Be Part of It

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Southbank London Be Part of It poster
St Thomas' Hospital Garden
The Queen's Walk, Lambeth
London, September 2014

Dolphin lamp standard

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Dolphin (sturgeon) lamp standards
Albert Embankment
South Bank
London, September 2016

“Dolphin lamp standards provide electric light along much of the Thames Embankment in London, United Kingdom. Two stylised dolphins or sturgeons writhe around the base of a standard lamp post, supporting a fluted column bearing electric lights in an opaque white globe, topped by a metal crown. Many of the lamps are mounted on granite plinths. The lamp posts were designed by George John Vulliamy and modelled by Charles Henry Driver architect of the Victoria Embankment wall and river stairs. They were based on statues of dolphins or fish with intertwined tails at the Fontana del Nettuno in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, which was constructed in 1822–23. In the late 1860s, the London Metropolitan Board of Works decided to light the new Thames embankments with electric lights, and asked for submissions of designs. Several possible designs were published in the contemporary illustrated press including the Illustrated London News and The Builder in March 1870, including Vulliamy's ‘dolphin’ design; a design by Timothy Butler decorated with climbing children and an overflowing cornucopia, cast by the Coalbrookdale Company; and a more restrained classical design by Joseph Bazalgette decorated with lion's feet, inspired by classical tripods, and modelled by S. Burnett.” (Dolphin lamp standard, Wikipedia)

Jubilee Gardens and Shell Centre

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Jubilee Gardens and Shell Centre
Belvedere Road
South Bank
London, September 2015

“The Shell Centre, in London, is one of the two central offices, and serves as the registered address, of oil major Shell (the other, its main headquarters, is in The Hague). It is located on Belvedere Road in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a prominent feature on the South Bank of the River Thames near County Hall, and now forms the backdrop to the London Eye. The original Shell Centre comprised the tower building and three now demolished adjoining nine storey wings (collectively formerly known as the ‘Upstream Building’). The original development also included a separate building known as the ‘Downstream Building’, which was separated from the Upstream Building by the railway viaduct between Charing Cross and Waterloo East. The Downstream Building was disposed of by Shell in the 1990s, and is now a block of residential apartments known as the White House, and has been heightened by a storey.” (Shell Centre, Wikipedia)

Aurora

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Aurora animatronic polar bear by Greenpeace
Shell Centre
Belvedere Road
South Bank
London, September 2015

“Greenpeace campaigners, including actress Emma Thompson, installed a animatronic polar bear the size of a double-decker bus outside Shell’s London headquarters to demonstrate against the company’s drilling in the Arctic on Wednesday. The sixty-odd activists, six of who are attached to the three-tonne bear named Aurora, moved into place at around 4am this morning. The bear will ‘roar’ throughout the morning. Greenpeace is demanding Shell halt drilling in Arctic, which the environmental group says is placing the area at extreme risk of an oil spill. Researchers claim the company's drilling is incompatible with limiting global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels.” (Greenpeace activists install giant polar bear outside Shell's London headquarters, Independent)

Southbank Skate Space

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Southbank Skate Space
Belvedere Road, South Bank
London, September 2016

Zemran

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“Zemran” by William Pye, 1971
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London, September 2016

Southbank Centre

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Southbank Centre Belvedere Road Southwark, Lambeth London, September 2016

“Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Saison Poetry Library, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room), together with the Hayward Gallery, and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracted 4.36 million visitors during 2019. Over two thousand paid performances of music, dance and literature are staged at Southbank Centre each year, as well as over two thousand free events and an education programme, in and around the performing arts venues. In addition, three to six major art exhibitions are presented at the Hayward Gallery yearly, and national touring exhibitions reach over 100 venues across the UK.” (Southbank Centre, Wikipedia)