It pays to roll the dice sometimes, as my search led me to an affordable housing model via a collaboration between Bow Arts Trust and Peabody Housing. My flat is in a Tower Block that is due for demolition, although the date for the demo’ is vague, and there are even rumours circulating that it won’t happen at all. Bow Arts are acting as guardians for Peabody Housing who own the blocks. It’s Bow Arts job to fill any empty flats with artists, and that’s where I fitted in!
The art of collaboration
In the summer of 2020 when we were able to meet up with people outside, I took a couple of beers and my bike to Finsbury Park to meet a friend of mine who was in between countries, on her wonderful journey of discovery and learning. She is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work and work-ethic I admire. I proposed the idea of us collaborating on a project together, which would see us bring multiple additions to a final piece of work over a period of time; in a kind of relay fashion. She agreed, and we arranged to create a set of photographs as a first step.