SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2009: "MONOLOG" Laure Prouvost UK-France 2009 / 9min "Prouvost weaves whimsical and intimate narratives that both mesmerise and disturb, blurring the boundary between reality and fantasy in ways taht parody traditional narrative structures. Things never seem to quite match up in Prouvost's stories, leaving the viewer with the task of trying to fix these somewhat messy and imperfect narratives that begin full of mystery and enchantment only to unravel and shatter any promise of a happy ending." ( Jamie Wyld ) WATCH IT: www.laureprouvost.com
DEIMANTAS NARKEVICIUS/ 1 Oct 2009 - 29 Nov 2009 A work based on socialist propaganda films held in the BFI National Archive. The artist has transformed this politically motivated found footage originally made to promote the socialist way of living, making a work which allows us to reflect on how ephemeral image making styles can be and what this means in the relation to propaganda today. INTO THE UNKNOWN THE DUD EFFECT http://www.bfi.org.uk/go/galleryeflux http://www.gbagency.fr/#/fr/19/Deimantas_Narkevicius/
at the Tate Modern : 1 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
"Andy Warhol claimed "Good business is the best art." Tate Modern brings together artists from the 1980s onwards who have embraced commerce and the mass media to build their own 'brands'. Pop Life includes Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and more."
- "HOw is the flowers market of Columbia Road?" - " Gorgeous!!!" -"Oh! ok, I go on sunday morning"
And yes, it is! Beautiful flowers, cute and graphic shops, vintage market in the small and charming old streets around, Jazzman et tzigane band, a good place to have a break and a coffe or fry scrambles with your "Bobo" friends, just before going to the vintage temple of Bricklane.