Art Angel Audio

 

I spent a warm afternoon walking around Whitechapel and Spitalfields a few weeks ago, guided by Janet Cardiff via an audio piece commissioned by Art Angel in 1999. 'Part urban guide, part detective story, part film noir, this audio walk transports individual listeners on foot through the streets and alley ways of Spitalfields, a historic part of London next to the City.'  The audio piece is great - disorientating and distracting in a good way! And I loved walking around the back streets of Spitalfields, something I don't do very often despite living so close. Very uplifted by all the colour of prayer matts, printed wax fabric, market stall dresses...

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Whitechapel

As the Nation's windows fill with rainbows drawn by children for NHS workers - in Whitechapel saris' have been used to create an alternative version.

I love Whitechapel, normally so lively and bustling! Yesterday I walked down a very quiet Mile End Road, noticing lots of buildings and shops for the first time. Like the rainbows, all over London messages of positivity are popping up.

From houses and flats to billboards and graffiti, it's great to see street art of one form or another being used to buoy each other along.