Random Artists

A new squatted community art space will be opening at 282 Richmond Road in Hackney, London on the 24th August, running for a week with workshops on sculpture/metalwork, woodwork/speaker cabinet building, web design, and desk top publishing, plus an array of the finest underground art in the capital. Running along side this event will be Riot Squad Records, a squatted record shop devoted to underground dance music and hoping to be a vital link between musicians, artists, producers and performers.

On August 3rd 2002 Random Artists opened a semi-permanent open access art space in Hackney Central. The building is a purpose built art gallery housing four exhibition spaces over two floors. The walls are whitewashed and the space is clean. As perfect as it gets. Thrown in for good measure is ample workspace and various art-centred facilities and resources.

We are hoping that it will bring back some vibrancy to a borough which has seen many of its social and cultral assets stripped away.

The space is available to any group or individual to run their own exhibition, workshop, or event. Now is the time to get in touch because we just never know how long these things last. Phone 07092 012 299 to speak to someone at the building or email

info@randomartists.org Event info will be here and on 07050 614 804.

Running alongside Random Artist’s activities, a new record shop – Riot Squad Records – will be filling the gap created by the vacuum that is the music scene these days.

WORKSHOPS… on sculpture/metalwork, speaker building, web design, DTP and more to be announced in the next week….

and photography, gosh!

‘Photographic / Darkroom’

Developing films: 4 – 6pm Thursday 29th August

Printing in the darkroom: 4 – 6pm Friday 30th August

Please bring a black & white film that’s already shot which you’d like to develop. More time to use the darkroom can be arranged.

282 Richmond Road, London, E8 3QS [Nearest rail station: Hackney Central BR or Hackney Downs BR]

http://www.randomartists.org