{"id":2692,"date":"2009-09-17T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2009-09-17T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T18:44:00","slug":"ucl-urban-laboratory-creative-edge-saturday-26-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/ucl-urban-laboratory-creative-edge-saturday-26-september\/","title":{"rendered":"UCL Urban Laboratory &#8211; Creative Edge: Saturday 26 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3907742588_45d693da94_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2696\" title=\"creative edge event flyer sept 09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3907742588_45d693da94_o.jpg\" alt=\"creative edge event flyer sept 09\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><em>London\u2019s outer suburbs have stereotypically been portrayed and understood as safe, boring and an anathema to inspiration, especially against more dynamic, spectacular and multilayered central districts. Yet, London\u2019s suburbia has proved a fertile and innovative seedbed for creativity, particularly in contrast to an increasingly gentrified, generic and bland historic centre. From the literature of Hanif Kureishi, JG Ballard and Zadie Smith to the musical adventures of Siouxsie Sioux, Suburban Base records and Burial, the suburbs have become central to cultural representations and imaginations of contemporary London.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/urbanlab\/en2\/index.php?page=3.1.2\">UCL Urban Laboratory &#8211; Creative Edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/drumzofthesouth.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgina Cook<\/a> and I are collaborating on a presentation for this event at UCL. We will build on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/lost-in-the-cracks-of-croydon\/\" target=\"_blank\">my review of her work here<\/a>, but our contribution will consist of entirely new material (most of which has been put together by Georgina, I have to stress!)<\/p>\n<p>Also on the bill is a certain <a href=\"http:\/\/blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/upcoming.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Martin Blackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London\u2019s outer suburbs have stereotypically been portrayed and understood as safe, boring and an anathema to inspiration, especially against more dynamic, spectacular and multilayered central districts. Yet, London\u2019s suburbia has proved a fertile and innovative seedbed for creativity, particularly in contrast to an increasingly gentrified, generic and bland historic centre. From the literature of Hanif &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/ucl-urban-laboratory-creative-edge-saturday-26-september\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;UCL Urban Laboratory &#8211; Creative Edge: Saturday 26 September&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}