SET Centre

The Elegists: Workshop Series
2024-03-17 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
This workshop series follows the themes of rage. Join The Elegists every third Sunday of the Month for workshops ranging from drawing, zine-making and poetry.

The session run monthly, every 3rd Sunday 4-7pm.

All welcome!

Visual Interpretation Workshop
2024-03-17 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
Join artist Rachel Sale on Sunday 17 March 2pm-4pm for a free visual interpretation workshop at SET Lewisham!

This workshop is part of a wider public programme accompanying the exhibition ‘I will live many years in this room’, a new show by Ashleigh Fisk. Rachel will introduce a playful method of visual interpretation, and participants will collectively make responses to Ashleigh’s show and the supporting text by Gwen Dupré. We’ll be working with paper folding, ink drawing, mark making, live scribing, poetry and letter writing. If any of these themes appeal to you, then you’re welcome to join this free session. You don’t need to be good at drawing or writing, all you need is an interest in the show and a free Sunday afternoon.

Materials and refreshments provided. Book your free ticket here!

Reading Group 2: 'My heart is full of the secret', two reading groups with Gwen Dupré
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Reading group 1: Wednesday 13 March 7-8.30pm

Reading Group 2: Wednesday 20 March 7-8.30pm

Join writer and researcher Gwen Dupré for two online reading groups thinking through themes of desire, submission, and how falling inextricably in love manifests in writing and personal narrative. The groups form part of a wider public programme accompanying Ashleigh Fisk’s exhibition, ‘I will live many years in this room’ and are inspired by Fisk’s work and Gwen’s own written contribution to the project.

For the second session, participants will look at ‘Lovebug’ (2023) by Daisy Lafarge, and ‘Story of O’ by Pauline Réage (1954). The extracts will be shared with participants before the group and pre-reading and familiarity with the texts isn’t necessary. This workshop is free and open to all but please RSVP via outsavvy here. Participants are welcome to drop into one or both of the sessions!

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Image: Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)

Solid State
2024-03-28 18:00 - 22:00 | SET Woolwich, Riverside House, London, SE18 6BU, United Kingdom
Solid State is an immersive A/V night with live performances and video installations at SET Woolwich 4th Floor Exhibition space. “Serious experimental sound convergence”

Featuring sonic and installation work from..

Bitter Gold: @bitter.g0ld

Silv-o: @Silv.o

Chromosomal Deletion 10: @ushara_x

Travis Barton: @trawizbarton

Dylan Coates: @dylancoates__

Franki Callard: @furdakfurdak

Joe Pilkington: @k1n.777

Tickets £5 available OTD or in advance via RA

Curated by Samee Pervez @12_years_a_g

With special thanks to Our Soul Sound @oursoulsound for supplying the soundsystem.

Wikipedia Game Tournament 2024
2024-03-28 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
On the 28th of March join us on a journey through the realm of information at SET SOCIAL’s Wikipedia Game Tournament !

Compete against friend and foe to see who can navigate from one article to another using only hyperlinks in the shortest time possible. It’s a test of wit, curiosity, and quick thinking.

Whether you’re a seasoned player or new to the game: please get ready to embark on an epic expedition through the depths of human knowledge…

Visit the Instagram for updates & how to play:

https://www.instagram.com/wikipedia_game/

Sign up here to compete:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3pyyNSTT4YrB0v7kS9XBKjXN4-tf5leDFNO3WqLg-c/edit

Doors 7pm. Tournament starts at 8pm

This event is free & open to non-members.

Everyone welcome! See you there 🌪

https://www.instagram.com/set.social.peckham/

SET Social Easter Market
2024-03-31 14:00 - 17:00
Easter Market 🐣

Calling all makers, creators, hustlers & hoarders – we need you !!! FREE ENTRY or £4-£10 for a stall.

On the 31st March, 2-5pm SET Social is hosting a ‘Easter’ market. We are looking for market traders and stall holders to sell on the day!

We welcome all types of traders and goods including but not limited to:

Second hand clothesBric ‘a’ BracHandmade clothingVintage waresBaked Goods**CeramicsZinesShoesCandlesBooksHome Bakers**Bread Makers** Prints & PaintingsArt WorkRecords Pokemon cardsCollectablesPsychic ReadingsShoesTooth Gems& more !!!

