In front of the soon to be Bernie Grant Centre on Saturday was an artist completing a mural. Not being from around the area, at first I thought he was painting out graffiti, but was pleased to finally grasp that he was in fact creating a piece of public art for the enjoyment of everyone.

Yesterday was the first anniversary of London being awarded the [tag]2012 Olympic Games[/tag]. To mark the occasion, [tag]Trafalgar Square[/tag] was again the location for the celebrating and to the launch of the 2012 roadshow, a travelling promo bus that is to travel around the UK’s major cities promoting the games and sport for all. Many of the same celebrities where in attendance, Dame Kelly Holmes again was part of the official party and even the Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sports & Culture Minister Tessa Jowell and the Major Ken Linvingston where on hand to make speeches and try out some…

I was out by the Southbank in [tag]London[/tag] and took this picture. I liked the mans [tag]tattoo[/tag] design so I quickly snapped him. He looks determined as if he is on a mission. I can’t remember if he was looking at someone in particular or whether he was just glancing around him as he strode along the path to the side of the riverbank. As you can tell at the time we crossed paths we were just by [tag]Gabriels Wharf[/tag] where there is a nice Gourmet Pizza and some other fine eating places. This image was created using two separate…

“The photograph is always about looking and seeing. Furthermore, the photograph itself, that is, the chemically treated and processed paper, is invisible. It is not it that we see, rather, through it we see that which is represented” Roland Barthes – Camera Lucida

Who decides that a space is designed for you? Or rather that it was not designed with you in mind. I would make hte assumption that city planners, when designing or redesigning a specific space have in mind a particular kind of occupant, around which, layout, traversal routes, resting places and other facilities are planned. As may be demonstrated using references from various texts on Urban Spaces, areas of our cities are also designed to keep certain types of occupants from being in that space. At times occupation of a particular space is forbidden by law or some other legal…