Category: Harper-Thames Blog

26
Jun
2026

The Architecture of Shoreditch Is an Argument Nobody Is Having

Harper-Thames Notes That the Industrial Buildings That Define East London’s Character Were Not Preserved by Design and…

26
Jun
2026

Shoreditch from the Other Side of the Gentrification Argument

Harper-Thames Considers the People Who Were Here Before the Cycle Lanes and the Fourteen-Pound Cocktails and What…

26
Jun
2026

The Best View of London Is from the Roof of a Car Park in Peckham and I Will Not Be Taking Questions

Harper-Thames Documents the City at Dusk from an Unexpected Vantage Point and Makes the Case for Finding…

24
Jun
2026

Opening Night at the Space That Used to Be a Warehouse

A new arts venue launches in a former industrial space with a programme that is ambitious enough…

24
Jun
2026

The Artist Talk That Lasted Ninety Minutes and Covered Thirty Years in Thirty Seconds

A studio visit and accompanying talk in Bethnal Green that spent more time on philosophy than practice,…

24
Jun
2026

Collaborative Practice and the Question of Who Gets the Credit

A review of a group show at a Hoxton gallery raises questions about attribution, collaboration, and the…

24
Jun
2026

The Sound Installation That Made Everyone Leave After Seven Minutes

A new work in a Curtain Road gallery uses audio at frequencies and durations that produce a…

24
Jun
2026

The Gallery Has Removed the Art and Called It the Exhibition

A Shoreditch contemporary gallery’s new show features empty rooms with the explanation that the visitor’s response constitutes…

24
Jun
2026

Shoreditch Has a Community; It Is Just Hard to Find Among the Pop-Ups

Harper-Thames discovers actual neighbours, actual local events, and actual community underneath the commerce Satire from Bohiney.com and…

24
Jun
2026

The Shoreditch Gallery Scene: More Accessible Than It Looks, Probably

Harper-Thames investigates the East London gallery circuit and discovers it is not as intimidating as advertised Satire…