'Bank Holiday Broadcast' (2020)

Over the summer of 2020, the South London Gallery worked with Resonance FM to create a 24-hour radio broadcast for and in collaboration with residents living on Elmington, Pelican and Sceaux Gardens estates.

The final schedule featured a combination of pre-recorded programmes and content broadcast live from the Elmington, Pelican and Sceaux Gardens estates. Following a period of lockdown and social distancing, the idea for Bank Holiday Broadcast came at a time of relearning how to continue our work together.

After a call for contributions, residents created radio shows, live on the estates, from their homes, over the phone and by visiting a socially distanced radio studio set up in SLG’s Art Block space at the bottom of Lakanal House, Sceaux Gardens Estate.

The schedule, broadcast on Monday 31 August 2020, acknowledges the significance of the culture and creativity within everyday life, as well as the community spirit that has endured across these three neighbourhoods throughout lockdown and beyond.