At Camberwell Space and other venues in Peckham, Camberwell and East Dulwich
Artists: Freee, Dean Kenning, Annie Whiles, Nicholas Cobb, Freddie Robins, Jay Cloth, Mark Wayman and Gayle Chong Kwan have been invited to make work in response to innovative social health project The Peckham Experiment. With Jonathan Bishop and Ellie Harrison.

The Peckham Experiment was a groundbreaking health centre focussing on wellness rather than the later NHS disease model. It existed from 1926 -1950, founded by George Scott Williamson and Innes Hope Pierce. Central to their philosophy was a belief that if left to themselves people would spontaneously begin to organise in a creative way. Research findings included 'when people are given resources in a community to enable them to grow they will be active in their community for the benefit of that community'.

The Peckham Experiment was based in The Pioneer Health Centre, a custom built modernist building which has since been sold as luxury apartments. It was organised as a club that families joined, with dances, swimming pool, library and farm grown food.

1 October 2009 6.00pm-8.30pm
The Peckham Experiment launch event at Camberwell Space with The Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir

9 October 2009 6.30pm-8.30pm

23 October 2009, 6.30pm
Freee's spoken choir at Camberwell Space.

24 October 2009, times to be confirmed
The Peckham Experiment Symposium, with artist's panel, Pioneer Health Foundation, Kit Poulson and others to be announced.
At Camberwell College of Arts, Wilson Road, SE5 8UF

1 November 2009, 3pm
Mark Wayman performance, beginning and finishing outside the former Pioneer Health Centre, St. Mary's Road, Peckham SE15

7 November 2009, 3pm
Mark Wayman performance, location as above

The Peckham Experiment exhibition publication will be launched after the exhibition, date to be confirmed.

The Peckham Experiment is supported by Camberwell Space, Space Station Sixty-Five and CRAFT.

Saturday 24th October 2009

10.30-4.30pm Wilson Lecture Hall,
Camberwell College of Arts, Wilson Road, London SE5 8LU.

The Symposium will explore some of the themes of The Peckham Experiment exhibitions and projects, curated by Rachael House and Jo David. The Peckham Experiment exhibition is inspired by the original radical wellbeing and health study of the same name, which ran from 1926-1950. The first part of the exhibition is showing at Camberwell Space at Camberwell College of Art. The second part is at Space Station Sixty-Five. The symposium will become part of The Peckham Experiment publication, to be launched after the exhibition.

Morning session will be chaired by Ben Perry and includes-
Registration from 10.30am.
Lisa Curtice from the Pioneer Health Foundation http://www.thephf.org/
Sue Hill from The Peckham Society http://www.peckhamsociety.org.uk
Ken Taylor of M2 www.quay2c.com,
Eileen Conn from Peckham Vision http://www.peckhamvision.org

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/6925