Sunday 28 September 2008

London Second Week- Thursday - South Bank and Can Carnival!

London- Free Day, on my One, doing a bit of touring:
South Bank :


so i have a day off due to some timetable confusion and i cant return early to birmingham, since i have an E Ticket, and you have to obide by thy holy book with those tickets. kinda frustrated that i cant come home early and relax, but i begin wondering wether this day may do me good.

quick phone call to ant and he suggests seeing South Bank; a well known spot across the Nation from what i can gather for the skater breed.but he seemed to rant on more about the Graff content there, and i was a bit confused as id never really heard of this spot for graff.

get off at Embankment, over the Millenium Bridge, past South Bank accidentally round the back, back on myself on the water front this time and im in fucking Nirvana.

one camera phone+ 45 minutes + a "memory full" sign on the camera + a big grin and a happy thanks phonecall to ant....check it....



















so i was cheesing. like, id just found a goldmine. never before have i seen so much colour, dimension and perfect scribble on any platform you can find. even after half an hour of photographing, i was still finding little sneaky pieces above me, below me, on the lights, and corners.

theres a kid you can see taging up, goes by the name of "One" who i get chatting to. he questions me after i say "i dont think ive ever seen so much graff in one place"

"serious brav'? ever ben to can carnival...s only da'an the road...its Banksys local spot, more graff than Sa'aaf Bank easy"


i dont believe him...


but we carry on 5 minutes from the London eye, and fuck me (s'cuse my Francais) he werent lying. but this was Art. spray can art. of all forms. stencils (by the thousand) cunning thought provoking pieces, portraits, murals, huge layups, stickers, all in a quarter mile tunnel. no wonder they caled it a carnival, place was illuminated with colour....














amazing find, but my phone memory was jam packed...ill return to the spot many a time with bare people. wanna get Amy down with her camera too, get some nice crisp shots. definately a photographers spot.

shouts to A Force for the link, and "One" for being a guide.

*toast to South Bank and Can Carnival, Graff hotspots of the UK*

peace x

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

yh yh this one kool 4 putting the pics up