In 2007 SPACE Studios commissioned artists Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel, Loraine Leeson and Stacy Makishi to respond to the research project Democratising Technology led by Ann Light, Lois Weaver and others at Queen Mary University of London.
Through this project Loraine met The Geezers at their AgeUK base in Bow and together they embarked on a journey to find a way for renewable energy to support the older population of East London. For The Not Quite Yet exhibition at SPACE Gallery they demonstrated through a large-scale visualisation how tidal turbines could be incorporated into the Thames Barrier. The Geezers themselves made a succinct case for the renewable energy argument and video footage of this was projected in the gallery. The group also presented their ideas at a symposium On the Margins of Technology that accompanied the exhibition. Their contribution to both events aroused considerable interest and it was clear the project could not stop there…