L-13 Light Industrial Workshop facts for kids
L-13 Light Industrial Workshop is a cool art studio and publisher in Clerkenwell, London. It opened in May 2009. Steve Lowe runs L-13. It's like a new version of his older art spaces, 'the aquarium' and The Aquarium L-13. L-13 works with a small group of artists. These artists are known for their unique ideas. L-13 helps them create, show, and publish their art.
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What Does L-13 Mean?
The name "L-13" comes from a zeppelin. A zeppelin was a type of airship. This specific zeppelin, called L-13, dropped bombs over Clerkenwell in 1915. One of its bombs destroyed a building. This building was where L-13's art studio used to be. It was on Farringdon Road.
What Does L-13 Do?
L-13 sees itself as a creative place for artists. It's a home and a workshop for a small group of artists. Steve Lowe works with these artists. He helps them with their projects and supports their individual work.
Inside the L-13 Studio
The L-13 studio is also home to other cool things. It has the studio for artists like Harry Adams and STOT21stCplanB. It also has a special old printing press from 1825. This press is called an Albion Press. There's even a unique art machine called The Patented Finger of God Painting Machine. And a miniature poodle named The Beast lives there too!
L-13 creates all kinds of art projects. They publish books and make art prints. They also help turn big, sometimes tricky, artistic ideas into real things. They like to have a playful and challenging spirit in everything they do.
L-13's Location
The main L-13 headquarters is an underground space. It's located off Clerkenwell Road. This space used to be an art gallery where they showed exhibitions. Now, it's mainly used as a studio. Artists create their artworks and publications there. They also organize different art projects from this space.
When it was an exhibition space, one website described it. They said it was "Part swish contemporary gallery, part subversive socio-political vision, part artists' studio and part members' club."
Artists Working with L-13
L-13 works with several interesting artists. These include Jamie Reid, Billy Childish, Jimmy Cauty, Harry Adams, and STOT21stCplanB.
Key Art Projects
L-13 helps with many different art projects. Here are some of them:
- Jimmy Cauty's ADP World Riot Tour and MdZ ESTATE Tour. They also publish books for these tours.
- Creating merchandise for K2 Plant Hire Ltd.
- Organizing art exhibitions and publishing books for Billy Childish.
- Publishing books and other works for Jamie Reid.
- Supporting Harry Adams with their studio, exhibitions, and publications.
- Helping STOT21stCplanB with their studio, exhibitions, and publications.
- Managing projects and publications for Not Banksy.
See Also
- Billy Childish
- The Aquarium L-13
- Jimmy Cauty
- The KLF
- Jamie Reid
