MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
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Negotiating boundless choice
MICHAL BONCZA tracks down some of the more radical events from the many listed in Boundaries, the theme of this month's London Festival of Architecture
Bodies in urban spaces
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
KENNY MacASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters
FIONA O’CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa’s rainbow collective to examine the racial tensions within
Aussie mining corporation murder, Liverpudlian ex-cop amnesia, a naive vigilante tries to reset capitalism, and the riddle of the dead psychoanalyst
SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by an entertaining play that the true miracle of Lourdes would be for attitudes toward disability to change
FOR the last 15 years throughout June, the London Festival of Architecture has been bringing together hundreds of free events, ranging from exhibitions, debates, guided tours, family days and art performances with participants from all over the world.
There’s something for everyone and Brixton Boundaries is as good a place as any to start. It’s an immersive installation by local design and architecture studios which explores the everyday experience of the area’s boundaries, which provide a sense of security but also form barriers to growth and inclusion.
Drawing on a community workshop with local people, it highlights the creative ways to break them down.The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Road, Brixton SW9, until June 16, brixtonboundaries.com.
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