Seen at Hackney Wicked 29-31 July

Folly For A Flyover in Hackney Wick

After running around Hackney Wicked for a while the Folly For A Flyover was a very welcome little oasis of calm - greatly enjoyed my McFolly (ice cream, nuts and meringue) and a beer in the sun by the canal...

Chorus at Wapping Project

Three words: Lovely, spiritual and unexpected. It's hard to describe this work by UVA. We were expecting it to be quite a techy affair but in fact the combination of the space - the beautiful back room of the Wapping Project, the incredible sound design, and the seamless movement of the 8 pendulums which comprise this piece, make it a surprisingly emotional experience. The sound was great in fact - maybe that was the element we weren't expecting. Then a super quick journey home on the new overground! 10 Minutes to Dalston - yes love.

The John Hour at Dalston Superstore

We like the new exhibition by arts collective The John Hour, which comprises Emily Pugh, Emma Gibson and Raven Smith, on at Dalston Superstore, which opened last night. Emily's beautiful paper moths clustered round the emergency lights, Emma's suicide machines tempted us with their cheap and easy way out(sadly I didn't have 10p to try one) and Raven's hilarious self portraits - well - have a look at his blog to see what they looked like. There were also bright coloured hanging robots by Emily and Emma, and a sound installation in the basement, which was meant to make you feel as though you were 'incredibly uncomfortable at a Goa trance rave'. Thanks, The John Hour!

PS The original John Hour was the bright idea of a former New York City mayor in 1979 to publicly name and shame, on a regular public radio show, convicted customers of prostitutes, or "johns". The plan was that faced with this kind of treatment, people would stop seeing prostitutes. It never took off though, in fact lasting only one broadcast, before it was condemned as 'a gross abuse of government power'.

Exhibitions 26.01.10

Design Real private view and Support Structure book launch Serpentine Gallery tonight 26 Jan. Free.

Gods Own Graveyard Cnr Carnaby St and Beak St until tomorrow 27 January. Free.
Exhibition of the archive of Electrosigns who most recently made our Christmas and Centenary neon

Arts on Film at the Tate Modern Starr Auditorium : Good Ol' Charles Schulz 31 January Free
Part of documentary screening series at the Tate

Kinetica Art Fair P3 Space *private view 4 Feb* then to 7 Feb £8 1 day show pass £14 1 day show and performance pass £20 weekend pass
Kinetic/motion/technology/robotics inspired art in lovely old industrial space including talk on Saturday on Robots as Avatars

Chips With Everything at the Dutch Cultural Pop Up Space Riding House St W1 until 13 Feb Free
3 Dutch multimedia/digital design collectives show their stuff

Love Lost In The British Retail Industry Battersea Arts Centre 18 Feb £12
One woman stand up show - part of the N2O comedy festival

Mike Ballard's The All Of Everything University of Arts Davies St until 20 Feb Free
Final show before the building is demolished see every surface painted by a vast monochrome mural

Sporadical Battersea Arts Centre March 2 - March 20 £5 (£3 concessions)
This looks kind of amazing - family reunion as epic folk opera with drinking and sea shanties
Part of The Big Story season at Battersea Arts Centre - other things on there well worth a look.

Sutra Sidi Larbi and Antony Gormley with the Shaolin Monks Sadlers Wells 13-26 March £10-35
Dance/acrobatics/human visual trickery with Gormley 'sets'

1001 Inventions at the Science Museum until 25 April Free
Showcasing the huge but hidden impact of muslim scholars and scientists on the modern world

Rebecca Stevenson at Nettie Horn

We liked these beautiful sculptures in carved polyester resin and wax by Rebecca Stevenson at Podium and Pandemonium at Nettie Horn Gallery on Vyner St. Also pictured are works by Adam King at the same show.