Elsie Phipps is Platform One Gallery's current artist in residence. Her exhibition will be open everyday this week from 9.30pm to 9pm

Platform1Gallery is looking for artists! Please get in touch if you have an idea for this extraordinary exhibition space inside an old waiting room on Wandsworth Common Station.

To apply for an exhibition simply send a 200 word proposal and three images to platform1gallery@gmail.com . Currently we have availability for shows lasting up to two weeks in late July and August.

The space is free to use however we charge a £100 deposit. Donations in kind are also welcome.

We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Jocelyn McGregor and Geoff Tibbs will be showing new collaborative work at Platform 1 Gallery this weekend. 

PV: 7-9pm Friday 13 June

Open: 12-5pm Saturday 14 June

12-5pm Sunday 15 June

Platform 1 Gallery, St. James's Drive, Wandsworth Common Station, London SW12 8NL
Ring for directions: 07898 686030

We Are Not Friends

We Are Not Friends

Platform 1 Gallery, Wandsworth Common Train Station, London 

April - May 2014

We Are Not Friends is a four week project in which four pairs of artists will explore the relationships between their individual practices. The project takes place in a small space on platform 1 of Wandsworth Common Train Station. 
Each pairing is given a week in the space and will present work at the end of their allotted time. 

The four pairs are Steven Dickie & Laura Dee Milnes, Luke Drozd & Michael Lawton, Sarah Bowker-Jones & David Orme, Stuart Bannister & Malina Busch. 

Exhibiting artists, times and dates.

Steven Dickie & Laura Dee Milnes: 

25/04 - 6-9pm, 26/04 - 12-6pm, 27/04 - 12-6pm

Luke Drozd & Michael Lawton: 

02/05 - 6-9pm, 03/05 - 12-6pm, 04/05 - 12-6pm

Sarah Bowker-Jones & David Orme:

09/05 - 6-9pm, 10/05 - 12-6pm, 11/05 - 12-6pm

Stuart Bannister & Malina Busch:

16/05 - 6-9pm, 17/05 - 12-6pm, 18/05 - 12-6pm

For more information contact please contact mlawton@hotmail.co.uk

Genius Salvaged

So it's official, Genius Salvaged is Platform One Gallery's contribution to this year's Wandsworth Arts Festival (WAF).

Kicking off on Friday 6 May and running until Sunday 22 May, the festival is a highly creative and exciting opportunity to experience the variety of arts on offer in the borough.

Last year, we hosted excellent exhibitions by Mobile Studio and Room3 but this year we're planning to push the boat out further with an ambitious public art project based on forgotten moments of inspiration.

The tagline planned to feature in the festival's promotional literature goes like this:

Ever left a prize idea behind as you were waiting for a bus? Platform One Gallery – with students from the Royal College of Art –presents: Genius Salvaged, a series of geo-tagged poems and site specific installations based upon forgotten moments of inspiration. Find out more at @Gensalvo

With a handful of artists already on board, now the plan is to open the project out to further contributors.

So if you’re reading this, and have scrawled down a bit of poetry or prose or snapped a thought provoking image while wandering in Wandsworth – why not get in touch and add it to the mix?

With just over two months until WAF begins, Genius Salvage is now open to submissions.

Best regards

Merlin

Überspaß

Platform One Gallery is delighted to welcome its new artists in residence, 'inter-Scandinavian' group Überspaß (Thais Espersen, Anders Nielsen, Jakob Ingemansson, Philip Elwall, Sune Rieper and Magnus Ohren.)

This week Überspaß will be running a series of workshops at the gallery, exploring Yves Klein's '(CM)YKB 98,84,0,0' shade of blue. The group will test Klein's Pantone-esque thesis with a series of architectural interventions, responding to the gallery and surrounding train station and suburban context. Material evidence from the week will be exhibited on 29 August.

I'm particularly optimistic about the coming week as it is the first time our cosy 12m² gallery has hosted six resident artists at one time. Thais Espersen of CRAB Studio, Clerkenwell, coaxed the pan-European group over to south London and, in my opinion, must be congratulated for his work.

The project offers an excellent opportunity for visitors to experience an alternative reading of the gallery and its environs. Equally inspirational copies of Jakob Ingemansson Stad magazine (issue #3), featuring poems and essays on Belgrade, Serbia, will be available.

I look forward to seeing you on Sunday 29 August. Please bring friends and any ideas you have for future shows, we are always delighted to meet new artists and curators.

Meanwhile, enjoy the rest of summer!

Merlin Fulcher

Programme Director
Platform One Gallery