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 ROLLING GHERKIN TO KNEBWORTH DEMONSTRATION 10AM FRIDAY
Mark McGowan, artist-in-residence for this year's Salvo Fair, will be somersaulting from the Gherkin in London to Knebworth House in Hertfordshire in June and he hopes to arrive by the start of the fair on 1st July 2006.
Mark will be doing some sample leaps, each over a pile of bricks on a reclaimed door, for the benefit of interested journalists and press photographers on the pavement outside the Gherkin at 10am on Friday 5th May.
Why the Gherkin?
Mark is starting at the Gherkin because the Baltic Exchange, that used to be on the site, will be for sale at the Salvo Fair. The Baltic Exchange was a no-expense-spared Beaux Arts extravaganza which contained the finest materials the world's biggest shipping companies could buy and was probably the last building of its type ever built. When the building's structure was damaged in an explosion the exterior marble cladding and fab interiors were carefully dismantled and stored prior to the rebuild, but the rebuild never happened. Instead the decision was taken to build the Gherkin. Eventually an architectural salvage dealer bought the remains, which were shipped from Reading to Manchester and finally to Kent. And yes, they will be taken to the Salvo Fair at Knebworth this year where they will be displayed by the current owner, Dennis Buggins of Extreme Architecture.
Why the somersaulting?
Mark McGowan is going head over heels to Knebworth as his way of saying that more salvage should be reclaimed and reused and less recycled and destroyed. This is what he says: 'In an extraordinary art performance environmentally conscious artist Mark McGowan is intending to roll head over heals on top of a door for 40 miles. Sponge will be strapped onto his head and back he will then attempt to dive over four household bricks which are placed on top of a door which has hinges in the middle and then move the door along, this incredible feat of endurance will be repeated for 40 miles from London to Knebworth.'
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LASSCO ROPEWALK RELOCATION SALE
SERIOUS RELOCATION SALE. Demolition Imminent!
LASSCO Ropewalk is holding a MOVING SALE from Tuesday 3rd May to Thursday 14th May 2005 due to the demolition of the premises prior to redevelopment. Surplus stock to clear includes architectural antiques and salvage, old doors, baths, basins, radiators, flooring, metalwork. Everything must go!! No reasonable offer refused!!!
Telephone:
Main switchboard 020 7394 2100.
Flooring 020 7394 2101.
Radiators, kitchens and bathrooms 020 7394 2102.
Architectural salvage, doors and metalwork 020 7394 2103.
LASSCO Ropewalk, 41 Maltby Street, Bermondsey, London SE1 3PA.
PLEASE NOTE: LASSCO Ropewalk in Maltby Street, Bermondsey is relocating. LASSCO St Michaels in the church in Mark Street, Shoreditch IS NOT relocating.
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RETROUVIUS OPEN CHRISTMAS SHOP IN LONDON
Retrouvius has opened a shop in London for the run up to Christmas in the former Quiet Revolution cafe at 49 Old Street (near Westland and LASSCO?) transforming it into an emporium of post war design goodies from Basil Spence designed desks to vintage accessories and books, to pieces by up and coming designers including lampshades by William Warren and cushions by Rhonda Drakeford of Multistorey. So whether your designer/architect loved-one craves a rosewood desk or 1940s cookery book for Christmas this is the perfect retro-modern retail therapy. Prices range from £2 to £2,000. Mon - Fri 11 to 7.
[Photo: Adam Hills of Retrouvius seen during a recent DTI sponsored export sales trip to Tokyo
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