London

Initiatives

Venues

• Ambient Space
• Apiary Studios
• Banner Repeater, artist-run reading room and project space, *2010
• Barbican, performing arts centre, *1982
• Biblioteka Kyiv
• Bökship, bookshop and project space, *2008
• Books Peckham, secondhand books + zines
• Cafe OTO, music venue, *2008
• Call & Response, sound arts space, *2012
• Centre for Possible Studies, *2009
• Chelsea Space, gallery, UAL
• Close-Up, film centre, *2005
• Cybersalon, *1997/2013
• Deckspace, media lab, *2001
• Donlon Books, bookshop, *2008
• Enclave, artist-run infrastructure, *2012
• Even, *2015
• Flat Time House, *2008
• Focal Point, contemporary art gallery, Southend-on-Sea
• Furtherfield, formerly HTTP, *2004
• Gasworks, visual art centre, *1994
• Hayward Gallery, *1968
• The Horse Hospital, arts venue, *1993
• Housmans, radical bookshop, *1945
• Institute of Contemporary Arts, *1947
• London Centre for Book Arts, artist-run studio, *2012
• LUX, artists' moving image agency, *2002
• MayDay Rooms, archive and social space, *2011
• Mimosa House, non-profit project space
• noise=noise, since 2011
• not/nowhere, artist workers’ cooperative, *2018
• no.w.here, artist-run space, *2004
• Ormside Projects, arts & music project space, *2015
• Raven Row, exhibition centre, *2009
• Raylab
• Res., gallery and workspace, *2015
• Reference.Point
• Rio Cinema, *1976
• Serpentine Galleries, *1970, *2013
• The Showroom, art space, *1983
• Somerset House Studios, workspace, *2016
• SPACE, artist studios, *1968
• Tenderbooks, artist publishing space, *c2009
• Ti Pi Tin, artist-run project space for artists' publishing, *2009
• Total Refreshment Centre, music venue, *2012, [1]
• Vinyl Deptford, record store
• Watermans, arts centre, *1978
• Whitechapel Gallery, *1901
• Women's Art Library, MAKE
• Work, gallery and event space, *2011

• See also: [2], [3], [4].

Past venues

• 2B Butler's Wharf, 1975-1978
• area 10, 2008-?
• Artec, centre, 1990-2000
• Art Meeting Place
• Arts Lab, 1967-1969
• B2, 1980-1982
• Backspace, 1996-1999
• Bank, 1991-1999
• Between Bridges, exhibition space, 2006-2011
• E:vent Gallery, 2003-2011
• Fantasy Factory, 1975-1996
• The Foundry, 2000-2010
• The Gallery, 1973-1978
• Gallery House, 1972-1973, [5]
• Indica, 1965-1967
• LimaZulu, artist-run project space, *c.2009-2016
• London Free School, 1966
• Lux Centre, 1997-2001
• MzTEK, 2009-2014
• Network 21, 1986
• New Arts Lab, 1969-1971
• New Vision Centre, 1956-1965
• rampART, social centre, 2004-2009
• The Shunt Lounge, night-time art space, 2006-2010
• Signals, 1964-1966, [6]
• Workfortheeyetodo, 1993-1998

• See also: London Bookshop Map (of independent bookshops, *2011), London Sound Survey (*2008), [7].

Other initiatives

• ambientTV.NET, *1999
• Arika
• body-data-space, *2005
• Book Works, *1984
• Catalyst Radio, network, *2010
• Cenatus CIC, *2005
• Cinenova, feminist film and video distributor, *1991
• Common Practice, advocacy group, *2009
• DEMO Moving Image Experimental Politics, curatorial platform, *2019, [8]
• Deptford.TV
• East London Sound Ensemble
• Exploding Cinema, *1991
• Fluid Radio
• Furtherfield, *1996
• GAPS, curatorial collective, *2017
• HERVISIONS, femme-focused curatorial agency, *2015
• Kino Fist, film collective
• Live Algorithms for Music, *2004
• London Community Video Archive
• London Fieldworks, *2000
• LuckyPDF, *2009 [9]
• Mute Magazine, *1994
• NTS Radio, *2011
• Off Site Project, online curatorial platform, *2017
• Onoma Research
• OpenMute, server
• open_digi, *2002
• open-weather, *2020
• Resonance FM, radio, *2002
• Soundcamp, *2013
• SPC, *1996
• UKUUG, *1976
• The White Pube, *2015
• xxxxx, *2006
• YOHA
• The Wire, music magazine, *1982

• See also: [10].

