Local Boys (and girls) Done Good.

A showcase of South East London's burgeoning talent.

Once whilst on the toilet at uni, I noticed someone had written on the stall door "Lets fill this town with artists"; my sources tell me this is the slogan for a popular art supplies company, but I don't know jack about art or arts supplies so I'm going to assume it was written about the all the young creatives living in South East London, a group  and whose productivity knows no bounds and whose ranks will never thin, so long as

Who are these young masters and mistresses of the south east creative scene? Quit asking questions and I'll tell you about a few of them, alright?

 Beaty Heart

Chances are that if you've ever set foot in New Cross, been to a warehouse party in Peckham or received a Facebook invite to one, it was to see this band. Beaty Heart are a band comprised of five students from Goldsmiths and London College of communication, all living together in New Cross,  They've been making waves for about a year now, garnering a great deal of positive press coverage and who's to blame them? Their self styled brand of percussive dream pop gets the heart racing like a conga drum! Last year they played a riotous house party down South that eventually got shut down by the police. Intense, right?!

Check 'em out on the interwebs before they get too big to play your front room.

www.myspace.com/beatyheart

Clinic

Single handedly making poetry cool again, Clinic.  is a poetry, arts and music platform based in New Cross, South East London. They hold multi-disciplinary events which aim to bring together poets, artists and musicians - both emerging and established in their respective fields - in an ongoing artistic collaboration. So far they've held poetry readings, published books and released records and there seems to be no sign of them letting up any time soon.

Check them out at www.clinicpresents.com where you'll be able to submit work towards their latest anthology, check out photos from their previous events and find out about forthcoming ones. Give it a try buddy, Poetry's not just for girls' diaries and dream journals anymore!

 www.clinicpresents.com


The Old Police Station.

I know that in light of the current political situation, you might feel slightly adverse to anything even vaguely related to the police, but bare with me a moment. The Old Police station is a former police station re-purposed as a do your self art centre, run by artists for artists. Its facilities have been a temporary home for everything from exhibitions, independent film screenings, live performances and plays. Available for absolutely anyone to use, The Old Police Station is a rarely seen example of re-appropriation of disused urban space. It even has its own radio station. Holla at 'em via their website to listen to their radio-station, get informed about their latest and greatest endeavours and for details on how to book the space for your own exhibition, performance, screening or whatever the hell you want!

www.theoldpolicestation.org