Taking The Time For A Walk

Performance for Radio

10am, Friday 24th March 2006
The Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park to The Foundry, Great Eastern Street, London

[As part of the Node.London festival; broadcast on the Foundry's Late Late Breakfast Show on Resonance 104.4FM.]

Project Outline (2006)

Starting our walk from the prime meridian in Greenwich we set-off towards Old Street, taking the foot tunnel under the thames, via St. Anne's Limehouse and it's spire-top time-signal, through Stepney Green, Vallance Road, Brick Lane, Sclater Street and Shoreditch. We started somewhere in the 16th century, waving to Anne Boleyn; the lifts in the foot tunnel caught us somewhere between the 18- and 1980s; the 14 day 'notice to vacate' on the pub in White Horse Lane slapped us into a more contemporary timeframe; the almshouse clock on Whitechapel Road, stuck on 7.28; and by the time we reached our destination, with all reminiscing done, we were somewhere close to a quarter-to-one. Thanks to all who took the time.

Setting-off from The Old Royal Observatory	Setting-off from The Old Royal Observatory
St. Anne's Limehouse	Delivering the time to the Foundry's Late Late Breakfast Show on Resonance 104.4FM
(images courtesy of Rodrigo Zuniga, 2006)
Arriving at The Foundry	Memorial Clock Tower, Stepney Green
(Images courtesy of Gordon Joly)
More images on this Flickr slideshow, and here (images courtesy of Gordon Joly)