School Birds Screening + Q&A
2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
An evening of drinks, a screening of the film, an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse, and a Q&A session.

Join the filmmakers at SET Social for a special screening of “School Birds”, a film directed by Felix Marrington-Reeve (he/him) and Quentin Corker-Marin (she/her). After meeting at university while studying VFX, Felix and Quentin have worked together on multiple projects, creating the computer animated films “Describe Your Last Trip Outside”, featured in the BFI’s Britain on Lockdown, and “Ascent” in collaboration with The Alexander Whitely Dance Company and The Parasol Project. School Birds is their first collaboration using live action

Doors open at 19:00, screening begins at 20:00. Oppurtunity to purchase drinks at bar throughout the night.

Film Synopsis:Burnt out by the pressures of conforming to an isolating world, a primary school teacher finds himself unable to find meaningful connection in his life. At breaking point, he gives into his inner desires and begins to dance, or perhaps fly. Will the school’s janitor accept him, and can he find the strength to accept himself? Echoing the harm caused by Section 28, this trans-led film explores a crisis of identity, finding joy and queer acceptance through dance.

Tickets available here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/18864/school-birds-short-film-screening

Find more information at @schoolbirdsfilm

Bahaar Family Event
2024-04-11 18:00 - 22:00 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
Join Afghan Academy International on Thursday 11 April, 6-10pm for a Bahaar family event to celebrate Eid and the New Year.

Afghan delicacies will be provided, as well as music from three generations of Afghan musicians – Ustad Asif Mahmoud, Yusuf Mahmoud and Haris Mahmoud.

This event is free to attend.

Milennium Eye
2024-04-12 20:00 - 21:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
A new performance and installation at SET Lewisham by artist Patrick Cole. Performances will take place on 12 April and 20 April, 8pm-9pm. Tickets are £3, available in advance via eventbrite

Communal Clay KURINUKI WORKSHOP
2024-04-16 18:00 - 20:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join Communal Clay on Tuesday 16 April 6-8pm for a special Kurinuki workshop at SET Social! Kurinuki translates in Japanese ‘to hollow’ and is a traditional technique of making an object by carving from a block or pinched pot. Teacups, pots, and lidded vessels are often created using Kurinuki.

The session will last 2 hours, with a break of 30 minutes (ish) to allow your clay to firm up a little before you start carving. Hollowing out clay in this way is a slow and meditative process, you will end up with a unique object which can never be repeated exactly again!

You will be able to add colour and depth to your work with wild clay slips we have collected from around South London, plus the option to have the piece fired and glazed with wood ash glaze. At the end of the workshop if you wish to have your piece fired and glazed, we ask that you pay an additional £10 to cover firing costs, glaze materials & transport of your work back to SET. **

These workshops will be more focused on the tactility of playing, practicing and learning sculpture techniques. All clay at the end of the session will be recycled for future use, minimising wastage and keeping our workshops sustainable.

Tickets are £10/£15/£20 and are available via outsavvy here.

Funny Dread
2024-04-25 00:00 - 2024-05-04 23:59 | SET Ealing, 105-113 Broadway, London, W13 9BE, United Kingdom
Private View: Thursday 25 April, 6 – 9 PM Exhibition Open: Thurs – Sat, 25 April – 4 May, 12 – 6 PM

A group exhibition at SET Ealing exploring humour in the absurd.

Art has long served as a tool for exploring the meaning of life, and the gallery space can be a place where we can react to the reality of existence. Much like in Albert Camus’s ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, we repeat the same actions again and again, only sometimes acknowledging the pointlessness of it all. Although often bleak, there is humour in the ridiculousness of being.

The ‘Benign Violation Theory’ attempts to explain humour’s existence, claiming that it only occurs when something seems wrong, unsettling, or threatening, but simultaneously seems okay, acceptable or safe. The works in this show explore this contradiction between the dull and nonsensical, the dreary and silly; the funny ridiculousness of being alive.

‘Funny Dread’ will run until 04 May 2024.

Curators: (francesca_dobbe_)and Laura Sutton (@lk_sutton).

Artists: @studio.edie@sassyli@kialytihngang@nhensey@youkiyin@lk_sutton@francesca_dobbe_

Curatorial Assistant: @dhurga_

Mend In Public
2024-05-01 08:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Bring an item of clothing in need of repair! This is a two hour open session for repairing, skill-sharing and hanging out at SET Social. Needles, threads, buttons and more will be provided!

