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Out of the Box Project A bold new arts project will be coming to East London this spring, working innovatively with disabled

A bold new arts project will be coming to East London this spring, working innovatively with disabled people to take archives “out of the box.”

When you think of archives, the traditional image you may conjure up is of hundreds of documents from a forgotten era which are locked away in hidden vaults. But Tower Hamlets Council’s Local History Library & Archives, the place for everyone to find out about the borough’s world famous heritage, is pioneering new approaches to provide access to its rare collections for different communities, in partnership with filmpro ltd, a disabled-led digital arts agency. Thanks to a grant from the Arts Council England, the Out of the Box project will give disabled residents the chance to be creatively inspired by the council’s extensive archival collections, which reflect centuries of East End history. Through a series of free workshops, led by digital and video artist Caglar Kimyoncu, participants will go on a journey to explore selected archival materials using a combination of audio, spatial and visual approaches to the collections. Participants will then develop their own creative responses, culminating in a series of new collaborative artworks. Caglar Kimyoncu said: “The world of archives is mystifying, yet a thrilling challenge; I feel there is more hidden, an elephant in the room waiting to be noticed, to speak out loud. This project will be a stimulating collaborative adventure to take that elephant out of the box!”

Foteini Galanopoulou, projects development manager at filmpro ltd added: “We are excited to be working on Out of the Box, a ground-breaking project that will offer fresh interpretations to archival materials, showcase new artwork and present different ways of engaging with local history.”

Disabled residents interested in taking part are invited to meet the team and find out more at drop in sessions.

• Friday 23 May from 10am-1pm at Idea Store Canary Wharf, Churchill Place, E14 5RB
• Thursday 29 May from 5pm-8pm at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, 277 Bancroft Road, E1 4DQ
• Saturday 31 May from 11am-4pm at Idea Store Whitechapel, Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU

The Out of the Box exhibition will be showcased in November during Disability History Month at the history library. Out of the Box will continue its journey in 2015, touring across the borough’s Idea Stores. The project is supported by The National Archives and will engage with disabled groups Tower Project, Local Voices and Real Tower Hamlets. To find out more contact 020 7613 5856 / 079 4451 3590 (voice/texts) or email info@outoftheboxproject.org

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The Out of the Box Tour has now started - First destination is Idea Store Whitechapel. Come along and explore paintings,...
10/03/2015

The Out of the Box Tour has now started - First destination is Idea Store Whitechapel. Come along and explore paintings, sculptures, video and poetry inspired by East End History.

Whitechapel idea Store: A snapshot of the Out of the Box video and paintings in the background. Visit http://filmpro.net...
10/03/2015

Whitechapel idea Store: A snapshot of the Out of the Box video and paintings in the background. Visit http://filmpro.net/outofthebox-online for BSL and audio description for some of the work.

24/12/2014

Guests enjoy our latest exhibition, 'Out of the Box'. You have until Thursday 29 January to come and see this groundbreaking exhibition of art work created by local disabled artists in response to our collections!

You are warmly invited to the Out of the Box exhibition, launching on Wednesday 3rd December, coinciding with the United...
04/11/2014

You are warmly invited to the Out of the Box exhibition, launching on Wednesday 3rd December, coinciding with the United Nations' International Day of Disabled People!

See you at the Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives!

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filmpro Ltd is a disabled-led digital art agency. We provide support services ranging from advice and mentoring through to production and project management to artists who experience exclusion.

Follow Ann, Sarah, Rowan, Karen, Irene, Pat, Bekki and Kat, 'Group one' participants, whilst they are creating their own...
29/07/2014

Follow Ann, Sarah, Rowan, Karen, Irene, Pat, Bekki and Kat, 'Group one' participants, whilst they are creating their own journey into the Tower Hamlets local archives: their interests expand from stories about Jack the Ripper to life in Limehouse, and from Black history records to East End during the blitz. During the workshops each person discovered rich archival resources, as well as tools and methods to make the archives accessible to them.

22/07/2014

We just met with Group 3, lovely and inspiring creatives from the 'Tower Project'!!! Looking forward to seeing you all again next Tuesday for the 'Explore' session, where we'll literally take archives out of the boxes and...explore them!!!

Three days left for the next Out of the Box workshop! More sessions to come throughout the sunny summer days! Oh....and ...
22/07/2014

Three days left for the next Out of the Box workshop! More sessions to come throughout the sunny summer days! Oh....and don't forget, we'll be holding a public exhibition later in autumn/winter, which will tour in Tower Hamlets in 2015! Stay tuned for details! http://www.filmpro.net/projects/out-of-the-box/item/162-out-of-the-box-people-s-exhibition-in-east-london

Do you live or work in Tower Hamlets? Are you a disabled artist, or a disabled person with an artistic or creative practice of any kind? Are you inte...

We're gearing up to one more session next week, Friday 25th! Following their 'Explore Workshop', Group 1 returns to the ...
18/07/2014

We're gearing up to one more session next week, Friday 25th! Following their 'Explore Workshop', Group 1 returns to the Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives to dig out even more hidden stories from East End people, streets, communities, buildings and...pubs! Tower Hamlets Events

The first workshop group on the their 'Explore' session. Tower Hamlets local history unfolding in front of them, whilst ...
04/07/2014

The first workshop group on the their 'Explore' session. Tower Hamlets local history unfolding in front of them, whilst sharing their own stories, pieces of great East End history!

'This image is made up of three archival finds. A black-and-white illustration shows the backs of a woman and a man gazi...
24/06/2014

'This image is made up of three archival finds. A black-and-white illustration shows the backs of a woman and a man gazing across hedged fields. Part of an index to the squares and streets of London displays the names Paddington, Fleet Street, Borough Road, Long Acre, Mile End, Blackfriars Road, East Smithfield, and Burlington Street. Lastly, an etching of Customs House Quay written in an old hand where the S's look like F's gives us a bird's eye view of the Quay with the long linear lines of the Thames suggesting the seaward flow of the river.'

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