My long-term project Go for Gold! (2006) engages with the places and spaces of the Lower Lea Valley on the eve of their disappearance. In the near future the Lower Lea Valley landscapes is going to undergo a massive transformation and will be replaced by the structures of the 2012 Olympic project. This Olympic project will attempt to eliminate all traces of the past and impose an entirely new reality.
The titles of my images denote the sites’ future and evoke discordance. Although the future is currently invisible, it is at the same time present through the approaching and impending Olympic masterplan. “Go for Gold!“ critiques the use of regeneration to bolster London’s status as a global economic centre at the expense of the local inhabitants’ needs.
A series of images was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 exhibition.
All images: digital C-type
prints. 20x20 inches, edition of 5 (+ 2 AP). 10x10 inches, edition of 8 (+2 AP).
