Talkaoke Skills Lab
Talkaoke Skills Lab is a unique artist development opportunity piloting a new approach to intercultural dialogue, collaboration and skills exchange by bringing together in a virtual and hybrid space artists, creatives, cultural practitioners and change-makers from Uganda and the UK. The programme is provoked by a 1970s ‘social sculpture’ theory by the artist Joseph Beuys, […]
Pick of the Wick
Pick of the Wick is a music video portrait project in Hackney Wick and Fish Island. We ask the residents of Hackney Wick and Fish Island to create a music video representing the area. We will use conversation, comedy, video and graphic visualisations to tease out and imaginatively represent the key aspects of the band during […]
The People Speak People! – Zoe
Welcome to our micro-blog series where we will introduce some of the recent members of The People Speak team. “Living in the present” Zoë is an American theatre maker, facilitator, and educator based in London. She works with creators and communities around the globe to tell stories that prompt conversation and run workshops that create […]
The Inverse Apprentice
You’re hired! The Inverse Apprentice in Aberfeldy Street We are thrilled to announce that our project The Inverse Apprentice has been awarded a Small Grant Scheme from the new Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, delivered by Foundation for Future London. The Inverse Apprentice is a creative entrepreneurship programme provoked by the TV show ‘The […]
The People Speak People! – Simon
Welcome to our micro-blog series where we will introduce some of the recent members of The People Speak team. “Ploughing our furrow” It’s not every day that you get to take part in a first, but the highlight of 2020 for me was collaborating with The People Speak in my favourite part of East London: […]
The People Speak People! – Laura
Welcome to our micro-blog series where we will introduce some of the recent members of The People Speak team. “Living in the present” Laura Kaminska is a 2019 Camberwell College of Arts graduate from BA graphic design. As a visual creator, she works with photography, illustration, moving image and design in any shape or form. […]
The People Speak People! – Katie F
Welcome to our micro-blog series where we will introduce some of the recent members of The People Speak team. “Growing and socialising” I was born in Lithuania in 1989. Moved to India at the age of 13, where I spent 4 years studying music. I returned to Lithuania in 2007, finished school and got a […]
The People Speak People! – Dele
At The People Speak we have always relied on reflected creativity of others to make Talkaokes and our other formats what they truly are. In 2020 we were fortunate enough to collaborate with new artists and creatives who not only participated in our events but also brought their own perspectives, energy and skills into what […]
Wick Speaks, The Tour!
Hackney Wick tells its own story Wick Speaks! is a new project bringing together a range of Hackney Wick residents to create the Tour of the area through their eyes. The People Speak is collaborating with long-time local guide Hackney Tours to celebrate the diversity of the Wick and imagine the future of this unique […]
Get outside your echo chamber!
Last month our doughnut shaped Talkaoke table made its first appearance on the Aberfeldy concrete since the lockdown! Watch the highlights here and save the date for Aberfeldy Live! Talkaoke #4 (Thu 27 Sep). We had a lot of fun with our new online format Design Your Own Job at East Summer School bringing 12-17 yo East Londoners and our favourite Innovators & Creatives together. We talked about future […]
