Galahad's London

Just because I'm stuck with work and I like pretty pictures, here are some of the early test images I'm working on for my theory module. They don't have titles yet, so for now Shell Building and National Theatre will do.

Shell Building

National Theatre

The representations are in reponse to a novel I've been reading - The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon. Where I've taken one of the central characters - Galahad - and mapped his displacement from the time he arrives in London.

Since these images were made quite a few weeks ago, my current images look somewhat different due to the better structure I've been using in eroding the image. However, I'm quite attached to these playful ones I used in the beginning. xxw

Molene

Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Im begging of you please dont eat that ham
Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Please dont take it just because you can
Your hunger is beyond compare
With toothy mouth and shedding fur
With silky paws and eyes of emerald green
Your breath is like the inside of the whiskas tin
Your meow sounds like you're in pain
And I cannot compete with you, Molene

You bug me while i'm in my sleep
Theres nothing I can do to keep
Your fur off my bed and in your mane, Molene

And I can easily understand
How you could easily take K's ham
But you dont know what it means to him, Molene

Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Im begging of you please dont eat that ham
Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Please dont take it even though you can

You could have your choice of ham
or rabbit, or tuna, or spam
But there's only one piece of ham left for K, Molene

I had to have this talk with you
K's sandwhich depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Molene
Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Im begging of you please dont take that ham
Molene, Molene, Molene, Molene
Please dont take it even though you can
Molene, Molene

Innit.

It always starts innocently don't it? You're chatting to a couple mates and you miss out your double t's so suddenly the world ain't so pre'ey anymore. You go back to the bar and order another bo'le o wine or whatever tipple they may fancy. Then you find you're losin your g's too, innit? So it doesn't ma'er wot's on telly cos everyone's watchin it anyway. By this time you don't realise wot's goin on and add the occasional innit - just to take the mickey. But that ain't enough? innit? Cos suddenly you've erased 12 years of schoolin and forget all them tings you learnt about wot word goes when. Cos everythinks sick. His new ipod is sick. Her new boots are so sick. I'm sick. So damn sick. Innit? Then the inevitable happens? And everything becomes a question? Like when you go outside to get some fresh air cos the place is too smoky? You begin tawkin to the group huddled next to the outdoor heater smokin dem faygs. Its so cold? she says. The only reason why dey aven't got any more eaters out ere is cos dey're skint, the guy who has obviously been here too long and dropped his h's a long time ago says. You go back inside after talking to the teenagers chainsmoking outside and sit back down. You've got a txt. Oi u at pub?w b down l8tr orite.dontleav.xk. Funny ow d 'oi' aint really necessary bt ther anyway. You reply: k xxw. Good job i ain't come to this country to be learnin english. Cos it definately aint the right place to be doin that sorta thingk. xxw

Eye eye eye!

The first time I went to the London Eye was with my dad. At the time, I didn't get what all the fuss was about, after all it was just an oversized ferris wheel, no? I was also pre-occupied with trying to get to topshop, calculating how long it would take to get to topshop, what I wanted from topshop. I was 17 after all. We took one look at the que and ended up going to the Dali exhibition next to it - not ones for queing!

Since moving to London I've seen it a couple times, and always look out for it whenever I'm in the right areas. Same goes for the gherkin - perhaps its just trying to locate myself in relation to the two buildings/monuments. More so recently as my theory project is based on southbank. Kyle's been looking as obelisks so I came with him to find Cleopatra's Needle on the other side of the river, near Embankment.

Its quite amazing to think that a couple of years ago this picture would have been very different. Let alone when the obelisk first landed on this spot.

So, on Sunday, I finally managed to get myself on one of those famous pods up up into the London sky! It was ashleigh's birthday so John came down and surprised Ash with a 'champagne flight.' We shared the pod with another family who kindly took our photo while we were all giddy with excitement as the began to make our way around the wheel.



Oh and even better yet? We got to jump the que!

Having been there and done t hat its quite easy to see the London Eye as a London icon and why so many have bought into the idea namely the Americans . And its easy to see why. The one thing I did notice while I was up there though, was how compact a city London is. Being able to see all the way from Primrose hill, through to Crystal Palace through past Canary wharf and beyond on all sides just makes this huge scarey city, that little more bite sized. xxw

Red Nose Day 07

Don't forget Red Nose Day, kids! K's one might have already moulded to his face. xxw