The Diff'rent Space

08/01/2015

The Red and Black Umbrella squat in Adamsdown: what you've always wanted to know...

The Red and Black Umbrella social centre: resistance to the privatisation of space. Outside the defunct pub, the view is quite bleak: windows and doors are sealed, a couple of vandal graffiti splas...

04/01/2015

The Diff'rent Space is back in 2015 with more stories on creative, incredible and unexpected spaces in Cardiff.
You have been numerous to take an interest in the future of The Gaiety on City Road, watch this page for updates on the situation.
Any comments, ideas or piece of information are always welcome.

The Story Of A Contested Space In Cardiff

11/12/2014

This is what could happen at The Gaiety, on City Road.....

Read a more interactive version of the story on Immersive. Cardiff is a growing city. In the last five years, the urban landscape has been transformed to respond to the demands for more residentia...

08/12/2014

The Diff'rent Space has investigated what happened to the squatters at The Gower Pub, follow the link to find out....

Once a pub, The Gower on Gwennyth Street, Cathays, is now a closed and empty building. It was recently squatted for just over a week before the squatters obeyed an Interim Possession Order and were...

04/12/2014

What future for The Gaiety on City Road? Have your say! Answer the poll and share away.

The Gaiety (or Spin) on City Road has been an eyesore for the community for years. Once a bowling club, the building was squatted by different groups, and despite calls from local residents to brin...

28/11/2014

TONIGHT The Boiler House Graffiti Project is having a launch party with animated graffiti, Got Beef food and DJs to dance the night away. Preview at It's On Cardiff. Here is a cheeky teaser of the space.....

It is an unexpected journey to The Boiler House, an exciting adventure to an unknown place. But when stepping inside Unit D of the industrial business park of Canton, both the journey and the desti...

20/11/2014

Delicious, fantastic and funky. This is why you should go to StreetFeastCardiff at the weekend.

Street Food Cardiff is a pop-up food festival taking place in an abandoned industrial warehouse on Dumballs Road, Cardiff, every weekend from the end of Octo...

16/11/2014

A big WOW at StreetFeastCardiff : mind and tongue blowing.
Watch this space for more....

13/11/2014

There is a lot more out there - what would you add?

Visit the post for more.

12/11/2014

It's show time tomorrow! Journeys dance platform starting at 7:30pm. Wonderful space in a reconverted church

08/11/2014

Skate, art and food at Spit and Sawdust - "spilling the art into the skatepark" in Cardiff.

Spit and Sawdust: an indoor skatepark, an open art gallery and a cafe, all in one space. The idea was first born two years ago when skater Christian Hart, 35 years old, and his partner Nia Metcalf...

07/11/2014

Have you ever dreamed of designing your ideal hotel room? Experience Cardiff's first pop-up at The Abacus

Opening this Friday from 8pm, we welcome Fotofringe in the gallery and The Art Hotel which will launch the upstairs of The Abacus! Both events run from the 7th - 9th November. The Art Hotel The Art...