Visit to Hayward Gallery - Light exhibition - closed
Visited BFI Mediatheque space
Considered the concept of Narrative Architectures further, and through conversations with the other MA students aimed to narrow down the concept to a specific subject.
Along the idea of a Narrative Architecture, I wanted to select a particular building or location to feature a story or storyworld. I wanted the past and present of the area, to guide the format and content of the story.
It made sense to me that it would be the best approch to consider a building/area that is local, that I could reach as a field/site visit.
My first thought was to consider the Shard and the area of London Bridge.
It was later suggested that this was a building that may not be accessed, and perhaps only on specific days such as OpenHouse360 day. Therefore I decided not to choose this building/area.
My next thought was to look at Canary Wharf and the history of the area, rendered as written stories, created in 3.js, and perhaps projected into a space. Although this area had interest, I thought that this might have limited interest, and be in particular of interest to city and financiers.
My third thought was to look at the past, present and future of the Greenwich Peninsula. My immediate thoughts were to just choose one building and explore the building through stories - The 02, Ravensbourne itself, Mitre Passage, or one of the older buildings in the area - The Pilot Inn.
It was the Pilot Inn that interested me, as the photos and stories depicted inside the Pilot Inn, visually communicate a hidden, untold past of the Greenwich Peninsula. Features such as old streets, beach scenes and old industry harked back to a time of former needs of the area.
It was recommended that I talk to people who are residents of the area.
From talking to Lola, who has a knowledge of the area gained from her work at CISCO, she suggested that I look at these groups of people.
Tourists - who occasionally visit the area
Students - who study in the area
Workers - as there will be more offices built in the area.
Residents - as there will be more housing in the area
maybe others...
She suggested that I talk to local historians and organisations:
Greenwich Libraries - which ones?
Digital Enterprise Greenwich
Trevor Dawling
Find where the local communities are, and talk to them about memories of the area.
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/greenwich/assets/histories/greenwich-peninsula
'Greenwich Marsh'
East Greenwich Gas Works, 1880
St. Andrew in the Marsh, (Church)
Dreadnought School
Greenfell Street
Boord Street
Blakeley Buildings
Idenden Cottages
Tunnel Avenue
(idea.Map the peninsula in 3.JS, with the old streets...)
Periods:
Marshland area
Industrial area
Recreation & Knowledge area
Ask
What?
Which?
Why?
Where?
How?
Identify an audience for the piece, and contact a person from a company/organisation that I would like to invite to my presentation.
Who?
I chose to visit the Pilot Inn later in the afternoon.
Collecting photos, there are some selected stories that I have written here:
PILOT INN (Est.1801)
CEYLON PLACE
New East Greenwich
1801
[image of Thames Barge]
WHITBREAD&COs FINE ALES
Miss Ruth Belville
Greenwich time would sometimes still be distributed by the physical transportation of timepieces, long after the advent of the electric telegraph. Until the 1930s, Miss Ruth Belville called at the Observatory every Monday to check her pocket chronometer before carrying it, and the correct time, around the watch and clock-makers of London.
[Greenwich Beach, c.1936]
[Entrance to Greenwich Market, c.1910]
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
LOADING AUTHORIZATION
VESSEL.....Themopylas
CARGOES to be TRANSPORTED
Fine grade China Tea
CARGO INSPECTED for TRANSPORTATION
C.Fitzallen, this 29th day of May, 1852
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Found on searching for North Greenwich buildings: Cable Factory - 'AtlanticCable.com'.
Telegraph Cable Works, Greenwich Peninsula, 1857
The first telegraph cable to be laid across the Atlantic was made at Glass and Elliott's cable factory in East Greenwich.
The finished cable was loaded on to Brunel's famous ship the "Great Eastern" and successfully laid across the Atlantic in 1866.
Alcatel, the telecommunications company, maintains that tradition at Enderby’s Wharf to this day.
http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/EnderbysWharf/index.htm
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I also plan to upload some of the photos which may be utilised in the piece.
- Go to the local libraries and council to gather further material.
- Go to Docklands museum to see what they say about the area. - is there anything that has not been told?
- Perhaps Interview one person with their thoughts on the history of the area, aiming for surprising revelations.
Look at how the area if being re-invented.
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