Temporary markers...

Rotting mansions and Ballard interviews

Today's items of interest from the web and the media; at Ballardian there's a piece on the publication of a collection of JG Ballard interviews, and in the online Guardian a report on a street of rotting mansions in Hampstead.

semi - drained swimming pool, the link between these two stories.

Skateboarders for the South Bank

From The Guardian, 1 January 2014.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/01/southbank-undercroft-protesters-objections-town-hall

December 2013, wake up BUU!

BUU has been dormant for the past year. As the end of 2013 approaches it's maybe time to revive the blog… two more objects observed in the local environment, Møhlenpris, Bergen.
In the spirit of BUU's various photographic expeditions, see Alec Shepley's "Skipology" and visit Re:place for recent activities.

Urban artefacts 2012: Damsgård, Bergen and around

A small selection of images from walking tours in Bergen 2012.

Lost, abandoned, forgotten things.

Surfaces that look like art.

retro radio teeshirt print in the park

obsolete advertising for consumer electronics

Bjarne Blakstad's dead cassette machine

safety belt

amphibious vehicle

De.collage, street art

To see a man about a dog in the window / colour fields

Photos, December 2012

Some images to keep this (sleeping) blog alive. No special narrative here, just a random selection of recent photos.

red stripe triangle at Sydnesplass, University of Bergen

Mystery sculptor in the woods, an assemblage that changes periodically

Shard from the Tate Modern roof

Destination London: empty

The Blackfriars Ghost Bridge reflected

Dead decks

Dead spa

But butt butt

Canine street art

Secret Soviet Cities

http://bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/secret-soviet-cities.html