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Blood, Sweat & Tears
This year The Engine Room turns 10 on 2.7.2026
To mark this moment, join us to delve deep into our archive of new work, of process, and of ideas not yet dreamt up. It will be both retrospective and speculative: a space to reflect, and a space to imagine forward.
The programme will unfold across a series of shared experiences. We will hold feasts, we will dance, we will plant seeds in an inch of soil.
Drawing rooms will open as intimate spaces for conversation and collective thinking—places where ideas can be sketched, tested, and held in common.
This is both a reflection and a provocation: an invitation to honour the labour, creativity, and collective energy that have brought us here — and to imagine what comes next.
A Special Event of the 571 LOCAL the People’s Program Exhibition
As part of Open For Art 2026 @thejellyreading #openforart2026
EXHIBITION OPENING:
Friday 19 June 2026
From 14:00 to 16:00
OPENING TIMES:
from 19 June to 28 June 2026
Monday and Friday
from 12:00 to 16:00
and by appointment
This event is at 571 Oxford Road, RG30 1HL Reading. Public transport is available from Reading town center and Reading station if you are visiting from elsewhere.
Organised by Lisa-Marie Gibs and The Engine Room