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BOX

Humorous incident on overground from Highbury:

Punter 001: Is this train for Crystal Palace?
Punter 002: No, you want the other platform mate.

[punter 001 dismounts]
(albiepanick for albiestar… he thinks… “Oh”)
Announcement: This is a london overground service to Crystal Palace.
Punter 002 and your hero @albiestar: [grin then laugh]
Your hero @albiestar: I wasnt confident enough to correct you!

No you cant have an @audioboo… you’ll take my word for it.

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We like things you came ‘nip in and out of’ almost as much as we like things that are free here @thedogwhatblogs.

Not by great forethought, design or destiny we found ourself again this week in london’s glittering ‘Shoreditch.’
There is a place called box park.
It is lots of shops in boxes.
It sells things that are coolio and nice and then you go “how much. No that’s too expensive.”

“The advent of the camera phone… has shifted photography back to the centre of pop culture.”

And allows him to take many pictures of me from various beguiling angles.
I have a very prominent willy.

Anyway, there is an exhibition of camera phone pix and accompanying it some poetry and noisy music.

Im more a Radio 3 man but when in Rome.

We say: Coolio.

“The city clings to you like a bad cologne.”

Amen, brother.

love,

Harleyxx

Ditch

Boxpark

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ROLL UP ROLL UP

Il let u into a little secret…

Free drinks are available.

You have to pretend u are interested in art.

#firstthursdays… Late gallery openings… Vyner st…

Tell them i sent u.

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B4 that… U kno art theory no.2 is based on boobs?

I rest my case (and weary sexless eyes) on John Currin @sadiecoles.

They say: Paradigms of ideal womanhood (milky skin, alluring smiles) run up against incongruous details such as underarm hair and overabundant flesh.”

Time Out says “The poses relate not only to the tacky and explicit nature of porn but also to the idealised depiction of the naked female form throughout art history.”

We say: “Like we said.”

Two words: boobs, fanny.

Cheers.

Love,

Harleyxx

 

Sadie coles

http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/

 

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SHOREDITCHED

Home of the eponymous twat.

And upstairs rooms the boy wonder can found in only #lonelyfridays watching peculiar minstrels.

Also home of proper culture.

This is a mini post.

No fanfare please. Not from ur bad trumpet anyway.

Bethnal Green art off spit (fancy) hales gallery and frank bowling.

Sooooome words: um well no nudity….

Ok the paintings r abstract which is fine by us but theres, in some ways, less to even say than with invisible art.

Theyre sort of richteresque melty and vibrant colours.

Not much to say but we spent longer than expected being sucked into their textures.

Thats a nice phrase?

Oh just go and have a look on their damn website.

Love,

Harleyxx

 

http://www.halesgallery.com/

 

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YOUR FRIENDLY DRIVER JASON

We @thedogwhatblogs hate the Piccadilly Line.

Well we did…

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We were going to blog about some tedious/pretentious/cool* gallery.

We still might in a bit but twice we’ve encountered a certain London character.

“Your friendly driver Jason.”

Friendly/wonderful/too much* (see also albiestar).

Alleviating the pain of post-leicester squarers and post-heathrowers.

We are bound to under or oversell this gent.

Heres an audioboo.

He wasnt at his best today but basically he gives a lot of additional information about what side the doors open and stuff. He warns you very earnestly about the gaps.

Anyway we like people who try so we will opt for “wonderful.”

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Gallery. Matts. Mile End. Walk by the canal. Coots, evil cyclists and relaxation.

Fiona Crisp

Photographer.

Some words: leaves, no cock, john keats, light, shade, crisp, no fanny, eschew, no boobs, water, stourhead, instagrammy, democracy.

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After murdering green day at singing and being soothed by our friendly driver Jason’s more dulcet tones we opted for a movie: Storage 24.

With him from Dr Who who’s more multi talented than you think.

Cineworld Wood Green. One of north londons premier entertainment destinations.

