In Search of Space was a series of talks and events exploring the ethos and legacy of the 60s counterculture, its various social and cultural experiments and their legacy. It was programmed to coincide with the exhibition ‘Taking Liberties’ by John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins.

GALLERY TALK
‘Talking Liberties’: John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins in discussion with John Cavanagh
At Street Level.

Thiswas a rare opportunity to hear the artist discuss his career, spanning his newspaper assignments photographing rock stars and beat poets, as well as political figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. The talk also covered key moments of Hoppy’s subsequent activities, such as co-founding of underground newspaper International Times, the London Free School, and London’s first psychedelic club, UFO. 

Leading the discussion about this life less ordinary was John Cavanagh, writer, musician and broadcaster for BBC Radio Scotland and others, and author of ‘Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn’.

The video ‘Hoppy: Against Tyranny’, by Natasha Hoare and Ben Strebel of Bog Standard Productions (in association with Idea Generation) will be screened before the talk.