I’m delighted to announce I’m joining this year’s War Child presents Secret 7. My artwork will be exhibited at the NOW Gallery, London SE10 from March 2nd-17th, alongside a stellar line up of contributors. You can bid on your favourites from March 2nd by joining @peggy on Twitter/X. All money raised will support War Child UK’s work in conflict zones around the world.
Image from a previous year's Secret 7 project
If you're not familiar with Secret 7, here's the concept - The organisers of the project take 7 tracks from 7 musicians and press each one as a 7" single, 100 times. They then invite artists and designers to interpret the tracks in their own style and create one-off record sleeves for the individual 7" vinyl records. The resulting 700 1-of-a-kind sleeves, containing the 7" vinyl records, are then exhibited anonymously (that's where the secret part comes into play) at NOW Gallery and can be purchased via an online auction. Proceeds of the auction go to War Child UK, who help support children in world conflict zones.
This year’s 7 tracks are Aurora's A Different Kind of Human, Stop This Flame by Celeste, Skipping Like a Stone by The Chemical Brothers, Hozier's Swan Upon Leda, Pipes of Peace by Paul McCartney, Lullaby by Siouxsie & The Banshees, and We Sell Hope by The Specials.
For a more in-depth insight into this year's Secret 7, and the history of the project, check out this article from Creative Boom.
You can click here to register to bid on this year's Secret 7, and not only get the chance (if you're lucky enough) to end up owning a one-off record designed by a renowned artist or designer, but also help support the humanitarian work of War Child UK.