us at patreon.com/assetarrest!
Oli's work:
https...2020-04-2438 min
Asset Arrest13. HONG KONG WITH WING SHING TANGThis episode takes us to Hong Kong where I meet with Wing Shing Tang, a professor at the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interest is to comprehend the nature of cities and urban development, with a focus on Chinese cities, including Hong Kong. We speak about the hyperdensity of Hong Kong as a result of the three stages of colonization; his argument to conceive of urban redevelopment in Hong Kong through hegemony-cum-alientation, which differs from gentrification and is a more complicated process than displacement of the working class; and the Hong Kong Government’s attempt to...2020-04-0736 min
Asset Arrest12. STRATFORD PLACE+REGENTS CRESCENT (LONDON) W/ THE FEMINIST ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT (CASSIE THORNTON)This episode features a viewing of a £27 million house on Stratford Place in Marylebone as well as a new development at Regent’s Crescent with the amazing Feminist Economics Department, aka artist and activist Cassie Thornton. We talk about various projects of Cassie’s which address important and complex issues such as bad credit as a virus; land in relation to bodies and real estate; and collective practices of social health. Cassie gives an insight into acting as auditor or janitor for institutions and the FED’s financial witchcraft. This is one of my favourite episodes so far! And, of course...2020-03-2050 min
Asset Arrest11. ZHUJIANG NEW TOWN + XIAN VILLAGE (GUANGZHOU) WITH HU JIANYUEPISODE 11, and the first in Series 2, takes us to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province in the South of China and part of the Pearl River Delta Region. In this episode I visit the Zhujiang New Town area of the city and the remnants of the city center’s last remaining urban village – Xian Cun - with architect Hu Jianyu who works as an architect for the Hong Kong office of international architecture firm KPF. We talk about the erasure of history, memory and identity for residents in the city; the relentless drive for progression and discipline; the importance of deca...2020-03-1032 min
Asset ArrestASSET ARREST Season 2 Trailer!Some information about ASSET ARREST Season 2, which will launch in March! Starting with a visit to the Pearl River Delta Region cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong before travelling back to London to look at the trend of corporate "Co-Living" complexes, and how the abundance of luxury investment opportunity developments are faring now that Brexit is underway...2020-02-2402 min
Asset Arrest10. BARKER HOUSE & THE SHIELD (NEWCASTLE) WITH ALISON MERRITT SMITH, HANNAH MARSDEN, KEN & VALEPISODE 10 of ASSET ARREST is the last in season 1! This episode continues my tour of private student housing brandlords in Newcastle, with a focus on the area of Shieldfield. I attend a viewing of Barker House with Alison Merritt Smith and Hannah Marsden who, along with Julia Heslop, lead the ongoing project ‘Dwellbeing’, which is based at Shieldfield Art Works (SAW) and revolves around a group of co-researchers who live or work in Shieldfield and meet regularly to explore and address the effects of urban redevelopment in the area. I also attended a viewing of The Shield with Dwellbeing participants Ken...2020-01-0646 min
Asset Arrest9. LIBERTY QUAY STUDENT HOUSING (NEWCASTLE) WITH ROGER BURROWSEPISODE 9 begins an exploration of the proliferation of private student housing – and resulting studentification – in Newcastle. I view a student apartment at Liberty Quay (from Liberty Living Limited) with Roger Burrows, who is Professor of Cities at Newcastle University. We discuss Roger’s research into the re-placement of the “just rich” by the super-rich in West London; and London City Island as built using ground that was dug up to make way for multi-storey basement extensions in Kensington homes; education as a means of property investment; and post-Brexit dystopias.2019-11-1839 min
Asset Arrest8. ÜBERLIN TOWER (BERLIN) WITH SEMÂ BEKIROVIĆEpisode 8 features a viewing of the ÜBerlin tower in Steglitz with the excellent Semâ Bekirović, an artist based in Amsterdam who I met whilst she was in residence at ZK/U in Berlin. We talk about her new book 'Reading by Osmosis: Nature Interprets Man', which is the most recent outcome of an ongoing project that explores the idea of non-human art production; as well as taking trees on international flights, and the depressing new life of Berlin’s famous Tacheles squat (which I will be re-visiting in detail in the new year). COOL.
