New Interactive Exhibition to Enjoy with Kids at NOW Gallery – ‘Up in Smoke’
Celebrating the industrial history of Greenwich Peninsula in a colourful way, a new exciting exhibition opened at NOW Gallery: ‘Up in Smoke’ is showcasing five vibrant installation of chimneys and you can climb them and peer through them.
@urbanadventurerldn Fun day out with kids 👧🧒 [BLOG POST IN BIO] NOW Gallery: ‘Up in Smoke’ exhibition is showcasing five vibrant installation of chimneys @NOW Gallery Visitors can climb the chimneys, go inside them and peer through them 👀 You can also design your own colourful chimney on the spot ✂️🖍️🎨 📍NOW Gallery | Soames Walk, London SE10 0SQ 📆 Until 22 September 🎟️ Free #nowgallery #dayoutwiththekids #familydayout #familytime #kidsactivities #exhibition #funtime
‘Up in Smoke’
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NOW Gallery is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and to mark this milestone, they have teamed up with designer-architect duo John Booth and Mat Barnes from CAN (architecture and ideas studio) to transform the gallery into a vibrant, colourful and interactive installation, kids and grown-ups can equally enjoy.
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Climb, peek, colour and design!
‘Up in Smoke’ is a fully interactive exhibition, featuring supercharged chimneys that visitors can climb, go inside and peek through them.
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Visitors also have the opportunity to express themselves by creating their own chimney artworks.
There’s everything you need from templates to scissors, pencils and glue to express yourself and create your very own chimney design.
No skills needed. Simply sit down and enjoy yourself.
Celebrating the Historic Skyline of Greenwich Peninsula
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The 5 reimagined chimneys are representing the diverse history of Greenwich Peninsula. One of the chimneys represent the Powder magazine which was used to store gunpowder in the 18th century, while more slender tubes represent modern gasworks, others look like those we often see on the roofs of terrace houses.
Despite technological and industrial advances, chimneys still define our collective silhouette of a city, and they can be found in any child drawings of a house.
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‘Up in Smoke’ combines John Booth’s playful, colourful design aesthetic and Mat Barnes fresh, outside-from-the-box approach to architecture.
Chimneys are something we all link to the view of a city, and they hold a collective romanticised position on how we view and inhabit the city.
Practical Info
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Address
NOW Gallery | Soames Walk, London SE10 0SQ
Opening Times
21 June – 22 Sept 2024
Mon: CLOSED
Tue to Fri: 10am – 7pm
Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 4pm
Tickets
FREE | Booking recommended. You can book your time slot on Eventbrite
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