http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/10/10/chord-inside-the-kingsway-subway-tunnel/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:10:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/10/10/chord-inside-the-kingsway-subway-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 Inside Kingsway Tram Subway « 853 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:07:16 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=1652#comment-2447 [...] also: Diamond Geezer, Time Out Big Smoke, Ian Visits, Caroline’s Miscellany. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Strike Stops London [...] [...] also: Diamond Geezer, Time Out Big Smoke, Ian Visits, Caroline’s Miscellany. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Strike Stops London [...]

]]> http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/10/10/chord-inside-the-kingsway-subway-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 David Cameron Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:49:52 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=1652#comment-2446 I was a bit disappointed that the artist used new wooden rails for his device to run on - how much better it would have been had he found a new use for the still extant tram tracks some 50+ years after the trams last used them? Maybe get the old E/1 (or is it an E/3?) tram from the Covent Garden museum in the future and install it down there? What a draw that would be ... I was a bit disappointed that the artist used new wooden rails for his device to run on – how much better it would have been had he found a new use for the still extant tram tracks some 50+ years after the trams last used them?
Maybe get the old E/1 (or is it an E/3?) tram from the Covent Garden museum in the future and install it down there?
What a draw that would be …

]]> http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/10/10/chord-inside-the-kingsway-subway-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Phil Clark Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:52:30 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=1652#comment-2441 Popped down yesterday evening and they have since banned photography of the installation itself. Apart from the visual stimulation of the work itself and the cavernous eerie environment I was struck by the groaning of the machines as they wound the thread and shifted position. It was like there were two mythical beasts communicating with each other. Popped down yesterday evening and they have since banned photography of the installation itself.
Apart from the visual stimulation of the work itself and the cavernous eerie environment I was struck by the groaning of the machines as they wound the thread and shifted position. It was like there were two mythical beasts communicating with each other.

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