Saturday 17 May 2025
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Location: Hackney Archives second floor of Dalston CLR James Library, Dalston Square, E8 3BQ
| Time | Speaker | Title & Description |
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| 10:15 AM |
Details coming soon |
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| 10:15 - 11:15 AM | Selina Robertson |
Feminist Re-Imaginings at the Rio, 1980-2025! Did you come to the women’s film and video screenings at the Rio in the late 1970s, 1980s or early 1990s? Were you a member of the Rio Women’s Cinema, the Women’s Media Resource Project, or did you work at the Rio? If so, I would love to hear from you! My illustrated talk will share my research, conducted in the Rio’s archive, excavating a feminist history of women’s film and video programming and community media activism. This is a cultural film history still in the process of being written. Please come along to share your memories and memorabilia. My research is an ongoing feminist curating project which aims to keep feminist moving image histories present and future-looking. Selina is a film programmer, researcher and curator. She is a founder member of queer feminist collective Club des Femmes. She recently completed a PhD at Birkbeck on the Rio’s feminist film exhibition histories in the 1980s. She is a trustee of the Rio Cinema. |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Etienne Joseph |
Dalston Square: a stage through time For nearly 150 years, the site to the east of Dalston Junction Station served the entertainment needs of a changing population in Hackney. Drawing on research and contributions from a number of local historians, as well as his own research on the area, Archivist Etienne Joseph will explain how land originally cleared to make way for a new railway station in Dalston was transformed into a circus, a theatre and a cinema space before evolving into dynamic music venues hosting international artists and supporting the development of music and youth culture in East London. |
| 2:00 - 2:30 PM | Mini talks 1 |
Celebrating 40 years of Hackney City Farm Chris Pounds and volunteer team members will present a short film to mark the Farm’s 40th anniversary, created by the community and volunteers and made possible through The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Team members will also share how the film was made. |
| 2:45 - 3:15 PM | Mini talks 2 |
Abney Unearthed - Remapped, Researched, Rediscovered Opened in 1840, Abney Park is one of London’s ‘Magnificent 7’ Victorian cemeteries, located in Stoke Newington. The 32 acre site is the resting place of over 200,000 people. Designated a nature reserve in 1993 it is also home to a wide variety of flora and fauna including veteran trees, rare fungi and invertebrates. Abney Unearthed is an exciting project to remap the cemetery and discover more about the people buried there. A team of dedicated volunteers are adding missing information to the burial records and researching the people, bringing their diverse stories to life. Haydn who runs the project will explain the project and why it is so vital, and will introduce the exhibition running at the Archives. |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM | Mini talks 3 |
Shrubland Road TRA and the Closed Pubs of Hackney Pete Jarvis (chair of Shrubland Rd TRA) on using Archive research to create local events. How can you dig up fascinating facts at Hackney Archives to turn into a neighbourhood newsletter or walk? Find out more from Peter Jarvis of the Shrubland Tenants and Residents Association and guide of the Closed Pub Walk. |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Laurie Elks, Roland Walker and Alan May |
Dalston Peace Mural Local historian, Laurie Elks chairs a panel discussion with Roland Walker and Alan May: two of the figures in the Dalston Peace Mural. Roland is the son of Ray & Anna Walker. Ray designed the mural and Anna co-painted the mural following Ray’s untimely death, with Mick Jones. Alan was a member of Chats Arkestra, who played at the 1983 Peace March celebrated by the mural. Together, they will decode the mural’s narrative and history; identifying the faces, themes and events depicted. Arrive at 4pm to browse the collection of Ray Walker's: Dalston Peace Mural, recently donated to Hackney Archives. Panel discussion starts at 4:15pm |
| 5:00 PM Onwards |
After Party at Curve Garden Celebrate with us at the famous Curve Garden, Dalston Lane FREE Just Turn Up |