Live Printing with UNCLE and THE ART OF FLYING

We’re thrilled to team up with UNCLE to celebrate the immersive event, THE ART OF FLYING, with free live screen printing sessions, run by Jealous printer Bench Allen.

As featured by London On The Inside and running from 31st October - 4th November, UNCLE's immersive event, THE ART OF FLYING, took over three spaces at 1 Quaker Street in Shoreditch, blurring the line between gallery and the street. 

"THE ART OF FLYING isn’t simply an exhibition. Born from an oral history project collecting untold stories of commercial fly-posters active across the UK circa 1973-93, TAOF dives headfirst into the renegade spirit of an urban subculture that lived – and still lives – just outside the lines.

We’ve collected twelve vivid first-hand accounts, an initial six of which have been turned into booklets for this ongoing venture. The stories reveal how individuals stepped into the role and their experiences of many years ‘on the brush’: a life and livelihood about which very little is widely known.

Thematic introductions to the fly-posters’ testimonies further survey the many lenses through which we might know a city: protest, music, mobility, law and the practicalities of doing a job that’s remained gloriously low-tech and defiantly persistent for over 150 years.

Visitors enter beneath a billboard featuring Terry ‘The Pill’ Slater, a fly-posting legend. An ambient film further sets the scene, while the corridor traces the vibrant, checkered history of postering. On display in the courtyard are striking photographs of street fly from the 1960s through to the 2000’s.

Thanks to Jealous Gallery, visitors can roll up their sleeves for free public screen printing sessions across the weekend of 1st and 2nd November.”

Visitors trying their hand at free screen printing with Jealous printer, Bench Allen.

Intrigued? Catch up with UNCLE's campaigns right now, including a new partnership with Build Hollywood on THIS IS A LOVE PROTEST, a UK-wide street gallery spanning 11 cities and showcasing work from 21 creatives including Jealous artists Magda Archer and Corbin Shaw, raising funds for War Child UK. 

Got the screenprinting bug? Watch Bench Allen and fellow Jealous printer Tom Adams screen print our Jealous Gallery window over on Instagram... yes, it's as good as it sounds.