Live Printing with UNCLE and THE ART OF FLYING
Published on:We’re thrilled to team up with UNCLE to celebrate THE ART OF FLYING with free live screen printing sessions, run by Jealous printer Bench Allen.
Taking over three spaces at 1 Quaker Street in Shoreditch, UNCLE's immersive event, THE ART OF FLYING, blurs 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.”
Fancy trying your hand at free screen printing with Jealous printer, Bench Allen this November? Booking is essential, secure your place now!
Intrigued? Find out more about THE ART OF FLYING here, catch up with UNCLE's campaigns right here and watch Bench Allen and fellow Jealous printer Tom Adams screen print our gallery window over on Instagram... (yes, it's as good as it sounds!).