Wicked Changes VI | Meanwhile | Part 1: Meanwhile… 10 Years Back

This years Wicked Changes VI partners with artist Aida Wilde to present Meanwhile… 10 Years Back, an exhibition looking back 10 years to the iconic Napier project and the Save Yourselves exhibition of 2016. The exhibition will be spread 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, we would like to invite artists and creators in an OPEN CALL. The exhibition will be part archival and part curation, showcasing 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.