Lettuce Perform
2024-05-02 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Announcing LETTUCE PERFORM with The Think Big, Read Library & Campbell McConnell

This will be one of the last events in collaboration with Think Big, Read Library taking place at SET Social. It’s an evening of performances that will be in relation to ~ riffing off ~ thinking about ~ language and ~ the library! ~

We will have @_aimeelyon@campbellmcconnell_@fauvealice & @memry_bnk performing with @oisin.roberts doing some hosting between performers.

Come along on May 2nd from 7pm. Free entry for all.

Comms
2024-05-09 00:00 - 2024-05-23 23:59 | SET Woolwich, Riverside House, London, SE18 6BU, United Kingdom
Opening 9 May 6.30PM – 9PMExhibition continues 9 -23 May, by appointment. Please email thomas.lawanson@gmail.com to arrange a viewing.An exhibition of works by Akinsola Lawanson, Chen Di, James Raphael Tabbush and Jelena Viskovic.

Staged at a site figured as a historic cybernetic node – and where the first transatlantic submarine cables were built – the artworks in ‘Comms’ form twisted marginal notes on scientific worldviews, surfacing through systems theories and process philosophies at different levels and scales. Images of pipes and flows, ritual conferences, animate objects, and intimate machines fill the empty office space, drawing connections between communicative systems, nervous systems, infrastructures, global governance, and online performance and ritual.

JOY FOR STUFF
2024-05-10 00:00 - 2024-05-30 23:59 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
Exhibition opens Thursday 9 May, 6-9PMContinues 10 May – 30 May, Saturdays 12-5PM and Mon-Thurs by appointment. Please contact stuffforjoy@gmail.com to arrange a visit.

An exhibition of work by artists and collaborators Eva Freeman and Jenny Pengilly.

Eva and Jenny have a mutual love of sensory materials, and this exhibition explores their individual practices of working with children and families and their collaborative practice of sticking their fingers in things that squidge to see what can be created. ‘Joy For Stuff’ is an investigation into the ways sensory interactions with the stuff of contemporary life can elicit joy and creativity.

Eva and Jenny will be working in the space throughout the exhibition and invite people to join them by visiting the show and through their programme of workshops and events. Come and say hello!

Please join us at the opening on Thursday 9 May for drinks and edible jewelry making. We also invite you to bring a material you love to touch/smell/listen to/taste to share with us.

@Joy_for_stuff @evaandstuff @colourcollider

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Programme of events:

Opening Thursday- 9 May 6-9PM

Paper Mache Club – Tuesday 13 20, 27 May 6-8PM

Performance Night- Thursday 16 May 6-10PM

Dinner Dinner Dinner- Wednesday 22 May 7-10PM

Baby Day- Thursday 23 May 12-4PM

Squidge Party- Saturday 25 May 2.30-5.30PM

Bring a Child Drawing Time- Tuesday 28 May 11-12.30PM

Movement Class with 'Ballet for Non-Dancers'
2024-05-11 03:00 - 03:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 for this week’s Movement Class 🤸

This Saturday, May 11th, join @movementatset led by 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 @edeathz + @myacav

“You are sincerely invited to an afternoon of ANGER MANAGEMENT.

Dancing through our inner rage and petty frustrations, we invite you to embrace your anger and let it out.

Together we will awaken / bend / bounce / bust / crack / crawl / cry / dive / emerge / explode / fight / holler / jump / kick / laugh / scream / shake / shout / and twist from 2-3:30PM.

Yours truly, your rebel ballerinas in the everyday world x”

Draw and/or be Drawn
2024-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Peckham Life Drawing invites you to Draw and/or be Drawn at SET Social, an experimental session exploring the relationship between drawing and posing.

Have you always wanted to be drawn? Thought about becoming a life model? Try this alternative experience embodying the shapes you have seen, or create new ones.

Draw and/or Pose as little or as much as you like. Sit still, dance, sing or talk, wearing as little or as much as you like.

Some materials will be provided but you are very welcome to BYO.

£5 cash on the door!

Offbeat Film presents We Was All One
2024-05-16 19:00 - 22:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
OffBeat Film presents.. We Was All One (1972) a film that follows the lives of different residents of Bermondsey as the London they grew up with changes around them. As always, there’ll be other films, free badges, merch, music and merriment.

