UNITED KINGDOM: SOGGY LONDON

The rain has had no problem keeping up with me these last three weeks. After an exceedingly wet and dismal Bournemouth, Guernsey, and Jersey, I arrive in a soggy London congested with extinction rebellion activists who actually delayed my friend on our night out at the theatre. Of course, Extinction Rebellion made their activities known so that people could plan accordingly.

For one who has braved all manner of travel obstacles, I find myself losing patience.

I can’t say I am particularly motivated on this visit but there are a few viable things on the list. Theatre, check! Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and the Tate Modern should round things out nicely.

extinction rebellion

EXTINCTION REBELLION SUBMITTED AN APOLOGY

LONDON’S THEATRE DISTRICT

THE MOUSETRAP – It’s the longest-running play (67 years) in the world.

SILVER MOUSE – Presented to the theatre to mark the first 25 years together.

LUMAS

TATE MODERN

Kara WALKER – Fons Americanus

Kara Walker’s recent Hyundai Commission is a 45-foot-high fountain, exploring the historical tether between Africa, America, and Europe with inspiration from the Victoria Memorial in London. Water has its own significance in the work, referring to the transatlantic slave trade and the ambitions, fates, and tragedies of people from these three continents. Fons Americanus is an allegory of the Black Atlantic.

Felicia LEIRNER – Composition – 1962

Ellsworth KELLY – Gironde – 1951

Wassily KANDINSKY – Swinging – 1925

Yinka SHONIBARE

Roy LICHTENSTEIN

Haegue YANG – Structure with Three Towers – 2015

Ed RUSCHA – Our Flag – 2017

This is clearly a commentary on the state of the union under Donald Trump.

Naoya HATAKEYAMA

GLOOMY LONDON LANDSCAPE

Robert INDIANA – LOVE Red Violet – 1966

PICADILLY CIRCUS

REGENT STREET

Six police cars streamed past in a cacophony that would seemingly never end due to a number of them stuck in traffic. It was so bad I had to seek refuge in a store. I am pretty much fed up with crowded, noisy big cities for a while.

CARNABY STREET

HAPPY SOCKS – Est. 2008 Sweden

BLACK MATTE MINI

This antique corner will be integrated into new construction.