Browse_feat. Carole

When Sienna was working with BROWSE, she went to speak to a local tailor called Carole. Carole has been a resident of the area for 12 years and has seen the changes to Spittafield Market. Here, she takes BROWSE Video Specs to discover a special event, which to her represents the cultural vibrancy of the area.
See what she sees by watching the video.



Tags: tailor, Spittafield, market, dance

We are looking to ask a lot of members of the community to wear Video Specs and show us what in their eyes and opinion gives this area its character.

Swap & Share Picnic at Arnold Circus

On 17th July, Browse took 3 pairs of Video Specs to the Friends of Arnold Circus 'Swap & Share Picnic' as we'd been invited by the curator Alice Herrick. We asked people who came to the picnic but also participants to wear the Video Specs for a bit and record their experience. The idea was to make a little video to show how wonderful the event was but also how great a community there is in & around Arnold Circus, thanks to the great effort of the Friends.

The music was curated by End of the Road festival and Rough Trade Shops and the whole day was wonderful! Spit cherries to make tunes, eat pani puris with St Hilda's, have your portrait taken and also painted... Lots lots going on. The video will tell you more, just watch it!





Filmed and narrated by:
Alex Djao, Asma, Beatrice, Daniele Di Pede, Gillian Burton, H, Ho Ruin, Imyaz, Jaida, Joh, K, Karen Janody, Livvy, Mahmuda, Marine Shah, Martha, Megan Charnley, Oona, Pam, Q, Rebecca Collings, Richard, Rohima, Sonia, and Steve la Jolie.

To find out what next's year OlymPicnic has on offer, follow them here and read about it on the FOAC website

Tags: Friends of Arnold Circus, swap, share, London, picnic, family, community, music.

Browse_feat. Teresa Cisneros

As Teresa works ( atIniva - Institute of International Visual Arts), and lives locally, she is very well placed to talk about the area.

She focus on Shoreditch High St, for she spends a lot of time there, and the local economy is so diverse and interesting that there is too much to say already. She says it all better, so why not watch the video.




Tags: Shoreditch, economy, value, history, slums, locals, business, City

We're really interested in Iniva's current project'Social Archive One'where participants become citizen journalist during workshops, and more.
Basically, we agree that people should be empowered more, and have more of a direct say.

Social Archive One project info. Currently.


Remember, you can follow us on Facebook now, and we are looking for support via WeDidThis. Any spare £10 is much appreciated! 12 days to go.

Browse is crowdsourcing via YouDidThis!

This is very exciting. Browse is now looking to grow, and we're starting a fundraising/crowdsourcing campaign with WeDidThis. WeDidThis is a platform that supports a selection of cultural projects for a period of one month.

You can help!

How?

Follow this link WeDidThis

Make a pledge no matter how small

And why not pass it on!!!


This is Browse -


This is the type of videos that come from it. But wait a minute, this is not just it.

What is interesting is the collective portraits that all the videos form when played together. What is also very interesting is working with communities and understanding their views.

Browse_feat.Lucy Ferguson

Lucy started YH World, a media company specialised in communication for / with young people in Hackney. She knows the area inside out, and browses from Hackney Road to Shoreditch High St, via Arnold Circus.














Tags: Stabbing, shooting, Jago, slum, creative, gay, differences, Arnold Circus, developments.

Browse_feat. Tommy

Tommy shares an office at Village Underground. Involved in visual arts, he takes Browse on a tour around Brick Lane to his favourite street artworks, and record shop.




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Tags: Shoreditch, graffiti, tags, Brick Lane, Vibe Bar, Hip Hop, Rough Trade, vibrant, Monkey

Browse_feat. Ernie

Ernie - resident of Stepney - spends most of the week in St Hilda's on Club Row.
When I told him about the rope sculpture (dedicated to traders) that Pickles had highlighted in her video (see below), he told me a joke.
Listen to the man who likes a laugh and a joke tell the story.




Tags : rope, joke, pub