Local artist and director of Platform One Gallery Merlin Fulcher presents Festival, an investigation into the history and development of community in Battersea.
Fulcher illuminates the thinking and traditions behind aspects of industry, culture and housing from pre-history, through medieval and post-war periods, to the present.
The investigation; featuring an installation and performance piece; aims to bring into sharp relief some of the enduring issues at the heart of the community today.
Platform One Gallery,
Wandsworth Common Station
+44 (0)7940184547
Sat 18 April 7-10pm (Opening), Sun 19 April 11-4pm, Monday 20 – Friday 24 April 4-7pm, Sat 25 April 11-4pm.
About Me
- Merlin Fulcher
- Merlin Fulcher is a writer, artist and journalist based in Battersea, south west London. His work focuses on human experience, and on social interaction with the built and metaphysical environment. Since 2009, Fulcher has contributed to running Platform One Gallery – an alternative arts space within Wandsworth Common train station. He is competitions editor for The Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review, and has contributed articles to New Civil Engineer, Construction News and The Evening Standard. Recent projects include Post-strike – a pamphlet exploring nuclear warfare’s visual impact in the UK – and Zowl! – an illustrated children’s book set in the City of London. Fulcher has performed poetry and spoken word pieces for the Different Skies experimental writing platform.