Upside-down house
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N 51° 30.416 W 000° 06.280
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On passing this building you may not notice it, then you'll do a double-take and realise a three-story building is upside down
Waymark Code: WMND1C
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/17/2015
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The work is titled 'Miner on the moon'. It is located just south of Blackfriars Bridge at 20 Blackfriars Road SE1 8NY and was produced as the finale to Merge Festival 2013.
Built in 1780, the site was originally used as livery stables housing horses and carriages for hire. The access through the site (the underpass to the bottom right of the building) was used to ferry live cattle from the rear yard to the Thames for trade. I was interested by how the architectural silhouette of the building had been created with this function in mind and I wanted to conceive a concept that responded to this shape and the buildings history.
The material and aesthetic decisions within the project celebrate the architectural heritage of Southwark and the timeless charm of its fatigued buildings. By presenting a very familiar architectural scenery and narrative in an inverted way, the audience hopefully re-appreciates the buildings and moments of our daily environments that we allow to slip into our subconscious.
Title: Miner on the Moon
Artist: Alex Chinneck
Placement Date: 6 December 2013
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Object: Facade of a building, made to look like a building, but upside-down
Location: Street
Material: Brick, Plaster, Glass, Wood
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