Night watch Cafe - Lovett’s lamppost
This Project was born following a 24-hour observation in Soho, where the night-time story of this unique district of London gradually unfolded.
This initial 24-hour observation in Soho triggered research of night-time occupations in Soho, exploring their challenging lifestyles and especially questioned the level of support offered to them from local authorities and venue owners, for playing a huge role in generating a valuable night-time economy, which many were capitalising on.
This was done by exploratory talks with night-time workers and subsequently running participatory events with the public, which investigated the neglected needs of these specific workers. These were far-ranging focusing on important health matters; e.g. sleep and digestion related problems, social and family issues.
This subsequent installation provides a week-long 24-hr Cafe Gallery in the street corner off Brewer St: ‘The Night watch Café.
The most obvious function of this cafe is to address