Doors are at 7pm, films start at around 8pm and go on until around 10pm. Try and get there early to get a good seat, a pint and a pizza!

Tickets are £4/ £6 and available in advance here

Banner Making Workshop
2024-05-18 14:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
SET Social, Peckham, on Saturday afternoon on the 18th of May.

This is an open invitation to participate in an informal workshop for individuals and groups to learn and share sewing and crafting skills to participate in the historical tradition of making stitched peace and protest banners.

This is a free workshop. Please sign up via this link to RSVP.

There will be a few sewing machines and a selection of donated/salvaged materials so you can simply turn up and get involved, or feel free to bring materials and equipment to use/share. But you are welcome to bring more to give more people access to the machines.

This workshop aims to use all dead stock fabrics, old clothes and charity shop finds etc, so ask your local charity shop if they have unsellable sheets or fabrics and bring them along!

May Market at SET Social
2024-05-19 14:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Calling all makers, creators, hustlers and hoarders – we need you!

Come and sell your: Second hand clothesBric ‘a’ BracHandmade clothingVintage waresBaked GoodsCeramicsZinesShoesCandlesBooks& more!Pitches are £5/£10.

Timings:

Entry for stall holders to set up 1:30pmMarket open to general public from 2pmPack down market stalls by 5:30pm

For more info and to book a stall click here.

Nail Art Workshops with Ashton Forster
2024-05-23 17:00 - 20:00 | SET Woolwich, Riverside House, London, SE18 6BU, United Kingdom
‘As a celebrity and editorial Nail Artist, Nail Art has been my passion for over 20 years and I cannot wait to show you all the tips and tricks to create incredible designs to show off your inner creative!

Our 3 hour session which will include:

An intro to basic colour theory

Different types of polish and recommended high street and indie brands

Teaching Nail Art skills including dots, lines, gradient and some free hand swirls!

Tea, coffee and some giggles!

All the skills I will teach you can use again and again at home if you want a quick DIY manicure on a budget!’

GRUB CLUB
2024-05-26 18:00 - 23:59 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Come down for a hot-n-fresh dinner from 6:30PM or join us later for DJs ’til midnight!

To join for the dinner, simply donate upwards from £25, if you are able to donate more please do, every little helps!

To join after the meal, from 8PM, suggested donation is £7 and upwards.

Please donate with your full name. The organiser will get an e-mail confirmation of your donation and your name will be put on the door! To donate, follow this link. Don’t forget to e-mail your dietry requirements to verytmonroe@gmail.com if you have special requests.

This event features a very special artists tuck-shop, where ceramics, clothes, drawings and more have been donated with all funds going towards MSF. Come down and have a wade through irresistible objects followed by a dance to some incredible sounds!

Dinner served at 6:30PM, doors open from 6PM.

Music 8:00PM-Midnight!

Mend in Public
2024-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Saturday 1st June at SET Social 🧵

Bring an item of clothing in need of repair! This is a two hour open session for repairing, skill-sharing and hanging out at SET Social.

𝟮-𝟰𝗽𝗺. Needles, threads, buttons and more will be provided!

Oh Precious Cargo - Free Zine Workshop
2024-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A free zine workshop for pregnant people, parents and carers. All materials provided. Children and babies welcome!

Community Supper Club x Communal Clay @ SET Social
2024-06-02 14:00 - 19:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join us for the first COMMUNITY SUPPER CLUB at SET Social!

Their first event is a collaboration with Communal Clay, including a pottery workshop + a 3 course meal:

– 2PM: 2-hour pottery workshop led by Communal Clay. The workshop will involve making decorative ceramic tiles which will be fired and glazed by Communal Clay after the event. They’ll be used to decorate the upcoming vegetable garden being built at Set Social this June.

– 4:30PM: Three course meal served in the garden, prepared by the CSC team and volunteers. The meal is a set menu designed by us to make the most of available seasonal food, including surplus and locally-grown produce. Food will be served to share across tables so expect to be seated with other people!

The event will wrap up around 7pm.

MENU + DIETARY REQUIREMENTS:

Below is the planned menu for the event, although we may make a few last-minute tweaks depending on available seasonal + surplus produce. The sharing menu is designed to cater for vegetarian and vegan guests, but unfortunately we’re unable to offer gluten-free alternatives. Please let us know of any dietary requirements at checkout, just to help us plan quantities etc, thank you!

