Staffordshire St presents Made Without Permission, curated by bafalw as part of London Design Festival 2024.
Throughout our lives we’re negotiating and interacting with spaces. Not just physically, but also on a cultural and emotional level. In a place like London, ideas of community are traditionally presented through places that are granted to us or we’re given limited access to. But what about the spaces we make for ourselves? The ones sitting on the edge of what is allowed and permitted? What are the approaches, adaptations or small acts we make to create a sense of ownership and belonging within the environments we navigate?
Made Without Permission celebrates a language of intervening in our shared spaces by ‘making it ourselves’ – greatly influenced by the different diasporas and communities that come together in our city.
Bringing together the work and practice of designers, collectives, artists, groups and individuals alongside day-to-day rituals and everyday moments the ground floor Staffordshire St will be ‘occupied’. Over the course of the festival it will act as an active space to discover, relax and enjoy along with a range of different workshops and events.
Staffordshire St is an independent, not-for-profit project space in Peckham, South East London. Championing emerging and under-represented artists, we produce exhibitions, collaborative projects and live events alongside a learning programme of talks, screenings and workshops. We also provide affordable studios for artists, makers and designers.
Staffordshire St is a Community Interest Company. We fundraise for our work through the kind support of individuals, sponsors & public funders.
