Utrophia Project Space: The High Street
120-122 High Street, Deptford, London, SE8 4NS
It took a month to do the front, then we started slowly working on the back; we made good progress. Helena and Matt got in there early to start with the filling and painting, Ben Meschko and Steve put up some walls that defined the project space and made a another artists studio, and Matt, Jono and Sam painted them. Matt and Ben Cummins put some cement in the floor, Jono sketched out the sign, and Sam bloody well painted it. Jono took some of the more spikey elements out from the ceiling, and Steve and Matt sealed the floor. Andrew Kerr began putting up the walls for his shop, and our 'permaculture dudes', Jim and Tom built their office just behind it.
All the while, Pippa Johnson was working her magic on the windows, a beautiful leaf motif (and that rhymes), while passers by gradually watched the beauty unfold over a couple of weeks. Then the big reveal into the project space, when the bottom section of Pippa's whitewash was whipped off and we opened our doors for 'This Is It', a follow-up and expansion on our Tanners Hill closing show, 'That's It?'. The opening night was pretty magical, so much good feeling, and we felt very welcomed to the High Street. There's some beautiful work in the show, and we made some new friends too.
Since then Andrew Kerr has opened his shop, 'Extra Bones', on the other window of our new building, selling homemade artwork, comics, zines, objects and so on. He also has a trading post to swap your creations, and he'll be running workshops and doing events of his own from the shop as well. Plus he's really nice, and so is the shop, go check it out.
We're open market days, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and you might catch us for a little 'hangout' on a Sunday afternoon if you're passing. See you there.
Related Events
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It's A Race
9 - 12 May
It's A Race.
Live Performance Art and Film combined with uncertainty but a whole lot of energy. Living with you. In the same space and time.
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DIY is All You Need
1 - 14 June
A group show of music and arts from Rachel Dadd, Rozi Plain, Jeffrey Lewis, Alessi's Ark & More?
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Topographic Translation: Iteration 2
18 - 25 May
an exhibition by bristol based pop-up initiative MadeScapes including work by:
Lizzie Cannon
Tom Johnson
Nic Marshall
Poppy Pitt
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South East Art Feast
13 - 21 July
A group show from fine art students at Goldsmiths and Camberwell College of Art.
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Ghost Train Group Show
31 August - 15 September, 2012
A Ghost Train Group Show
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DIY Deptford Action Group of the People Summer Exposé
1 - 8 July
DIY Deptford has been working behind the scenes on various local food growing initiatives and is using the Utrophia front window to expose its wares and enrol more people
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see what happens
14 - 21 April
The art of Benjamin Meschko and the music of Collectress
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Don't Throw It All Away (Our Love)
31 March - 14 April, 2012
A show from Bridgette Ashton
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Beneath The Walnut Tree...
27 April - 4 May, 2012
It is said that if one sleeps beneath a walnut tree, he or she will see their future in their dreams . . . Beneath the Walnut Tree is an interdisciplinary project devised by performance artist James W
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Show of drawings by Rose Robbins
16 - 22 April
Benjamin Meschko has invited his friend Rose to exhibit her very beautiful drawings on some walls in the project space that will not be populated by his paintings during the "See What Happens" exhibit
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Lunch Music 24: Paco Jr
31 March
"Flamencoish vintage quasi latino bullshit that makes all ladies crazy and may offend the American government and may make some listeners perhaps a little bit sad"
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Lunch Music 28: Now
28 April
ever-morphing pop gang
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Lunch Music 23: Spinmaster Plantpot
24 March
"The U.K.'s foremost a capella punk rock poet. With a fat stomach"
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Lunch Music 27: Dog Legs
21 April
Quiet, noisy pop songs. Toy instruments and tape recordings.
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Lunch Music 25: Female Band
7 April
"One girl making noise, one girl making music"
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Lunch Music 26: DM Clark
14 April
"pop hymnals and warped tape"
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10th Birthday Cool Down
8 July
After the blistering heat of our 10th birthday party, a cool down with live music and real life fun.
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Paraphernalia
16 - 28 March
We five display for your pleasure, the things we make. Our
paraphernalia.
