Iklectic in London - Vicki Bennett and Daniel Menche

Since 2014 there is a creative space in London close to Waterloo which I had to pleasure to visit for the first time in June 2019. About Iklectic, I think that the best description is given by the people who run the space and from the website they describe it as:

IKLECTIK [pron. eclectic] is a creative platform founded in 2014 that showcases contemporary art, experimental music and artistic critical practice.

We are an engine for bringing the creative elements in a focused environment, that fosters the arts and social development.

Our aim is to focus on experimentation in arts, sound art, installation and cross disciplinary projects. We want to expand our space as a research arts laboratory where inter-disciplinary lines can overlap to create projects that explore processes and techniques, address social, political, cultural and critical issues.

We have a dynamic program that presents workshops, art residencies, lectures, panel discussions, screenings, sound & music events, performances and readings to catalyze education, growth and transformation for the local community and the greater public.

I have to admit that I should have been to the Iklectic much earlier, but this time what really drove me there was an event organised by Touch Music. The first part of the event was a performance from Daniel Menche, using a long metal stick as a microphone along with some video visuals used on the background. The performance of Menche was similar to his music style of experimental music, with long drones and creating an ambient environment with a black white abstract visual accompanying his music.

The second part of the event was People Like Us, aka Vicki Bennett, of 'The Mirror', which was funded by the Arts Council Fund. The Mirror was presented for the first time in Athens in the Onassis Cultural Museum in Spring 2018, and since then it has been shown in various places. The Mirror is mostly a collage of scenes lasting around 30 minutes from movies along with music that creates a beautiful video around memories, experiences, and various thematics mainly from old movies.