Look we did philosophy last week…

Storage 24 then.

Some words: relationships, plane crash, people change, scary, why? i want to know why?, difficult meetings, storage, cellars, monsters

Love,

Harleyxx

 

*delete as applicable

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A BIT AMDRAM

Its a roller coaster ride with the boy wonder @albiestar… I think she got sick.

Im just sick of not getting a walk if hes dipping.

He went for a walk to maureen paley to see david hodge… I kept him on the level… Rounded off by a decent amdram outing.

I look after him.

I should be reviewing. Not laundry airing. He does that.

Im more your cultured and restrained staffordshire bull terrier…

David Thorpe at the lovely idyll that is bethnal greens maureen paley gallery…

Some words…

natural, shit, no not that kind, bones, covered, log, chalk, simple, talking to me, floral, ikkle, no cock, no boobs no fanny

So what it is right is…

 

Downstairs two big kind of walls on legs decorated in laura ashleyesque vibe.

Natural materials. Traditional craftmenship. Blah blah blah.

Only thing is one of the walls makes a noise at you.

 

Add into the mix a stone on a pedestal.

 

Aaaaaaaart.

 

And a log on the floor.

 

Is it aaaaaaart.

 

Sorry got a bit amdram.

 

Its a funny hobby amdram. Auditions, intensity, exposed. Highs and lows…

 

A roller coaster ride if you will.

 

Love,

 

Harleyxx

 

 

 

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OVERHYPING

Ok the boy wonder @albiestar has been overhyping this…

Catch the high…

So we had a flick through @timeout (we’re trying to be included… shoot for the moon kids…)

So we set off to Wapping. We read something about something called The Wapping Project.

And there… nestling amoungst the depressed teenagers and shit filled cesspools… was a thing of wonder…

We went underground to discover a heavenly host of women squealing like dolphins…

Yes we didnt make something good sound shit for once!

Go!

love,

Harleyxx

Here’s a pic…

Here’s a link… Tho it leaves you none the wiser…

The Wapping Project

Here’s a map… you go through the restaurant… well if you dont ask you don’t get…

If you potter around our various social media dominions you’ll find audio and naughty video…

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LOOK AT ME

Look at me blogging again!

Today me and the boy wonder went on a photo walk.

It was almost so unbelievably exciting that we exploded.

Because it combined photography with art galleries.

Which could be any day.

But its good to have an excuse.

STEP ONE… Instagram…

Now available on Android as well as Apple.

http://instagr.am/

If we detach our photosnobcircuits there’s a lot that can be achieved with this little app and an iphone and even more with a few more little apps.

We like…

http://www.fxphotostudioapp.com/

and…

http://picfx.co/

No ones paying us! They should… i need to move off basics dog food… its soul destroying.

STEP 2…

There are lovely people like you who are very fond of taking pix with their phones.

http://www.meetup.com/Instagram/London-GB/

STEP 3 IS…

LONDON

There are 1000s of galleries in this city providing incredible eye food for free.

Today we went on a tour with this…

South London Art Map

 

 

 

South London Art Map

But we love East London too.

They reasonably suggest a donation for a bit of extra insight and convenience but really…

Art Galleries in London… Time Out London

Fly my prettys!

love,

Harleyxx

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REMOTE

Its been a while.

Quit your whining we’ve been depressed.

So today was board games in Crouch End. Nothing to write home about or indeed nothing to write to the universe about. Pleasant.

We like pleasant.

Yesterday we did the highbrow low brow thing.

Its a theme if you will.

You can make up your mind which is which.

We began learning how to invigilate @thestonespace.

Its a gallery in Leytonstone. Nearly as desirable as Hornsey.

The current exhibition is called ‘Remote Cities’ by Eleanor Bedlow.

