London Public Statues, 2014

TIME TRAVELLERS II, 2014 – 2015

Public statues that seem to be travelling in the future and are suddenly in the middle of audiences which do not seem to know them too well or audiences which appear to have travelled back in time to consider the preserved city; or me, travelling in both directions, coming from an eastern european culture for studying and learning from a much-earlier economic developed society, questioning Guy Debord’s ‘consumption of modern economical survival’ (1984).

Emil Otto Hoppe photographs, in Forty London Statues and Public Monuments, ed. Tancredd Borenius (1926). London: Methuen & Co Ltd

‘For most of us living in London, those statues are just part of the general landscape … We hardly notice them on our way to work; many people walk by without even noticing them.’ (Ilpo Musto, The Art of London, 2010). Further inspiration from reading, H.G. Wells, 1895, The Time Machine and Guy Debord, 1984, Society of the Spectacle.

Portfolio size 19 x 13 inches, Edition of 2 each. Archive of 6 x 7 medium format negatives, colour photographs and digital scans. This project hasn’t been published. Ideally, this work would be printed as large-size photographs, C-Type Matt, 130 cm on the longest side, in tandem with the artist’s book. Photographs mounted in the Emil Otto Hoppe 1926 original book, on top of the photos in the book.

-70 Badicea Plate XX_o — Boadicea, Westminster Bridge

56 Charles II Plate III_o — Charles II, Chelsea Royal Hospital

96 George Washington Plate XXXVI_o — George Washington, Trafalgar Square

29 Edward VI Plate VII_o — Edward VI, St. Thomas Hospital

42 Charles I Plate I_o — Charles I, Trafalgar Square

16 James II Plate IV_o — James II, Trafalgar Square

76 Peter Pan Plate XXIX_o — William III, St. James Square

Richard Ceur de Lion Plate XIX_o — Richard Ceur de Lion, Old Palace Yard

93 Oliver Cromwel Plate XXV_o — Oliver Cromwell, Outside Westminster Hall

64 Abraham Lincoln Plate XXXV_o — Abraham Lincoln, Parliament Square

23 William III Plate XI_o — William III, St. James Square

References:
• Baudrillard, J (1999) Jean Baudrillard : Fotografien : photographies : photographs 1985-1998, Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantze
• Musto, I. (2010), The art of London: monuments and wall reliefs, London: A. & C. Black.

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