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               15.4.11 - 17th floor, the Collins' flat - click here to enlarg
6.4.11 – 17th floor, The Collins’ flat - Click here to enlarge image 27.1.11 – 18th floor – The Collins’ flat - Click here to enlarge image

Dalston Square construction site,  artist in residence -  part 2 & 3
(Oct 2009 - Apr 2010; Sept 2010 - Apr 2011)



The drawings became records of my encounters with transforming spaces. They chart the shifting relationship between building and city, the changing nature of the space as the tower block evolves through time and the emergence of domesticity, perched upon layers of raw construction. 

20.10.09 –  on site, 15th floor B Block    - Click here to enlarge image 19.11.09 on site, 12th floor B Block - Click here to enlarge image 7.10.09 – from the Print House roof, Ashwin Street- Click here to enlarge image

19.12.10 – 18th floor – The Collins’ flat- Click here to enlarge image 19.01.10 on site, 12th floor B Block - Click here to enlarge image 19.10.09 – on site, 17th floor  B Block - Click here to enlarge image
NEWS
Forthcoming artist's talk
by Alexandra Blum  'Archaeology of urban time: drawing Dalston'
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 7pm
at Dalston C.L.R James Library and Hackney Archives -  Free entry but RESERVATION ESSENTIAL
Click here for further details 

Press -  Read a review of recent solo show at the Geffrye Museum 

















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