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Following your LFA link, I checked the list of 'Supporters' and, yes, first in the list was 'Mayor of London' which means some of your Council Tax and my Council Tax and every other Londoner's Council Tax has been given to this project.
Then I looked further down the LFA list to the 'Partners' and, yes, there were some of the usual suspects (recipients of public money) so that some of your Income Tax and my Income Tax and every other UK taxpayer's Income Tax has been given to this project.
Oh dear.
RayL | 02.06.18 - 7:20 a.m. | #
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It could just be backed by the Mayor without funding. Same with national government, or it's lottery money.
Toby | 02.06.18 - 7:28 a.m. | #
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Yep, pretty much the same thing every year. A few years ago I had a day out just to see LFA stuff and found a couple of good bits, but mostly the odd uninspiring walkway or pavillion, and lots of things just not there.
Given that disappointment, when I do Open Garden Squares I swing by any nearby LFA stuff without going out of my way, but mostly things are not where they should be.
It feel like I could be missing something good but its just like too much effort. I haven't got round to looking at the listings yet, and now not sure if I will.
Peter of London | 02.06.18 - 7:49 a.m. | #
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I'm delighted that a few pence of my council tax goes on supporting architecture.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.06.18 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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'the majority were either missing, closed or disappointing'
...bit like waiting for a Thameslink service.
As for some of the other stuff, they are little more than glorified Private Eye cartoons (something Banksy has made a career of), think the guy in the hide spotting planes instead of birds, or personalities and biscuits, perhaps rounding it off with 'art in a skip' was rather fitting.
Still Anon | 02.06.18 - 8:55 a.m. | #
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forgive my ignorance but it seems this event is far more to do with art than architecture ...
PJS | 02.06.18 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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...it's actually about architectural talent.
The LFA "brings architects and communities together to examine how to make our city a better place. It highlights the unique pool of creative talent that London has to offer and promotes London as a leading international centre of learning and creativity."
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.06.18 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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Those descriptions make me want to throw up.
Joho | 02.06.18 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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I did wonder if the final one was a DG-esque parody. But, seeing it's in Hoxton Square it sounds all too real.
Dominic H | 02.06.18 - 9:50 a.m. | #
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Blimey, our paths must have crossed yesterday! I was at the biscuit factory (try the CAPSID gallery in nearby Southwark Park for actual art) Then on to Canary Wharf for the Roman dead exhibition at Museum of London (Docklands). Here's a tip: don't believe everything you read on the Internet ;) Learnt the hard way waiting for a non-existent bus in deepest Surrey 10 years ago... Thanks for telling us where not to go as well as whats hot.
south london lad | 02.06.18 - 10:03 a.m. | #
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As with a lot of so called modern art/architecture they're just taking the p...
Tones | 02.06.18 - 12:03 p.m. | #
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Victor Meldrew's writers came up with that skip idea in 1992.
https://www.imcdb.org/v459845.html
drD | Homepage | 02.06.18 - 2:04 p.m. | #
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Where has all of the talent gone...?
Darren | 02.06.18 - 6:34 p.m. | #
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Oh dear - sounds like DG had to sacrifice his time to save ours. Has anyone tried the on-this-week Whitstable Biennale? And if so, is it worth the trek?
GJ | 03.06.18 - 12:01 a.m. | #
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You did well to find the biscuit factory. The map on its page on londonfestivalofarchitecture.org shows somewhere in the South Pacific!
City Worker | 03.06.18 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Hey...
On the LFA Website, it does say that the exhibition starts on the 11th June, not the 1st.
dg writes: Last week it said the 1st, or I wouldn't have gone.
Jack | 06.06.18 - 7:25 p.m. | #
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