Watch This Space is a student-run exhibition that discovers, supports and showcases local artists and musicians. Aiming to encourage a more arts based culture in Bournemouth, the project originated as a pop up exhibition in people’s back gardens and quickly gained popularity to become one of Arts University Bournemouth’s leading student events.

Developing from its pop-up, D.I.Y ethos, Watch This Space caught the attention of local bar & restaurant Tonic Social and was invited to run their events through their venue. Since then, it has shown a variety of paintings, prints and sculpture and collaborated with the likes Bournemouth based DJ collective Disco Juju.

SkechUp models made by Joshua Brooks to aid curation at the Tonic Social Venue

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Photos from the first Watch This Space, where pallet boards were used to create the exhibition walls surrounding the garden.