Three Crosses of Queensbridge
Commissioned by the Drawing Room, London for Sounds Like Drawing, 2005. Curated by Anthony Huberman, Curator at Sculpture Center, New York. Exhibition funded by The Henry Moore Foundation and The Foyle Foundation.
Media: Audio CD, 12W FM transmitter, radio antenna, radio receivers attached to bicycles, maps, Really Nice compressor, stereo mixing desk.
Audio work for radios attached to bicycles cycled along route as marked. Made from digital processings of tiny sounds captured along it, including descending planes, passing birds, car sound systems, sirens and computer hums.
THE SCORE.
RIGHT OUT OF THE DRAWING ROOM AND FIRST RIGHT ALONG HAGGERSTON ROAD.
OVER BRIDGE PAST ALL SAINTS CHURCH ON YOUR RIGHT.
JUST BEFORE SHOPS, RIGHT UP SCRIVEN STREET.
AT T, LEFT ONTO MAIN ROAD, QUEENSBRIDGE RD.
SECOND RIGHT ALONG ALBION DRIVE.
AT BIG FIG TREE, FORK BACK RIGHT ALONG SHRUBLAND ROAD .
PAST CORRUGATED TIN CHURCH, LEFT DOWN MARLBOROUGH AVENUE.
AT FIREGATE, RIGHT ALONG BROWNLOW ROAD.
AT T, LEFT ALONG QUEENSBRIDGE RD.
AT REGENTS ROW, CANAL BRIDGE, WHERE THE RUSTY SHOREDITCH HOOK THAT GLOWS BLUE IN THE DARK, GO LEFT DOWN TO CANAL AND LEFT ALONG CANAL PATH.
JUST AFTER LOCK GATES, BEFORE BRIDGE, LEFT UP PATH SIGNED BROADWAY MARKET.
RIGHT ONTO THAT ROAD AND IMMEDIATE RIGHT CROSSING CANAL.
STRAIGHT OVER MINI ROUNDABOUT UP GOLDSMITHS ROW.
PAST ALBION PUB + LALSHALLAH GROCERS AND CROSS ROAD TO FOLLOW CYCLE PATH.
RIGHT THROUGH 1ST GATE INTO PARK, LEFT ALONG BUMPY PATH THROUGH TREES.
AT END RIGHT PAST CITY FARM, THEN RIGHT WITH FOOTBALL PITCH ON YOUR LEFT.
AT BRICK WALL AT END LEFT AND STRAIGHT TO MAIN ROAD.
RIGHT ONTO QUEENSBRIDGE RD(MAIN ROAD), 1ST LEFT ONTO KENT STREET.
1ST LEFT ONTO THURTLE ROAD, BEND ROUND TO RIGHT BY SCHOOL AND ROUND TO RIGHT AT WEYMOUTH TERRACE SO THAT YOU CROSS IN FRONT OF FELLOWS COURT.
FOLLOW COURTYARD THROUGH AND ONTO HOWS STREET.
1ST LEFT ONTO APPLEBY STREET, AND RIGHT AT PEARSON STREET BY ST MARY’
S GARDEN PROJECT.
AT T, RIGHT ALONG MAIN RD, KINGSLAND RD.
STRAIGHT OVER TRAFFIC LIGHTS BUT MOVE TO RH LANE TO GO 1ST RIGHT JUST BEFORE THE MOSQUE.
THIS IS LABURNUM STREET. GO THROUGH TUNNEL UNDER BRIDGE.
PAST SCHOOL BEING PULLED DOWN, AND DOWN TO END ON YOUR LEFT IS THE DRAWING ROOM. COMPLETE.