From Trellick to Portobello: 'Counterculture corner' The Wall opens under the Westway

A new west London cultural space has been launched with a photography exhibition celebrating the area’s community.

The Wall was unveiled by Westway Trust on April 10 and can be found near BAYSIXTY6 skate park and Subterania in north Kensington.

The space will host a a rolling prgramme of displays, and the opening exhibition features work by Jason Garcia and Chiara Grioni, capturing the first Westway Winter Street Parade on December 17 last year. The parade began at Trellick Tower and took in Golborne Road, Portobello Road, Thorpe Close and Portobello Green.

Chiara said: “I used to live around Ladbroke Grove in the ‘90s and the early noughties. It has always been the area of London where I’ve felt the strongest connection with.

“I loved documenting life in my neighbourhood and, once I moved back three years ago, I couldn’t wait to get involved in a community project. So I was naturally thrilled when I was asked to capture the winter parade.

“The parade had all my favourite elements: loads of colours, dance, art, kids, music, poetry and the general feeling of our beloved neighbourhood coming together.”

LaToyah Gill, events manager at Westway Trust, told LondonWorld: “We are planning on doing other photography exhibitions, but our main focus will always be on the scenes and events of this area. We are also going to work on events like poetry cycles, readings and acoustics – to make it more human friendly.”

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LaToyah said: “I wanted to do something that documents this moment in time and become more than just archives.”

“So, one of my objectives is to animate certain areas of our land, have new space and get a lot of inspiration. This particular parade inspires me a lot.”

The Wall can be found between BAYSIXTY6 skate park and Subterania, in Acklam Road, near Portobello Road.