Ahh… this is the life – on the South Bank
The 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain is being celebrated on one of its original sites this summer – the South Bank. The Festival includes an exhibtion by Tracey Emin at the Hayward Gallery, Wayne Hemmingway’s Vintage festival, Ray Davies curating Meltdown at the Royal Festival Hall and lots of outdoor art and fun – including a man-made beach.
The last day of preparations and the next day it was all finished for Londoners to enjoy until September.
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- Preparations
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- More preparations
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- An urban fox – made of straw
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- Building work
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- Building a new venue – for artists and participants
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- The South Bank
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- Building the beach
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- Relaxing in the afternoon sun
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- Enjoying that beach
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- Well you’ve got to bury someone on a beach, haven’t you?
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- Just hanging around
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- Reading now, maybe fish and chips later
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- Enjoying that beach – with or without the tartan rug and rock pools
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- You’ve got to bury someone on the beach – preferably Dad
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- Making sand angels
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- The obligatory beach photo
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- If you’re going to write and listen to music, is there a better place?
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- Reading the poems at the Lion and the Unicorn installation
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- Reading the poems at the Lion and the Unicorn installation
