First Words in Dalston

Hi Now that spring is in the air and the weather's better, we've been busy adding more of your first sentences to the hoardings in Dalston Square. We've just taken delivery of various bits of technology so the sound installation, of people reading their sentences, will be live early April. Sadly, our ask for £4915 from the Mayor of London for running a series of eight events around the square was not successful. It seems that he was inundated with requests for backing – apparently to the tune of £2m when there was only £500,000 to dish out, so lots of worthy projects will have also missed out. Frankie and I have decided that rather than spending time and energy trying to raise the outstanding money and then put on the events, we will use that time to actually curate and host an initial event in the summer and we’ll see what happens after that! I’ll keep you posted with details as they emerge. Obviously if you want to pledge more to take us to our ask – that would be amazing! But please be reassured that your generous pledge will only be collected if we reach our project target! If you haven't sent us your first sentence, please do. We've installed around 70m and still have another 18m to go. It's really simple, just follow this link https://firstwordsindalston.co.uk/take-part/ And finally, if you fancy backing another amazing project (I’m involved with this as well) please check out the Common Rooms for Clapton. https://www.spacehive.com/the-common-rooms-for-clapton Very bestest and thanks again Mike and Frankie