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Night and the City

On Wednesday we ventured into London's nightlife with David Bailey wielding a Nokia N86.
The results will be exhibited in two weeks time (see here for details on how to win VIP tickets: www.aliveatnight.co.uk) and until then, here's some pictures of the man at work.

The night began at dusk at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

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And we passed by a burlesque club in Chancery Lane…

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visited vampires in Dalston…

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a cabbie off Brick Lane…

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… and a graffiti artist's studio

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…and got friendly with meat traders in Smithfields.

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Aaaah

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Meanwhile me (David) and Nico interviewed each of our subjects…

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…whilst Jon Tapper from Wiedens ably assisted David Bailey.

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We finished at 4.30am at a bakery in Stoke Newington, but Karla and Dani were still going for it…

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We'll keep you posted on preparations for the exhibition in a couple of weeks.

Pop Me Up – Big Down Under

The Camberwell College of Art’s current window installation for our This Is Why We Meet project www.thisiswhywemeet.com, has been picked up by Channel 3 News in New Zealand.  A passing Reuters journalist saw our pop-up installation in the window of our offices on Hanbury Street, a take on a giant newsagent’s window, and was intrigued enough to come back to interview W+K’s Laura Vent, the curator of the project – and the students involved.




The students, (Philip Li, Carl Guilhon, Joel Stephens and Chris King) have created the unique pop-up advertising agency called ‘POP ME UP’.  Part-performance, part-entrepreneurial, the Pop Me Up office sells advertising space to the general public, local businesses, any organisation in fact – local residents and artists Gilbert and George participated this week.  For £1 a day, you can advertise anything you want, in any way you want in your space.

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