Wish you’d been here is the start of a collaborative investigation by associates Andrea Francke and Eva Rowson, to explore histories and current thoughts of hosting, socialising and partying as a framework to reflect on contemporary art practices that involve working with people.

Wish you’d been here started in January 2014. Their research has included film screenings, seminars and discussions to explore ideas of hosting, spanning research from the political underground practices during the wave of South American dictatorships in the 1980s; the underground disco scene in 1970s New York; and the current DIY music scenes in the UK. They have also organised several parties at Open School East under the name Super Fumes!, transforming the diverse spaces in the old library building via events involving bands, musicians and artists from London and beyond.