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Trafalgar Square play 'Vienna From a Different Angle'

Submitted by BillieHiga on Mon, 2011-10-31 13:06

 

The Viennese Tourist Board brought 'Vienna From a Different Angle' to a vertical wall in Trafalgar Square, viewed as the tallest temporary erection ever inside the square at 21 meters. UK. 25th October 2011 

The Viennese Tourist Board brought 'Vienna from a Different Angle' to some vertical wall in Trafalgar Square, considered to be the tallest temporary erection in the square at 21 metres.

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Trafalgar Square

Submitted by Mary L. Shannon on Tue, 2011-10-25 15:09

Trafalgar Square marks the western entrance to the Strand. Trafalgar Square was begun in 1840, to provide a more dignified frontage to the new National Gallery as well as a memorial to Nelson’s naval victory at Trafalgar and a reminder of the might of the burgeoning British Empire. After much arguing, Nelson’s column was finally erected in November 1843. The bas-reliefs around the bottom of the column, depicting Nelson’s most famous battles, were only finished in 1854, and the famous lions were finally put in place in 1867. Read more »

Friendship and Thoroughfares.

Submitted by Alex Belsey on Wed, 2011-10-12 23:56

The Strand is London’s greatest thoroughfare, its huge volumes of human traffic easily eclipsing the throngs of cabs, cars and buses that provide its restless soundtrack. As a pedestrian on the Strand, the predominant feeling is often one of swimming against a tide of people, one of having to anticipate the movements of the onrushing hordes in order to successfully permeate their ranks and emerge unscathed. Read more »

Golden Moments, Golden Strands

Submitted by James Whitehead on Tue, 2011-10-11 17:48

 ‘Discover a local Golden Moment’: advertisement for Symonds cider, on the bus stop outside the entrance to King’s College London, April/May 2011 (now removed). Read more »

Sagging Galaxies in the Mind of the Phantasmagorizer

Submitted by Niki on Mon, 2011-09-12 22:25
How They Talk: When I phantasmagorize of being a writer, I create V types of characters. One of them is a seeker of eventful time. S/he evolves through chronological sequencing of spatial instances. The other is a rascal. I put them in conversation. When they communicate, one of them takes on the role of a curious explorer, an inquisitive, at times tedious, examiner, who wants to know as much as possible about humanoids with different shapes of head. The other assumes a stance of an ignorant bastard, indifferent to external stimuli, ignoble by the performative act of whatever.
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Sagging Galaxies in the Mind of the Phantasmagorizer

Submitted by Niki on Mon, 2011-09-12 22:13
9/8-9, VøAA There was a corpse in the dream I had some time ago. For some reason, I recall it time and again. It was lying on the railroad. It felt the cold of the metal underneath. How do I know? These days, one doesn’t ask such questions? One may instead interrogate this way: Is the fact that the cold was felt relevant for the description of the woods surrounding the railroad? Or: Does the sensation of the cold entail an alteration of the original conceptualization of the progression of events? Consequently: Does that amount to sequencing of events that constitute a plot?
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