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Progress In Work #2
2 March - 5 February, 2012
A short term, intensive residency/open studio/workshop/exhibition
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Clay Change
7 - 14 March
An Extra Bones project, in Collaboration with the Drawing Water group show
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Saturation
22 - 29 February
The Colourfulness Of A
Colour Relative To Its Own Brightness
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Local Currency Action Conference
18 - 18 February
Speakers from Deptford and New Cross Credit Union and Brixton Pound, exploring the idea of developing a local currency for Deptford and New Cross
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Bastard Assignments Two
21 February
Bastard Assignments Two is some people, playing some music, in some venue.
A free night of music at Utrophia on Deptford High Street from groups including Gallions Reach, Senses, Evolution, The Lon
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Larissa Ferreira
27 January
Presenting a collection of figurative paintings from Brazillian artist Larissa!
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Drawing Water
7 - 14 March
A collaborative art show, presenting a collection of drawings, sculpture, video and print work.
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Lunch Music 20: Love Distance
3 March
Lethargic samples +
repetition
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Lunch Music 19: Charles Hayward
25 February
What's your problem, pal?
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Lunch Music 18: Corpse Lights
18 February
Trembling voices bobbing in waves of haunted synth... corpselights.com
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Lunch Music 21: Frozy
10 March
Purposeful purposelessness in a
bedroom
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Lunch Music 15: An undisclosed Trace Fluids related show...
28 January
Expect an unpredictable set from the prolific and shape shifting "man of 1000 bands"
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Lunch Music 17: Hugh Smith
11 February
Secret Songs
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Lunch Music 16: Vision Fortune
4 February
Dense hazy tent jams
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Badass Jumble Sale 2
4 February
More records, books, clothes, CDs, objet d'art, electronics, anything you can think of and other brilliant things..
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Badass Jumble Sale
15 January
Records, books, clothes, CDs, objet d'art, electronics, anything you can think of and other brilliant things..
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Charles Hayward presents Drumtrophia
11 December, 2011
Eight-ten drummers, two hours, a bunch of group exercises and ideas. Tasty.
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Yuletrophia!
24 December, 2011
1:30pm
Bring food and drink for the festive buffet table
Films & Music & a whole lot of love
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Traversing the Glimmer
6 - 14 January
Group show
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Utrophia's 10th Birthday party
7 July
Good Lord. We're TEN years old on the 4th July, come down 3 days later and celebrate how magical it's all been.
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Lunch Music Christmas
16 December, 2011
Special Christmas Lunch Music event with Sam Lee and chums
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Various
29 October, 2011 - 26 November, 2011
Utrophia presents 'Various', a collection of brief, unrelated exhibitions and events.
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Deptford Soil Mid View with Music
14 December, 2011
Music from The Missing Puddings and The Conformists, compered by Joe Bazouki
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Deptford Soil Film Night
10 December, 2011
A night of homespun films brought to you by the McMillan Herb Garden gang as part of 'Deptford Soil'
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McMillan Herb Garden: Deptford Soil
10 December, 2011 - 24 December, 2011
An exhibition of work by local artists affiliated with the McMillan Herb Garden, a non-profit organisation running creative workshops for young people in the Deptford area.
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Deptford Soil Private View
9 December, 2011
PV for McMillan Herb Garden's 'Deptford Soil' exhibition. Invitation by request.
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Lunch Music 11: On The Roof
5 November, 2011 - 5 November, 2011
Jazz splurges from down the road.
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Sunday Sustainability Screening Smoothies and Soup
4 December, 2011
DIY Deptford presents a Sunday pop in eat, watch and discuss series.
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Lunch Music 3: Sam Lee
2 September, 2011
This week, Sam Lee beautifully sings traditional folk songs. 1.30pm, free entry. Curated by Extra Bones.
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Lunch Music 4: Trace Fluids
9 September, 2011
watermelon sine waves kissing speakers everywhere
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Colour Catcher
29 October, 2011
2:30pm - 6:30pm - a four hour live drawing with Andrew Kerr using black biro and the public using felt-tips. Come along and join in.
