An open cultural archive / 2000–present
KINGSLAND
CULTURE.
An archive of the diverse creative scenes and cultural influence of the Kingsland Viaduct, from Shoreditch to Dalston.
↓Explore the yearsA collective record
Explore by year.
Art. Music. Fashion. Design. Nightlife.
The people and places in between.
Selected year
The archive starts with you.
We're gathering memories from this year. Photographs, flyers, stories, art and fragments of nights you still remember.
Share a memory from 2000 ↗Add to the archive
WERE
YOU HERE?
Was it a gig, a gallery opening, a party, a flyer, a meeting, a place or a moment? Your memory belongs in the picture.
Why this exists
A living archive,
not a monument.
From Shoreditch to Dalston, creative cultures have crossed paths in clubs, studios, galleries, venues, streets and late-night conversations. Much of that history survives in people's memories and private collections.
Kingsland Culture is being developed as a free, publicly accessible, community-contributed archive to bring those fragments together.
Operated by Shortwaves CIC. Founded and supported by Nicholas James Letchford.