Zarah Hussain collaborates with Wood Street Walls & Amal - a Said Foundation Project, for Pick Your Pattern 2017
Artist Zarah Hussain collaborates with Wood Street Walls to promote Islamic-inspired art in Walthamstow
East London urban arts collective, Wood Street Walls have collaborated with Walthamstow based and internationally recognised artist Zarah Hussain to participate in this year's Pick Your Pattern project, in partnership with Amal, an initiative that supports Muslim cultures and arts in the UK, including storytelling, visual arts, theatre, poetry, music, dance and film.
Pick Your Pattern 2017 will be promoted throughout London and the public is encouraged to vote on one of the four designs created by Zarah Hussain.
Vote
Every individual that votes will be entered into a prize draw to win £100 shopping credit at The Mall. People will be able to vote online via the Pick Your Pattern website, or vote in person by downloading the form or completing a Pick Your Pattern Postcard which will be delivered to thousands of households in Walthamstow and the surrounding areas with the support of Local Estate Agent Stow Brothers. Completed forms can be delivered to a drop off point located in The Mall, Walthamstow.
About the Artist
The work of Zarah Hussain is at the intersection between science and spirituality, combining contemporary digital art with a rigorous training in traditional Islamic geometry drawn by hand. Her work encompasses a range of forms, from looping infinite animations made with code, to sculpture, painting and interactive apps. Her work uses mathematics that celebrate the order and structure found in the universe to create a range of work based on infinite repeating patterns.
About Wood Street Walls
Wood Street Walls has three main goals as an organisation:
1. To bring public art to our area of East London for residents and visitors to enjoy, to encourage greater footfall and custom to local business. We have looked to other successful initiatives over the pond such as Wynwood Walll
2. To provide free periodic workshops for the charities, school children and beyond - to build a connection between the artistic and local community and help develop grow new talent for the next generation of artists.
3. Our final and biggest goal of our project is the establishing of a new creative hub for the area: Wood Street Studios, by repurposing a disused and derelict building in the area. According to a study commissioned by the Mayor of London, in 5 years over 30% of the current 14,000 artists in London will no longer have a place to call their own due to rising rents and land being developed by residential housing.
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- Charlotte Payat
- Charlotte Pyatt is a creative consultant, director and producer with a passion for projects activating positive change and discussion through art on the streets. Over the past ten years Charlotte has managed artist profiles, independent projects and developed award winning cultural initiatives. Written works include essays for Urban Art and Sustainability published with Feltrinelli, A Global Mess and articles with Juxtapoz Magazine as a contributing writer. Recent lectures include Sotheby’s Institute NY, Goldsmiths University, the Lush Climate Summit and the United Nations SDG Global Action Campaign to discuss the intersections of culture and sustainable action.
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