Salon for the City is London's longest running cultural event. Every month we take a look at the City through a different lens with two amazing speakers in the historic location of London's only surviving 18th century Horse Hospital.
For one night shift only, the Bar is the work of art, the Artist is the bartender, the spectator is the punter
Isla Greenwood invites us to the Album Launch Party for their album Landscapes of Trust
We are so excited to announce the launch of the second issue of our publication A Music Magazine
The Horse Hospital joins forces with Justice Is Not Seasonal, a collective of migrant workers victims of exploitation in the UK seeking justice. We will gather for an evening of talks, video screenings, traditional Bolivian dances, food and music.
Join us for cavernous mimicries, grudge-ridden earth, tangible memories, cynical corporate lullabies, portals and digital graveyards. A multidisciplinary melting pot exhibition featuring work from Matthew Fountain, Jipyo Hong, Milo Moores, Jess Perry, Lydia Whatley and Amy Zimber.
Back by popular demand…. we once again are delighted to announce, for the second time, a talk from Roger K. Burton exploring the research behind Burton’s designs for the iconic PX clothing store in Covent Garden, and his work with Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren designing their shops World’s End and Nostalgia of Mud.
A rare screening of Vive Le Punk [1993], an exclusive documentary made by Roger K Burton, featuring Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood talking in depth about their extraordinary collaboration together here at the Horse Hospital on the eve of our very first exhibition, Vive Le Punk. The film will be accompanied by other rare footage and film drawn from Burton’s archive, further exploring Westwood & McLaren’s collaboration.
A screening of short films drawn from The Horse Hospital archive, curated by Roger K. Burton.
Monique Fei presents Le Monique Chic Show: a film screening and first look at her newlimited capsule collection.
David Ellis’s School of Thought presents Concretia, an evening of spoken reportage, illustrated essays & psycho-acoustics on doubt and troublesome rhythms in the former Soviet bloc 1970-80’s. With Philip Oltermann, Annegret Gollin, Stephen Coates, Simon Tyszko, David Ellis, plus a special playlist by Alexander Pehlemann
anastasia freygang welcomes rounds of live improvisations by Stjúpýtt Radio Orchestra | Gabriele Dikciute | Lorenzo Carbone & Ivan Santa | Luisa D. Rozo | Ravi Low- Beer | buny | ZEMA | Hidden Rung
Exhibition closing event, with special screenings and performances,
Join us for the screening of Huw Wahl’s 2020 essay-film, The Republics
Join us for a unique, immersive performance by iconic ‘live’ artist, painter, and cultural lobotomist, Shaun Caton
Raft Festival presents a screening of Here For Life, a film by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson, followed by live conversation and readings
The Library of Obscure Wonders presents Wild Roses, a night of mystery, cunning tales, and bemusing music exploring secrets, stories and songs from hidden London
The RAFT Sunday Service (with Mikey Kirkpatrick & special guests from the Alchemy Collective)
Family Album is a 4-way DJ set by Marcia Farquhar and Jem, Ella and Kitty Finer
RAFT is delighted to present the next instalment of Salon For The City… writers Tom Bolton and Travis Elborough go searching of the lost landscapes and locales of London
An evening of words and films with Iain Sinclair and Andrew Kötting
Join us for Ashley’s Fit UP, a collaborative musical and visual performance
Film collective Sharna Pax presents an evening of screenings, with film works by Huw Wahl, Cauleen Smith, Torben Glarbo, and Pierre Creton
Drop by all afternoon for a pop-up shop run by collector and bookseller Tanya Peixoto, founder of Bookartbookshop
Join us for the third instalment of Antidotes to Chaos, the ongoing RAFT Salon presented by The Light & Shadow Salon, followed by a screening of Tereza Stehlikova and SJ Fowler’s 2021 film Disappearing Wormwood
Mikey Kirkpatrick returns with RAFT Sunday Service.
A talk by researcher and folklorist Marina Warner, followed by a live performance by Kurdish singer Nawroz Oramari
The Light & Shadow Salon presents: Antidotes to Chaos, a RAFT Salon… PART II: Falling Birds and Other Omens
RAFT continues with a screening of A Moon for My Father, followed by a conversation with the directors Mania Akbari and Douglas White
Join us forTending to the Garden, a conversation between Horse Hospital founder Roger K Burton and artist Chiara Ambrosio, followed by a screening of Joseph Despins’s 1975 film, The Moon Over the Alley
Drop by all afternoon for a pop-up shop run by collector and bookseller Tanya Peixoto, founder of Bookartbookshop
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