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ARTSADMIN’S TWO DEGREES: ART AND ACTIVISM, CLIMATE AND CUTS

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Following the first festival in 2009, this year Artsadmin’s Two Degrees takes place from 12-18 June in and around our Toynbee Studios home. The events in the festival sit between art and activism – from an artist-run hair salon exchanging haircuts for conversations, to a pop-up restaurant aiming to help eradicate the American Signal Crayfish from the UK.

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Arcola Green Sundays provide an informal and friendly meeting place for people to explore environmental issues through film, music, theatre, poetry and discussion – a chance to celebrate, question and propose different ways of viewing the world and exploring new visions of the future.

Events take place every three months at Arcola Theatre, with an inspirational theme to explore each time.

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Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street London E8 3DL Dalston Eastern Curve Garden 13 Dalston Lane London E8 3DF Toynbee Studios 28 Commercial Street London E1 6AB

Spitalfields City Farm Columbia Road Flower Market Hackney City Farm, Bike Yard East, BMX track & People’s Orchard Lock 7 (bike cafe) Farm : Shop

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2PM To kick off Artsadmin’s Two Degrees festival we’ve teamed up with Arcola Green Sundays for a day spent using our favourite form of green transport, with a host of artist-led bicycle and environmentally themed activities.

Events leave from both venues throughout the day – arrive early to sign up for your favourite, have a bite to eat in the cafes, and take part in drop-in workshops including training sessions for cyclists, bike repair and chances to customise your bike. Push tired knees to the limit in our celebratory Rollapaluza bike party at the end of the night.

Keep an eye out for Magnificent Revolution whose B.R.U. (Bicycle Reconnaissance Unit) will be capturing the fun throughout the day.

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BENHAM’S TOP GOES GREEN THE STROLLING STREAMERS PEDAL POWERED SMOOTHIES POST-CAPITALIST BATTLE BIKE VELOVENTURE BIKE MAINTENANCE LEGS ELEVEN: A ROLLING OBSERVATIONAL BINGO CAPTURE THE FLAG TRANSPORT PLANNING IN HACKNEY CRAFTY ACCESSORISING WITH THE HYDRO FAIRY ZOE:TROPES WRITING’S ON THE WALL WILD FOOD CYCLE CYCLING AND ROAD SAFETY HAMMER AND TONGUE LIVE POETRY TOUR DE DALSTON ROLLAPALUZA PARTY

2–6pm, Toynbee Studios BENHAM’S TOP GOES GREEN Drop-in and create personalised wheel covers with Mamoru Iriguchi to express your degree of concern over climate change. » iriguchi.co.uk 2–6pm, Toynbee Studios THE STROLLING STREAMERS An interactive customised service for your bike and outfit using recycled materials provided by Carlos Cortes. » carloscortes.co.uk 2–6pm, Dalston Eastern Curve Garden PEDAL POWERED SMOOTHIES Quench your freegan thirst with a cycle-blended sustainable fruit smoothie. » atasteoffreedom.org.uk 2–5pm, leaving from Toynbee Studios/Arcola Theatre (duration: 20 min) POST-CAPITALIST BATTLE BIKE Sophie Nathan offers you a lift on her Battle Bike for a post-capitalist journey to share your utopian visions and her upcoming mayoral campaign plans. » post-capitalist.org 2– 5pm, leaving from Toynbee Studios (duration: 1 hour 30 mins) VELOVENTURE Alice Lobb and Ruby Baker invite you to seek for clues in a revealing cycle trail of East London’s wildlife (participants will need a camera). » restlessnights.info » venividitheatre.com

2– 5pm, Dalston Eastern Curve Garden BIKE MAINTENANCE Free bike checks, adjustments and advice from Hackney anarchist bike gang Donut Kids.

2pm at Arcola Theatre, 4pm at Toynbee Studios (duration: 1 hour 30 mins) LEGS ELEVEN: A ROLLING OBSERVATIONAL BINGO Get your dabbers ready for The House of Hot Breath’s pedal powered observational bingo game. » thehouseofhotbreath.com 2pm at Toynbee Studios, 4pm at Arcola Theatre (workshops; duration 1 hour 30 min) 6pm, leaving from Arcola Theatre (game; duration: 1 hour 30 min) CAPTURE THE FLAG Brave bikers will Capture the Flag in a temporary bicycle playground (participants will need an A-Z).

Before the game, get trained up with Artofactivism’s free confidence workshops. » artofactivism.wordpress.com 2:30pm at Arcola Theatre (duration: 1 hour) TRANSPORT PLANNING IN HACKNEY Representatives from London Borough of Hackney and London Cycling Campaign in Hackney discuss campaigns to improve local cycling provision. » hackney-cyclists.org.uk

3–5pm at Arcola Theatre CRAFTY ACCESSORISING WITH THE HYDRO FAIRY Use recycled inner tubes and bike chains to make personalised accessories from broken jewellery, beads and scraps of material. Bring your own bits or use some of our selection.

3–5pm at Arcola Theatre ZOE:TROPES Use recycled bicycle wheels to construct zoetropes: optical toys on green and cycling themes producing an illusion of animated movement.

3.30–4.30pm, leaving from Toynbee Studios (duration: 1 hour) WRITING’S ON THE WALL Join Pamela Parker on a journey through street art in London’s changing East End. » undercurrentdesign.com/ writingsonthewall 3.30pm, leaving from Arcola Theatre (duration: 4 hours) WILD FOOD CYCLE Otesha Project UK take you on a journey identifying and picking wild shoots and leaves to share in a communally prepared meal. » otesha.org.uk 4:30pm at Arcola Theatre (duration: 1 hour) CYCLING AND ROAD SAFETY Learn about safe cycling from the professionals and sign up for additional cycle training. » hackney.gov.uk/movebike.htm

5pm at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden (duration 1 hour) HAMMER AND TONGUE LIVE POETRY ‘Angry’ Sam Berkson, the Hackney Hammer and Tongue host and founder, performs some of his poems. A dynamic performer, he merges love tales and political comedy, satirical observation and narrative tales.

6pm, leaving from Toynbee Studios (duration: 1 hour) TOUR DE DALSTON Join Climate Rush on a tour celebrating cycling, camaraderie and communities. Everyone welcome. Gather from 5pm to decorate your bike before the tour. » climaterush.co.uk/events 7:30 –10pm, Dalston Eastern Curve Garden ROLLAPALUZA PARTY The culminating event of Cycle Sunday; watch as two cyclists battle it out on fixed roller bikes while the crowd goes wild. Have a go or sign up for the competition from 8pm.

Or just take it easy in the garden, enjoying food from the People’s Kitchen and sharing stories of the day. » rollapaluza.com » thepeopleskitchen.org

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