Furtherfield is hosting Future Machine & When the Future Comes, Zantogola and the Drumming School for an Eco Art Residency at the Commons. Art, music, planting, and conservation activites.
The Commons Residency Collective is currently being set up to continue the residency as an ongoing project, the collective is a collaboration between artists Rachel Jacobs, Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo, Dave Kemp and Esi Eshun.
Coming Up…
Public Workshops for When the Future Comes
We are planning a series of public workshops at the commons exploring the themes from the Future Machine & When the Future Comes project including climate and environmental change, combining art and craft making, science, technology and music to find new ways to share knowledge and come together to think about the future. More coming soon….
Planting at the Commons
In preparation for Future Machine’s next appearance we have started planting in the area in front of Furtherfield Commons to develop our plans to create a garden space and outdoor performance area at the commons. We are looking for volunteers to help us with planting the garden. If you are interested in joining please email us at: commonsresidency@whenthefuturecomes.net
Weekly Drumming School sessions
More information can be found on the Drumming School website.
Future Machine and the Rainmakers
As we prepare for Future Machine appearing when the Autumn leaves fall in November 2024, we will continue our experiments with music performances of the weather, developing from our ‘weather jams’ at the commons.
What Has Already Happened…
When the Autumn Leaves Fall…
Every year in November, Future Machine appears in Finsbury Park, people meet together to celebrate the autumn and speak to the future. We celebrate with guided walks, music and dance and an annual musical performance of the weather with Future Machine and the Rainmakers. The next Future Machine appearance will be in November 2024, more information to be announced soon.
Finding Common Ground: Touring Finsbury Park with the London Festival of Architecture
Sunday 4th June 2023
https://www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/event/finding-common-ground-touring-finsbury-park/
A guided walk took place in Finsbury Park, exploring landmark trees, ponds and green spaces to learn about the uniqueness and diversity of this place dubbed “The People’s Park”. While visiting community gardens and park facilities, we experienced how diverse visitor activities coexist, at times uneasily, alongside the natural landscape of this popular park. Stories about the park’s human / nonhuman inhabitation, its distinctions between the cultivated and the “wild” species and the complexity of living together in common were discussed and introduced by the walk’s guides, offering a deep appreciation of the “living history” of Finsbury Park.
On Saturday 1st April 2023 we hosted our first Bell Weather Day at Furtherfield Commons in Finsbury Park
Art, music, ecology, planting, bell ringing and talks, with music from Finsbury Park Drumming School.
The Tree Charter Bell, Tree Planting Ceremony with artist Caroline Locke.
An informal conversation about art, music, ecology and the future.
In the evening we hosted a ‘Future Machine Weather Jam’ led by the Future Machine, The Rainmakers and the When the Future Comes Collective, including special guests.
Monthly Weather Jams at the Commons (Winter/Spring 2023)
Weather Jam
Friday 20th January 2023
The first weather jam started small with just 12 people but had an amazing musical journey with Future Machine and a very cold frosty still night in the park. We played indoors in the warm, whilst Future Machine played the sounds of the weather outside (the weather station was set up outside the back door) and played messages from the past. When we went outside to feel the weather the sky was clear and we could see as many stars as London light pollution let us.
