Oh Yes Vintage is so much more than a Music Festival | Festival News

It's a veritable feast of arts, crafts, creativity and serendipitous FUN

The Vintage concept has been devised by designers; the event is delivered by designers, and guess what... Vintage has art and design flowing through its veins. Every element from the wristbands to the stages, venues and toilets will be touched by the hands of artists and designers. The Royal Festival Hall, one of the world’s greatest mid century pieces of architecture will be getting a three day 60th birthday suit for the duration of Vintage 2011.

Vintage celebrates art and design from the 1920s to the 80s and looks at today’s design classics to trace their lineage. Where do today’s artists and designers get their inspiration?

There will be catwalk shows featuring vintage clothes from museum collections and the archives of the world’s finest fashion houses. There will be exhibitions featuring design classics from furniture to technology, gaming machines, graphics and the coolest classic scooters, cars and motorcycles. Our partners from national art and design institutions delve into their archives to bring along some great pieces.

Flying the flag of design since 1964 is Habitat..click HERE to remind yourself of a few of those famous designs from the 1973 catalogue.

Do you love architecture?Do you love Lego?....well then this little snippet is just for you. Click HERE to find out more.

Opportunities to have a go at painting, designing and generally getting creative are everywhere, or if you fancy listening to leaders in their field talk about their careers, there’s a space for that too. There is even a chance to peek into the future of design with our Future Vintage concept.

CCA ART BUS

The CCA Art Bus is thrilled to be returning to Vintage. The Art Bus is a mobile work of art designed by Sir Peter Blake, it is also a mobile art gallery. Sir Peter designed the bus in classic pop art style, with the aim of creating a rock 'n' roll tour bus for art and artists - being on board is like taking a trip back in time to the swinging sixties! Hop on board to see an exhibition of artwork by the Godfather of Pop Art including his iconic ‘Sgt. Pepper’ in our top deck gallery, or put your feet up in the lower deck groovy lounge area. Sir Peter will be on board over the course of the weekend...along with a few other surprises.

For more information about the Art Bus visit www.ccaartbus.com

EXHIBITION MATCH

110 years since the foundation of the Table Tennis Association, Exhibition Match will put a new spin on the classic British game of table tennis. Dunlop has donated five full sized table tennis tables to the project. Five artists and designers are customising a table tennis table each. This could mean altering its shape, structure, appearance, anything really, although the tables must remain, in some way, playable.
The Artists and Designers are:

The Exhibition Match Open Tournament at Vintage will take place just outside the Hayward Gallery, at Southbank Centre on the 29th, 30th,31st July. The tables will be open for visitors to play on over the three days. There will also be exhibition matches featuring special guestsand past and future stars of UK table tennis.

Bad Art Salon

Entries are flooding in but keep them coming, the deadline's fast approaching. This is your chance to shine as a Bad Artist and see your work showcased in the prestigious Royal Festival Hall. 'Died and gone to heaven', watercolour on sugar paper, and 'Princess Beatrice's Hat' acrylic on found support. email entries (no larger than 5mb) to [email protected] or on our Bad Art Salon Facebook page

Deadline extended until Friday 8th July

Last year The Bad Art Salon winners were selected by a judging panel drawn from the cream of British art and culture, chaired by artist Stella Vine, Vic Reeves and Wayne Hemingway.

Read more about the Bad Art Salon on our Tumblr page or on our blog by clicking HERE and also get involved on our Bad Art Salon Facebook page

FUTURE VINTAGE

Future Vintage plays a significant role in the event...Vintage celebrates the future as well as the past, and last year we were joined by Apple, Smart Cars, Channel 4, Yell, Guitar Hero and a whole host of ‘Future Predictors’ including Jeremy Clarkson, Marc Newson, Miranda Sawyer, Thomas Heatherwick, Kevin McCloud.

POP GOES THE EASEL ART SCHOOL

Experience life in a 'proper' Vintage art school - drop in for ten minutes or stay all day! We will be learning screenprinting with London Printworks Trust, teaching you how to make monoprints and appliqué blankets like Tracey Emin, collage 'Wish You Were Here' postcards like Peter Blake, and knit like crazy in our drop-in Knitting Circle. Or just put your feet up and have a POORTRAIT painted by one of our resident Bad Artists, while your other half does all the creative work.

See what Wayne Hemingway has to say about one of his favourite pieces of art; Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl or Green Lady by clicking HERE.

UPCYCLING WORKSHOPS

Brought to you by Louise Kamara (Eco Design fair) & Barley Massey (Fabrications)
A creative hub of activity where you will be able to re-work fashion, knit or crochet and construct fashion and home & garden accessories from reclaimed materials.

See what Wayne Hemingway had to say after he went to see 'Love Is What You Want' by clicking HERE.