SpaceShip Earth's Living Roof Launch & Events 

SpaceShip Earth’s Living Roof at Beaconsfield, Summer 2011

Beaconsfield participates in Open House London for the 15th year running with new exhibitions Soundtrap V: Bruce Gilbert and BAW, Nooshin Farhid's Conic Trilogy and special events to launch SpaceShip Earth's living roof for public access

SpaceShip Earth's Living Roof
Masterminded by Mark Pavey, Michael Shaw and Dafna Talmor, the sustainable, living roof at Beaconsfield has been more than a year in the making, built by volunteers, working under strict principles, only from donated and salvaged materials.

Sunday 18 September at 2pm: Green Walk
To celebrate public access to the living roof, local guerrilla gardener and artist Caroline Todd will lead a green walk from Tate Britain to Beaconsfield’s own patch of green. The walk starts at Cultivate Tate: Team Gardening’s herb garden, and will include a visit to guerrilla gardens and Arden House's community-built Biodiverse Roof on Lambeth Council Garages along the way. Assemble at Tate Britain Millbank Entrance for a prompt 2pm start.

Places on the green walk are limited. To reserve a FREE place contact info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk

Sunday 18 September, 3.30-8pm: Living Roof Launch
Official launch party hosted by SpaceShip Earth artists with food, music, film screenings and a plant-cuttings swap throughout the day.
DJs include…
Wil Troup (Ransom Note)
Danny (Heavenly Jukebox)
Nasty McQuaid (Off Modern)
Tendraw (The Gluerooms)
Strick a.k.a Possibly Sick (The Gluerooms/Gaggle/NTS)
Tiny Dancer (The Gluerooms/Tiny Dancing)
Rob (Nintendisco)
Launette - (NTS Radio)

The Living Roof was initiated through Dafna Talmor’s project-in-residence SpaceShip Earth: one of Beaconsfield’s TestBed 1 commissions, Summer 2010

http://beaconsfield.ltd.uk/projects/spaceship-earth-launch/