Dust and Shadow

In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the remarkable
history of 59 Brick Lane in London’s East End.
With the Dash Arts base in East London’s Toynbee Studios and
events regularly hosted at Rich Mix London, this ever-evolving
building has long been our neighbour.


A spiritual and communal home to thousands over the centuries; 59
Brick Lane was born as a Huguenot church, later becoming a
Methodist church, then a synagogue, and is now home to the Brick
Lane Mosque.


 


To get to grips with this building’s huge legacy, host and Dash
Arts Artistic Director Josephine Burton is
joined by the Vice Chair of the Brick Lane Mosque Harmuz
Ali, author Rachel Lichtenstein, who
researched the building as part of her book On Brick Lane,
architect and co-curator of the UK’s architectural pavilion at
this year’s Venice Biennale Shahed Saleem,
architect Dan Leon (who worked with Shahed on
the Friday, Saturday and Sunday multi-faith architectural
project), director of the Swadhinata Trust Ansar Ahmed
Ullah, academic and curator Rosalind
Parker, who has written about faith in the public space,
and Rebekah Coffman, an American academic at NYU
whose research focuses on architectural reuse.


Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon and City of London.


See Rachel Lichtenstein's online project A Memory Map of the
Jewish East End here


To buy Rachel Lichtenstein’s book On Brick Lane click here


Find out more about the Friday, Saturday and Sunday multi-faith
architectural project here


Find out about the Swadhinata Trust here


See the Brick Lane Mosque website here


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Music credits:


Umbra Sumus - Jah Wobble


Pagamenska - Oi Va Voi


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