Exhibition

Lyst Presents: The Greatest Sneakers of All Time Exhibition

26 Jan 2017 – 8 Feb 2017

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  • Directions from Liverpool Street Station (15 Mins) Exit Liverpool Street Station at Bishopsgate end. Go to Bus Stop ‘E’ (slightly to the left). Take either 149 or 242. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived. Directions from Old Street Station (15 Mins) Exit station at Exit 2. Walk 40 yards to Bus Stop K (just outside Nelson’s Retreat). Take 243. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived.
  • Directions from Liverpool Street Station (15 Mins) Exit Liverpool Street Station at Bishopsgate end. Go to Bus Stop ‘E’ (slightly to the left). Take either 149 or 242. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived. Directions from Old Street Station (15 Mins) Exit station at Exit 2. Walk 40 yards to Bus Stop K (just outside Nelson’s Retreat). Take 243. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived. Directions from Old Street Station (15 Mins) Exit station at Exit 2. Walk 40 yards to Bus Stop K (just outside Nelson’s Retreat). Take 243. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived.
  • Haggeston Overground Exit Station and turn right. At corner (Tescos) turn left. Walk down Kingsland Road for 200 yards until Dunston Road (just before bridge over canal). Cross road and get onto the towpath (the entrance to the towpath is opposite Dunston Road). Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived. Directions from Liverpool Street Station (15 Mins) Exit Liverpool Street Station at Bishopsgate end. Go to Bus Stop ‘E’ (slightly to the left). Take either 149 or 242. Get off at Laburnum Street (6-8 mins). Walk in same direction as bus until you cross the canal (1 min). Turn left immediately after the bridge down the path onto the towpath. Walk along path (and over a little bridge) for 1 min & you’ve arrived.
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Lyst presents an exhibition created in search and celebration of the 25 greatest sneakers of all time, as voted for by an international poll of the general public & industry experts.

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Curated by leading international sneaker expert, Neal Heard, the exhibition is both a history and an homage - revealing the secret stories behind the creation of the most iconic sneakers ever made.

Featuring a 3,000-year timeline, G.O.A.T Sneakers identifies the earliest known iterations of the shoe before chronicling its evolution across the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries – along the way charting the many infamous controversies & scandals (such as the debate around who first invented vulcanised rubber; the origin of the term ‘sneaker’; the trainer-versus-sneaker question) as well as the extraordinary stories surrounding the creation of the most iconic brands and designs over the years and how they were variously appropriated by successive generations of cultural tribes around the world.

Exploring the obsessive devotion inspired by sneakers, the exhibition will also offer a look ‘Inside The Mind of a Sneakerhead’ in the form of a hidden installation featuring the highlights of the renowned collections of two sneaker obsessives, Brooksy and Kish Kash.

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Neal Heard

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