Martello Street, Studio 11
Self-contained, ground floor studio with good access. Includes wifi. Electricity billed separately. Limited natural light from rear rooflights, has openable roof light. Large mezzanine storage area built near entrance door. This studio is available now. Martello Street studio is next to London Fields park in central Hackney. Nearest transport is London Fields overground station and buses in nearby Mare Street.
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In 2024 SPACE purchased Martello Street studios, which we have leased since 1971. With approximately 50 studios and many more artists, this well established site overlooks London Fields park and is alongside London Fields overground station. Several buses run on nearby Mare Street and the Hackney Central overground station line is 5 minutes walk away.
The ground floor studios have step-free access.
History
Martello Street studios at 10 Martello Street was one of the 2 buildings to replace St Katharine Docks. Artists working in experimental filmmaking and performance were attracted to the building. Early tenants included Bruce Lacey whose young family live in the caretaker cottage, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Genesis P-Orridge who arrived from Hull in 1974, and Robin Klassnik, one of the former St Katharine Docks artists, whose studio in 1979 became the first Matts Gallery. See the essay ‘Industrial Ritual Performance SPACE’ by William Fowler in Artists in the City: SPACE in ’68 and beyond.
