Highbury/ Stoke Newington / Dalston / Brick Lane
Leave it to city surfaces to tell the stories of our times, even during lockdown. This is an ever-so-limited perspective of a city that seems far and is dearly missed, but remains accessible in a compressed, guarded, hyperlocal iteration.
First block of photos is from seven weeks into lockdown, which started on 23 March 2020 in the UK. More will follow.
Surfaces are archives.
Surfaces are commons.
Surfaces are cities.
Fixed drips on NHS stencil 
The new normal 
High density 
Rocky outcrops in vast oceans 
High intensity 
Don’t care homes 
Adjust your resolution 
Be kind 
We try our very best 
Torn kindness 
2 metres market distance 
Mark Titchner x Jack Arts 
Shut 
ASB hotline 
The grid 
Notices everywhere 
Decommissioned billboard 
Bay gallery 
Clapping instructions 
TAKEAWAY 
Sidewalk rainbow 
Window gratitude 
Clap for nurses’ pay rise x XR 
PPE 4 TRANSPORT 
Decollage 
Superheroes wear scrubs 
When all this is over, what will you miss the most? 
Not having to wear make up 
Limit your use 
Sidewalk ownership 
And once the clapping stops? Key workers are not just for pandemics. They are for life. 
Surface activation 
Performance 
Domestic displays 
Sidewalk takeover 
Pride on show 
HAHAHAHA 
Not just clapping: funding// Tories broke the NHS// No more denial 
Post Covid green new deal// Justice for workers 
Veggies and heroes 
Staying at home is class privilege 
SHN 
National Gov’t now. No more Tory cuts to NHS 
No distancing from homelessness 
[*] 
Closed 
Hope 
(but have a nice day) 
Hoarding bog roll is an insult to your intelligence. Don’t be a dick. 
Chalk action 
Reverse praise 
Behaviour guidance 
Do not use the bench 
Delivery roulette 
Kind kind kind 
Designated areas 
Runners 
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How much is 2 metres? 
No valuables inside 
I am around…. 
Heart/break 
Stay safe 
Contact us via email 
Sorry 
Wetherspoons 
Community support 
Until further notice
