Omnivore is coming back to Truman to showcase contemporary gastronomy; showing us once again that London is seen as the "6th largest French city" and it knows how to appeal to the "Frenchies". Last year, Grégory Marchand and Pierre Sang Boyer fondly rediscovered the ambiance of the city where they began their career. And Alexandre Gauthier, perfectly bilingual in Frenglish, was bubbling with enthusiasm when sharing his seven dishes in 40 minutes for his demo at the event.
Omnivore focuses on connecting us all through food, sharing the cuisines, techniques, and merging cultures to create change and innovation within the food industry. There’s the elective affinity that connects these French chefs beyond the Channel. ‘We (the public and the chefs) share the same culinary sensitivity’, explains Marchand. This year's edition will be hosted right next to the multi-coloured booths and stalls of the Sunday UpMarket, a London emblem for worldwide cuisine.
Seeing London as a major capital for gastronomy, chefs at the Omnivore World Tour cooked with British ingredients, doing demonstrations with Scottish langoustines, and working wonders with something as simple as a plain mackerel. Nathan O'Neil even presented cocktails prepared using recycled food. This year's World Tour will have chefs from all over, including Nuno Mendes, head of the Chiltern Firehouse and Taberna do Mercado and many other inspiring chefs.
Catch video game inspired stall CherrySlug in Backyard Market on Saturdays and Sundays. Originally selling only paintings and small ornaments Chris started creating consumable products that would fit his gaming and anime passions. This is where the bath bob'om was born. After a lot of experimenting he was able to grow their current bath and homeware range. Have a little insight to his business here...
Which product are you most proud of, and why? Our mini 'Bomb bags' filled with seven little hand decorated bath bombs have been really well received. Its a great way of reducing waste as they are only around 15 grams each. They are also well suited to younger customers as a normal sized bath bomb can often be a little intense.
What’s the weirdest thing a customer has said to you? I can’t recall anything specific but I will generally be asked ‘Do I light it? Is it a candle? Do I throw it on the floor? Do I drink it? I want to drink it!" at least 20 times a day.
Can you give some advice to someone starting their own business? Choose something you really enjoy doing and do that to the very best standard you can, people recognise effort which equates to value. Prepare to slog it out before finding your feet, and don’t quit your day job unless its truly awful.
ARTBLOCK
6th - 10th October
When you think of art, do you think of a fully encompassing experience? or simply a visual one? Moniker Art Fair exceeded expectations this year with live art demonstrations, interactive pieces, a new Art Fair app (to learn about the artists) and a Virtual Reality experience called "Virtual Awakening". Running along side The Other Art Fair, the fairs presented a full schedule of talks, workshops and other activities such as Not Another Bill's "The Artful Postcard" and Primo's "Cubetto Children's Coding".
For something a little less conventional Cultural Traffic took over Juju's Bar and Stage on both Friday and Saturday. Toby Mott, organizer, and formerly a founding member of disruptive artist collective the Grey Organisation, called it "not just an arts fair for paper but a celebration of ideas and expression... paving the way for exposure and engagement in radical print now.”
Street artist Luiz Menezes spray painted new work in front of the crowds in Ely's Yard for Crossroads Art Show, showing us there's always something new happening in Latin-American and European art. Punk on Paper gave us serious nostalgia with huge posters covered in Union Jacks. Both Attia Rashid and bop contemporary pushed the boundaries of conventional painting and photography in this year's ARTBLOCK.
Surround Vision
Sky VR
Truman-based Indie creators, Surround Vision, are helping Sky secure its place as the home of high-quality, immersive virtual reality (VR) content, through as it launches a new app called Sky VR.
Richard Nockles, said: “We pride ourselves on taking bold steps in setting the bar for 360º content by continuing to experiment with narrative and experiential VR. For this project, that meant creating a fully immersive theatrical experience to blow the audience away with intimate and fast-paced sporting action shots. It keeps the audience engaged and constantly looking around. We definitely got lucky with our sporting moments.”
Launching with Anthony Joshua: Becoming a Champion, Simon (a socio-political film about a young disabled man in the prime of his life)andSky Sports: Closer; a VR film starringDavid Beckham, and much more content. The product allows the viewer to be fully immersed in the world's best sporting events at the touch of a button. Neil Graham says "VR has the unlimited potential of audience engagement and is on the cusp of going mainstream".
As part of East London's photomonth, we're be bringing back PHOTOBLOCK, a curated programme of photography exhibitions and events.
Now in its third year, PHOTOBLOCK is an exciting mix of photographic shows reflecting both contemporary and traditional forms of practice. The exhibitions will take over our site, with seven different events across the expansive warehouse backdrop. Mixed in with the shops on Dray Walk, Shop 7 and Shop 11 will fill up with photography by Tommy Clarke and works from new and upcoming photographers with Fotonow’s South West Graduate Portrait Prize.
PHOTOBLOCK is also host to workshops and talks and run by the Association of Photographers, Fotonow and Monika Fischbein. Learn from some of the best, Giles Duley will be discussing his amazing body of work and his new book, Alex Schneideman will impart wisdom on staging stunning exhibtions and Nadav Kander will talk about where he finds inspiration in London.
Looking for some new kicks? Crepe City has you covered. Bringing together sneaker aficionados from across Europe this event is host to the world’s largest market of exclusive and hard to find sneakers.
Crepe City was founded in 2009 by friends Ronal Raichura and Paul Smyth when they established the UK's first event where sneaker collectors could meet up, socialise and trade in trainers. Their mission is to celebrate the UK sneaker scene and to support up and coming brands.
You'll be able to pick up some sneakers of your own on the 22nd of October.
Now that the weather is getting colder and the day's shorter Number Six are stocked floor to ceiling with clothing and accessories for Autumn/Winter 16. They've got jackets from Barbour, shirts from Portuguese Flannel and jumpers from Champion and more!
AND they are offering a little gift to all of their neighbours and friends in the Old Truman Brewery. Simply show this newsletter in store to get 10% off of any purchase. They're really looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new ones.
Good Look Fashion Show
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross is hosting the Good Look Fashion Show on Thursday 13th October for an evening of fashion, food, shopping and music in the Boiler House.
You'll be able to see the latest AW16 looks by leading London Fashion Week designers including Topshop Unique, Edeline Lee, Samuel Dougal, Sadie Williams, Wåven, Kelly Simpkin, Angel Chen, Nocturne and more, including cutting edge designer wearable technology pieces by Vinaya. There'll be pop-up food, fashion and luxury homeware stalls, a nail and massage beauty bar and an exclusive DJ set by Carly Wilford.
If you're looking to make a sneaky purchase, you'll be able to get your hands on exclusive designer pieces at the Good Look boutique, featuring pieces from an array of designers! Tickets for the event included a welcome drink and free goodie bag, containing items donated by the likes of Deliciously Ella, Vita Coco and many more.
We put the call out a couple of weeks ago for our second round of #91selects – a new OTB initiative featuring art, photography, illustration & design, plastered up large scale on the front of main reception. We’re using our glass fronted Brick Lane location to showcase original work by UK creatives, rotating on a regular basis. Get in touch if you’ve got an installation in mind.