Past initiatives

• Antiuniversity of London, 1968
• Art in Ruins, artist group, 1984-2001
• Artist Placement Group, *1966
• International Times, magazine, 1966-1973
• London Film-Makers' Co-op, 1966-2001
• London Video Arts, later London Electronic Arts, 1976-2001
• Openlab, 2005-2012
• Orphan Drift, 1994-2003
• Robots And Avatars, 2007-2014
• shinkansen/Future Physical, 1989-2004

Events

• Antiuniversity Now, *2015
• Deptford X, festival, *1998

Past events

• Algorithms for Her?, 2020, [11]
• pic.london, festival, 2017
• LowTechLab London, 2016
• Libre Graphics Meeting, 2016
• Redecentralize Conference, 2015
• Artist Self-Publishers' Fair, *2015
• Soundcamp/Reveil, *2014
• FutureFest, *2014
• Flossie, 2012-2014
• Oramics to Electronica, exhibition, 2012
• London Conference in Critical Thought, *2012
• Signal:Noise, *2011
• Art of Digital London, meetup, *2011
• Public 2.0, conference, 2011
• Decoding the Digital, 2010
• Ideas Before Their Time, symposium, 2010
• Digital Pioneers, exhibition, 2009-2010
• Calling Out Of Context, festival, *2009
• Reboot, 2008
• Disclosures, exhibition, 2008
• Computational Creativity, 2007
• Noise=Noise, 2007, 2012
• Cybersonica, festival, 2006-2010
• Netaudio, festival, since 2006
• Re-transmission, 2006
• Netaudio, 2006
• NODE.London, festival, 2006, 2008
• Her Noise, 2005
• Open Tech 2005
• WSFII, 2005
• ISMIR, conference, 2005
• London Girl Geek Dinners, *2005
• Openlab, *2005
• OpenTech, *2005
• Open Season, festival, 2005
• LAM Conference, *2004
• NotCon '04, 2004
• Cut and Splice, festival, *2003
• Le Placard, since 2003
• DMZ, media arts festival, 2003
• Extreme Computing, festival, 2002
• Art for Networks, exhibition, 2002
• Interlace, *2002
• Dorkbot London, *2001
• Atlantic Waves, festival, *2001
• N01se, 2000
• Expo Destructo, 1999
• Art Servers Unlimited, 1998
• Anti with E, 1997
• Cybersalon, *1997
• Cybernetic Serendipity, exhibition, 1968