STARTERS: Sourdough Flatbreads, tomato salad with pickled wild garlic flowers, lacto-fermented pickles, spicy aubergine dip and a herby-lemony infused oil.

MAIN: Whole BBQ fish, charred cabbage, smashed roast potatoes with labneh, and a broad+butter bean salad.

DESSERT: Fruit upside-down cake with infused cream

TICKET PRICING:

All Community Supper Club events are priced based on a sliding scale model meaning guests only pay what they can afford. We believe the joys of communal eating should be accessible to all, and that food systems should be built on solidarity rather than exclusivity, and the pay-what-you-can model helps us achieve that. There are 5 ticket options to choose from depending on your ability to pay, with a recommended ticket price at £20 as a guide, and a pay-it-forward option for those who can afford to, which helps us cover the costs for cheaper tickets.

Our events are 100% non-profit, and the recommended price is set to help us cover the cost of food and the workshop. Any money made on top of that will go towards funding future events.Tickets available via outsavvy here.

bad art auction
2024-06-06 19:00 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
AN ANTI ‘HIGH’ ART AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN PALESTINE.

HAVE YOU GOT ANY BAD ART LYING AROUND YOUR STUDIO THAT SHOULD NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY? ANY OLD AND UNSOLD WORK? PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS? FAILED PROJECTS? A SPARE PRINT? SELL THEM OFF FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

PLEASE SEND AN IMAGE OF YOUR WORK TO BADARTAUCTION2024@GMAIL.COM WITH YOUR NAME BY THE 27TH OF MAY.YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DROP-OFF YOUR WORK TO SET SOCIAL, 55A NIGEL ROAD, SE15 4NP BETWEEN 03-05/06WEBSITE HERE

Communal Clay Ceramic Inlay Workshop
2024-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join Communal Clay at SET Social for a special ceramic inlay workshop! Using clay as a base material you will translate the process of drawing onto clay to make a 3D sculptural drawing, which can then be hung on a wall. We will be using different coloured clay bodies, and inlay as a technique to draw and make shape and pattern within the clay.Tickets £10/£15/£20 available here.

Writers for Palestine
2024-06-13 19:30 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
ESEA Publishing Network, Tilted Axis Press & Fitzcarraldo Editions present an evening of readings fundraising for direct aid to Palestinian writers and artists displaced in Egypt, in association with PalFest.

The event will feature short readings from a range of writers – full line-up TBA – and a presentation on solidarity from ESEA Sisters, the collective creating space for women, trans*, non-binary & genderqueer folks of East and Southeast Asian heritage, that draws upon recent ESEA-Palestine solidarity teach-in events.

Tickets are £11.55 and are available to purchase here. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards direct aid.

RELATIVE SHAPES
2024-06-14 00:00 - 2024-06-23 23:59 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
Exhibition opens: Thursday 13 June 6-9 pm. Opening times: Wednesday – Sunday, 12-6pmAn exhibition of artwork created in collaboration with family members. Come along to see drawings, film and textiles, listen to sounds and read comics! Join us next Thursday for the opening with drinks and a live performance. Come hang out with your friends and family!

Artists:@nima.shafiani, Shahrokh Shafiani, @till_tools and Sarah Till, @greezblack and Alex ClaytonnBlack, @ojillings and @clairejillingsart, @kingkingstringball442 and @nicpicpurk, Ricardo Guimarães, Miquelina Dos Anjos and Manuel Pereira, @pesoneto_ and Isobel Lwena Turner-Kerr, @emilymurayama and Yoshihiro Murayama with Fumi Murayama, @fredsorrell and Rafael Sorrel, @hallamtwood and @florence.madeleine

Open Call: SET Summer Food!
2024-06-15 08:00 - 17:00
Saturdays + Sundays 2-8pm we are offering a free space to sell your food! SET does not take commission on any sales.

Equipment is limited, we can provide water supply, a large BBQ, and seating.

Food prep will need to happen off-site as e do not have the facilities for this.

Requirements:

Vegan – Vegetarian – Experience in cooking – Experience in selling – Affordability – Connection to Peckham / South East London

To apply: Please send an e-mail to tabitha@setspace.uk with BBQ in the subject line and a short statement about your interest in the opportunity.

This is an ongoing Open Call.