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Lunch Music 13: Halo Halo
18 November, 2011
Halo Halo
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DIY Educate Talk
22 November, 2011
Last Show&Tell, 22nd Nov, 6.30 'DIY Exhibitions' at Utrophia, Deptford High Street with special guests Matt Roberts Arts, Stephen Molyneux, CoExistArts, QArtLondon chaired by Rosalind Davis , coregall
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Lunch Music 12: Goodbye Leopold
11 November, 2011 - 11 November, 2011
Swishing capes and chanting together girl-trio
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Lunch Music 7: I Had A Dream
8 October, 2011 - 8 October, 2011
A gem from Utrophia's own crown. A group analysis Hip-Hopera. Rapping and drawing
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Lunch Music 9: Gasp! Cracking Eggs
22 October, 2011 - 22 October, 2011
Electronics and percussion duo into dinosaurs, undergrowth and pop noises
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Lunch Music 10: Charcoal Owls
29 October, 2011 - 29 October, 2011
Tapes, stories, abstract fragments of narrative under abstract soundscapes
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Channeling The Machine Part 2
5 October, 2011
Lunchtime concert in which Russell Bond, Ben Cummins and Matt Rigsby Smith play with Ben Parry's Deptford Machine. Free entry, bring your sandwiches, relax and enjoy.
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Drawn and Be Drawn
29 October, 2011
11 am - 1:30 pm - free, drop-in portraiture session
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DIY Deptford: 'In Transition 1.0' Film Screening
30 October, 2011
DIY Deptford presents film screening with discussion and tea. 5pm - 8pm. Free!
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Film Screening - 'Short Cuts'
22 October, 2011 - 22 October, 2011
Utrophia presents 1993's 'Short Cuts' film, in which the everyday lives of a number of suburban Los Angeles residents are the subject of this loosely-knitted collection of short stories.
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1 October, 2011
3 bands playing sets inspired by the current Utrophia Exhibition 'The Deptford Machine'
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Lunch Music 8: Rozi Plain
15 October, 2011 - 15 October, 2011
Acoustic guitar musics of the highest decree!
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The Deptford Machine
23 September, 2011 - 16 October, 2011
A sound and movement sculpture by Ben Parry
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Lunch Music 2: Gav and Jules
31 August, 2011
Gavin Housley on guitar, Jules Goldsmith on voice and kazoo. A lunchtime of Billie Holiday-style voice and Django-esque guitar.
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Lunch Music 6: Johnny Farr
24 September, 2011
Dogfacesockets mainman plays a solo set to accompany your sandwiches
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Lunch Music 5: Yearning Kru
16 September, 2011
Founds sounds and industrial noise (not the kind we're already getting from the demolition next door).
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Progress in Work - Conclusion
4 September, 2011
Closing shindig for Progress in Work
Come and see what the artistes have conjured up!
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Progress In Work No. 1
1 September, 2011 - 4 September, 2011
Curated by Extra Bones. Three artists begin a four day residency with materials and ideas only. A section of the project space becomes their studio, in which they will explore their practice.
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Sumble Jale
31 August, 2011 - 31 August, 2011
Jumble sale at Utrophia. Set up a stall and enjoy a day of niceties. Wednesday 31st August from 10am.
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Lunch Music - Anacreon
26 August, 2011
Vindicatrix side-project. Haunting and mesmerising effected tuba. http://www.myspace.com/tubanacreon
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This Is It
29 July, 2011 - 21 August, 2011
The grand unveiling and opening show of Utrophia's new project space - in the HIGH STREET.. heavy.
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CWM TOGETHER
21 July, 2011
First CWM meeting this Thursday, 21st, July, 2011 7pm @ Utrophia HQ - 120 Deptford High Street,
join in and we shall see how this joyous event starts to take shape...
Related Projects
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Horse Powered
A mobile unit promoting the benefits of easy nutrition
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Sound by Matt
In-house Utrophia live sound and recordings by Matt
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DIY Deptford
The Deptford Transition Town movement, aiding Deptford move from buying things in from all over the world and starting to produce and think more locally...
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Paintings - Sam Pullen
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Matt's Flyers and Whatnot
Flyers and whatnot by Matt
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Lunch Music
Free live music at Extra Bones, as often as poss, on Weds, Fris and Sats, at 1:30pm
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Invigilating
People taking time out to look after the show
Related People
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Stephen Molyneux
Originator of the concept Utrophia and instigator of the network.
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Matt Rigsby Smith
Long-time Utrophian and securer of third Utrophia project space.
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Andrew Kerr
A is for pyramid. Extra Bones boss man
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Jono Allen
Hi
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Bridgette Ashton
Visual artist
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Sam Pullen
Thingy-bob
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Chiara Goldsmith
Writer, photographer, theatrist
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Benjamin Meschko
captain specific
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Helena Doyle
It's like a dress you'd get a girl in!
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Pippa Johnson
Disgusting.