The first ever Manufactory takes place this weekend!
- Manufactory
- Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September
- Across Park Royal Design District
You can expect the opportunity to delve into workshops, warehouses, studios and industrial buildings that are rarely accessible to the public. Manufactory brings together contemporary artists, performers, designers, musicians, architects, manufacturers and makers within London’s largest industrial district. Through exhibitions, site-specific installations, performances, talks, open studios, workshops, food and participatory events, the festival explores the relationship between contemporary artistic practice, industrial production and the built environment, positioning Park Royal as a new destination for interdisciplinary practice.
Taking its name from the manufactory – an early form of collective production that brought together multiple skills and processes under one roof – the festival considers making as both subject and method. Artists respond directly to the infrastructures, architectures, sounds, technologies and social dynamics of Park Royal, producing works that emerge from the unique conditions of the industrial landscape.
Developed by the nonprofit platform Park Royal Design District, Manufactory builds on five years as London’s largest Design District within London Design Festival while establishing a new platform for interdisciplinary artistic practice. The inaugural edition is curated by newly appointed Programme Director Mazzy-Mae Green, whose programme brings together artists working across performance, installation, moving image, sculpture, sound and design, united by an interest in production, material experimentation and the social conditions of the industrial landscape.
