Wicked Changes VI has partnered with artist Aida Wilde to present Meanwhile… 10 Years Back, an exhibition looking back through 10 years of Hackney Wick to the iconic Napier project and the Save Yourselves exhibition of 2016 (covered here). The exhibition is spreading over 2 sites in Hackney Wick from July through to September.
July 2016 saw the decent of the “Lunatics” in a 48-hour take-over of the iconic Lord Napier derelict pub situated on the corner of White Post Lane in Hackney Wick. The brain child of local artist/social commentator Aida Wilde, who curated the project and organised over 29 multi-disciplinary artists – all of which had either lived, worked, or contributed to the ever-changing landscape of the artistic/street art scene of the “wastelands & warehouses” over the years.
To mark the 10 year anniversary of the “Lunatics Takeover” of the Lord Napier, and to commemorate this iconic and influential project that took place on a landmark building that was the beating heart of Hackney Wick, Aida Wilde and Felstead Art have invited artists and creators to participate in an open call exhibition. Part archival and part curation, the exhibition showcases both those who have captured or documented this monumental building between the dates of 2016-2020, as well as those responding to the ever changing environment of Hackney Wick since.
Exhibiting works by Aida Wilde, Ahmad El Mad, Alex Robertson, Alice Valentina Biga, Annika McSeveny, Ben Wakeling, BUTTERFLY, Cian O’Neill, Danny Purtill, Dave Stuart, Dean Woods, Dwayne Brown, Graham Elder, Herve Constant, Janice Taylor, Jeanette Barnes, Johnny Truant, Lawrence Brand, Lorella Bianco, Luna Park, Lydia Thornley, Mackenzie Scott Clowes, Mark Rigney, Matthew Payne, Ripley Fletcher, Simon Cole, SCULPTURE (Reuben Sutherland & Dan Hayhurst), Tom Ward, Tomas Baltazari, Will Edgecombe.
Pictures courtesy of Michael Wormack
Meanwhile… 10 Years Back in Hackney Wick
Part One: until 28 August 2026
Felstead Art | Studio, 12 Felstead Street
London E9 5LT
Part Two: until 5 September 2026
Felstead Art | Trampery, 13 Rookwood Way
London E3 2XT
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