Art workers

• Adnan Hadzi
• Agnes Cameron
• Alastair Bonnett
• Aleksander Kolkowski
• Alex McLean
• Ami Clarke
• Andrew Forbes
• Anna Engelhardt
• Annet Dekker
• Anthony Davies
• Anthony Iles
• Aura Satz
• Bahar Noorizadeh
• Benedict Drew
• Borbála Soós (1984)
• Caroline Heron
• Chun Lee
• Claude Heiland-Allen
• Daniela Cascella
• Dubravka Sekulić
• Ed Webb-Ingall
• Emilie Giles
• Erika Balsom
• Fabian Tompsett
• Gabriel Menotti (1983)
• Gary Hall
• Geoff Cox
• Geraint Wiggins (1962)
• Ghislaine Boddington
• Gio D'Angelo
• Gordana Novakovic
• Graham Harwood
• Heath Bunting (1966)
• Howard Slater
• Ilze Black (1973)
• Irit Rogoff
• Jackie Hatfield
• James Stevens
• Janis Jefferies
• Jo Walsh
• Joana Chicau
• John Hill
• John M. Bowers
• Jonathan Kemp
• Joseph Hyde
• Josephine Berry
• Kaffe Matthews (1961)
• Karen Di Franco
• Katie Paterson (1981)
• Knut Aufermann
• Kodwo Eshun
• Laura Grace Ford
• Lawrence Abu Hamdan
• Lina Džuverović
• Lisa Haskel
• Luci Eyers
• Luciana Parisi
• Manu Luksch (1970)
• Mariana Marangoni
• Mark Peter Wright
• Marysia Lewandowska
• Matthew Fuller
• Mhamad Safa
• Miriyam Aouragh
• Monika Šubrtová (1978)
• Nicholas Thoburn (1970)
• Nick Thurston (1982)
• Olga Goriunova
• pantea
• Pete Gomes
• Peter Ride
• Rachel Baker
• Rodrigo Nunes
• Ryan Jordan
• Sarah Washington
• Salomé Voegelin
• Saul Albert
• Shu Lea Cheang
• Simon Pope (1966)
• Simon Worthington
• Sophie Clements
• Sophie MacDonald
• Stefan Szczelkun
• Steven Ball (1960)
• Stewart Home
• Thomson & Craighead
• Tim Jones
• Toni Prug
• William Raban
• Wojciech Kosma (1981)
• Yamen Mekdad

• Formerly: Daniel Kordík (1976), Eleni Ikoniadou, Martin Howse, Steve Rushton, Winnie Soon.

• RIP: Barbara Steveni (1928-2020), Diann Bauer (1972-2022), Ian White (1971-2013), Jim Haynes (1933-2021), Marina Vishmidt (1976-2024).

Publications

• Life/live: la scène artistique au Royaume-Uni en 1996: de nouvelles adventures, 2 vols., ed. Carrie Pilto, Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1996, 255 & 151 pp. v. 2: Anthologie, IA. Exh. survey of artist-run projects in London; held at the ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 5 Oct 1996-5 Jan 1997; Fundação das Descobertas, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, 23 Jan-21 Apr 1997. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Artists. (French)/(English)
  • Life-live: a cena artística no Reino Unido em 1996: novas aventuras, 2 vols., ed. Clara Távora Vilar, Lisbon: Centro Cultural de Belém, 1997. (Portuguese)

• Martin Coomer, Art London: A Guide to Contemporary Art Spaces, Ellipsis, 1999, 248 pp, IA.

• Emma Dexter, "London 1990-2001: Picturing the city", in Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, ed. Ilona Blazwick, London: Tate, 2001, pp 72-95, IA. Exhibition.

• Armin Medosch, "London.zip, Digital Media Art In London", 2003.

• Dominique Moulon, "Media Art in London", 2009.

• Radical Essex, Southend-on-Sea: Focal Point Gallery, 2016. Digital publication. A project aiming to re-examine the history of Essex in relation to radicalism in thought, lifestyle, politics and architecture.

• Anna Harding (ed.), Artists in the City: SPACE in ’68 and Beyond, London: Space Studios, 2018. Review: Berry (Mute). [12]

• Jo Applin, Catherine Spencer, Amy Tobin (eds.), London Art Worlds: Mobile, Contingent, and Ephemeral Networks, 1960–1980, Penn State University Press, 2018, 248 pp, PDF. Publisher.

• Anthony Iles, Inventory's Paper Assembly: Fierce Sociology, Sovereignty and Self-Organisation in London’s Small Press Publishing Scene 1995 to 2005, London: Middlesex University, 2019, 594 pp. PhD thesis. [13]

• David Rosenberg, Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History, 2nd ed., Pluto Press, 2019.

• David Curtis, London's Arts Labs and the 60s Avant-Garde, John Libbey Publishing, 2020, 212 pp, EPUB. Distributor.

• Lisa Tickner, London's New Scene: Art and Culture in the 1960s, Paul Mellon Centre, 2020, 416 pp. Publisher. Preview.

• Charlie Gere, World’s End, London: Goldsmiths Press, 2022, 208 pp. Publisher.

• Lost & Found: A European Literary Map of London, London: UCL, 2023. [14]

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