Semâ studied at the Rietveld Academie and th...2019-11-0731 min
Asset Arrest7. PENTHOUSE @ GLEIS PARK (BERLIN) WITH HELGE PETERSEpisode 7 is a viewing of a nearly-finished penthouse at BAUWEN'S Gleis Park development, by Gleisdreieck Park in Kreuzberg, with researcher Helge Peters. We talk about community empowerment, green gentrification and the "typical Berlin mix". Helge Peters is a geographer at Oxford University currently working on public participation in green infrastructure planning. He lives in Berlin where he supports the campaign to expropriate corporate landlords.
Find out more about this campaign from 'Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen' here: https://www.dwenteignen.de/2019-10-3034 min
Asset Arrest6. WINSSTRAßE 59 (BERLIN) WITH ANA FILIPOVICEpisode 6 is a viewing of the last remaining (penthouse) apartment at Winsstraße No. 59 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, with architect and researcher Ana Filipovic. Ana is an architect and researcher interested in spatial transformations and their relationship to the notions of private, public and common property, especially in the sphere of collective housing and the city periphery. We talk about new property developments in Berlin, sex for rent on Craigslist, and the definition of “luxury”.
Read Ana’s essay on sex for rent, ‘Craigslust’ here: https://failedarchitecture.com/craigslust-well-have-sex-and-you-dont-need-to-pay-much-for-the-flat/
Read a recent interview with Ana here: https://schloss-post.com/the-power-structures-of-built-reality/2019-10-2337 min
Asset Arrest5. KRAUSNICKSTRAßE 1 (BERLIN) WITH JAN VAN ESCHEpisode 5 is a viewing of a 2.13 million euro two bedroom apartment in Berlin Mitte owned by some "very famous art dealers" from the US. My guest this time is artist Jan Van Esch who was in residence at ZK/U where he was working on a project exploring the idea of a remedy for the toxicity of gifts.2019-09-0316 min
Asset Arrest4. WITZLEBENPLATZ 3 (BERLIN) WITH PABLO ARBOLEDAEpisode 4 is a viewing of a 3.6 million euro two bedroom apartment in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, overlooking the Lietzensee Lake. My guest this time is researcher Pablo Arboleda. Pablo is currently a Research Fellow at Glasgow University's School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, where he is exploring how modern ruins are reoccupied creatively and collaboratively, within a contemporary European context.2019-08-2027 min
Asset Arrest3. LIVING LEVELS (BERLIN) WITH ROSARIO TALEVIEpisode 3 is a viewing of a 1.4 million euro one bedroom apartment in the controversial Living Levels development at Berlin's East Gallery. My guest this time is architect Rosario Talevi. Through her work on spatial, editorial and curatorial projects, she develops possibilities for collective involvement, emancipatory learning and social interaction as they relate to contemporary architecture and urbanism discourse.
http://rosariotalevi.com/
https://raumlabor.net/
https://www.floatinguniversity.org/en/climate-care-2019/2019-07-1128 min
Asset Arrest2. SCHÖNHAUSER ALLEE 55 (BERLIN) WITH TATJANA SCHNEIDEREpisode 2 of the Asset Arrest podcast features a visit to an apartment at Schönhauser Allee 55 in Berlin, with architectural theorist Tatjana Schneider.2019-06-1029 min
Asset Arrest1. LONDON CITY ISLAND (LONDON) WITH ALBERTO DUMANEpisode 1 of Asset Arrest centres around a viewing of property on London City Island in East London, with artist and researcher Alberto Duman.2019-05-1934 min
KonchMonday by Lisa Robertson read by Laura Yuile'Monday' by Lisa Robertson read by Laura Yuile. 'Monday' was first published in 'The Weather' by New Star in 2001. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56074/monday-56d238408062d More from Laura Yuile can be found at http://laurayuile.com2017-08-3103 min