Monthly Archives: mai 2009

The little shop of afterlives

From wild beasts to household pets, “Get Stuffed” (not kidding), the taxidermist at Essex and Cross, can fulfil all your heart’s desires for fake hunting trophies and silent furry companionship. Even poor Mittens can be given a second chance as an interior decoration (bottom centre). Well, as long as you weren’t too traumatised by Stephen [...]

“Reading” the National Gallery

Originally posted by a friend on the Bartlett Think-Tank:
We are very excited to bring you great news: the blog “Reading” The National Gallery was finally launched on the web. This blog was founded by a research student as a project-based research from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London. The intention is to [...]

Thesis head cheese

Can you find it?
The gelatinous section through work in progress?
Et la culpabilité du temps perdu?

Borough Market Polyphony

“Borough Market Polyphony” is a work in progress done as part of “The Creative Thesis” workshop at UCL run by the Bartlett School of Architecture and the Slade School of Fine Arts. The goal of the exercise is to create an object that addresses the relationship between practice and theory within a PhD research project.
My [...]

Borough Market

This series of photographs was taken at Borough Market on the south bank of the Thames. Read a short history of what is arguably London’s oldest market here -from the market’s own viewpoint. These photographs can also be viewed on my Picasa page.
Yes, there is indeed not a soul on these photos… They were taken [...]

La volière anglaise

Voici comment Londres sonne aux petites heures du matin. C’est fascinant. Les bruits de la ville font place à ces centaines d’oiseaux invisibles dont les chants semblent être amplifiés par le plafond bas de la grisaille anglaise. À 4h du matin, lorsque les autos et les bus se sont retirés des quartiers plus tranquilles et [...]