Im cutting and pasting cos im lazy…

In ‘Remote Cities’, Bedlow introduces us to an imagined landscape from a surreal world where the Imaginary cities that occupy her mind are formulated into models and then into drawings. For the first time, extracts from these imaginary cities will be shown as sculptures alongside her drawing.
Either through migration or growing up, the places that we remember occupying, change and leave us to become a memory.” 

Like they said. Hey, I’m busy actually doing stuff.

Followed it up with… wait for it…

Wait for it…

An Orient win!

I think they actually played well but we having a bit of an internal time of it but at least it wasn’t too cold.

Aaand finally… we sashayed to the Maureen Paley gallery in Bethnal Green for much chillingness…

Stick this is your blogpipe and smoke it… re: Thomas Eggerer exhibition…

In the exhibition, Eggerer continues to develop his interest in portraying groups of people in large spatial expanses. In addition, he explores a more focused study of piano virtuoso Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, shown at his piano in three new portraits.

Its true.

Thomas Eggerer was born in Munich, Germany and studied painting at the Art Academy in Munich. In the mid-1990s he collaborated with Jochen Klein on a series of projects relating to questions of identity and public space

Damn we were meant to make this blog ‘Easilly digestible with a cup of tea. And a digestive.” Elevator pitch. I can do business.

Anyway you’ve had all you can take.

In other news we’ve been falling apart and doing hospital radio.

Thankyou and goodnight.

Love,

Harleyxx

http://thestonespace.wordpress.com/

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TRANQUIL

Today’s post is to be called tranquil because me and the boy @albiestar have been trying to calm down from the stresses of illness, wives, london and lonely.

The first thing we did was predictably go to an art gallery. This was a new 1. It was in Bow. Its was surreal. Wunderkammer. Cabinets. Wierd shit. The boy wants to do a rival blog on them. He wont… He doesnt stick with things.

Anyway, the exhibition was v cool and big in ideas in a kinda ‘what is art’ way. Students from Wimbledon Art School. It was new and old and quirky and traditional and encompassed, er, everything.

People liked a projection of someone with writing paper on an actual table.

Coolio.

Combine with free choral evensong therapy in st pauls. We dont do god on this blog but we do do great singing and we do do amazing buildings.

Look im plugging Christianity.

Wrapped up with poetry jam open mike @theteabox in Richmond.

Wondrous. Lovely. Nice.

Love,

Harley xx

 

 

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HOMOGEENISE?

Another day when my owner was being all kinds of weird and sick so I took myself of to some little corners of the capital on my own…
With oyster in paw (interesting phrase) I first traipsed to glamourous Leytonstone on advice from his lordship @albiestar (“I’m always in sodding Leytonstone”).
Theres a little gallery there. Its called The Stone Space and its on the ground floor of the library building.
Now this little staffy* likes things that are short and cool and free… their current exhibition features mixed media about humogenise… I can’t spell that word… I’m a dog.
About things looking the same.
Buildings.
So if you ever find yourself in Leytonstone with 5 minutes to spare… get back on the train… no seriously theres an arts scene… there is! I shall provide links at the bottom.
All of east london is festooned with art.
Too much.
Recently your humble narrator has been subscribing to a philosophy called ‘The Artists Way’ (linkage below) by Julia which is a good excuse for pouncing around all these galleries.
Its all about releasing the inner artist (now my problem is sometimes keeping it in) and treating yourself to cultural experiences… I said “Im already there Julia… have you seen my blog?”
So after the meet up for this in the cafe at St Martins in the Crypt I fell upon an exhibition of collage stuff which was all very interesting. Bits of which are illegally spliced on my instagram. Im a devil.
Oo this is getting long… on the tube I’m bored.
Anyway it was by Leslie Bennett whose “recent work involves cutting circles out of graph paper…”

Modern art eh?

Love,

Harleyxx

*’little stuffy’ is spell checked first as ‘little stuffy’ then ‘little stiffy’

 

http://thestonespace.wordpress.com/
http://juliacameronlive.com/
http://www.smitf.org

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