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These questions are starting points for research and reflection resulting in an experiential taxi ride and ‘drive by’ listening tour through a delimited zone of my own neighbourhood in Cliftonville, Margate.

There Goes The Neighbourhood (2018)

Composed of this ‘drive by’ listening tour in addition to and in conversation with a series of large text posters and multiple layers created from interconnecting elements:

Hood Musics (2018)

Mixtape of music compiled through street conversations with people living and working in Cliftonville, Margate; representing the rich sociocultural landscape of this particular neighbourhood.
Listen to the mixtape here

Streets is Watching (2018)

Installation of dash cam footage taken during the ‘drive by tours’ was displayed on two mini iPads inside the Open School East building.

Let The Record Show (2018)

Performance of Outspoken Word + Subliminal Bass by Swan Nemesis, presented in the forecourt of a car wash in Cliftonville, Margate, England. Excerpts in the form of text based posters and interactions were disseminated in various locations in the area (see below)

supported by Open School East

Where does memory travel?
How much does it cost?
Who participates?
Who curates?
What is art?


front & back design of an edition of 500 cards printed on 450 gsm card silk finish, 55mm x 85mm, distributed as part of the work

Posters using excerpts from Let The Record Show, 2018. Written and performed by Swan Nemesis. Video excerpts from There Goes The Neighbourhood, 2018.

Photos by Rosie Lonsdale and Dipesh Pandya