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 hereTo buy Rachel Lichtenstein’s book On Brick Lane click hereFind out more about the Friday, Saturday and Sunday multi-faith architectural project hereFind out about the Swadhinata Trust hereSee the Brick Lane Mosque website hereIf you enjoyed the podcast, don't forget to rate, review and subscribe! It helps to boost us in the podcast charts and reach more people. Listen to more Dash Arts Podcasts hereMusic credits:Umbra Sumus - Jah WobblePagamenska - Oi Va Voi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.