Capital Growth

Mayday 2009

Each of the following paintings are in oils and were left at intervention
sites to fate, the elements, the police, security guards, art-lovers...

Photographer for all Mayday installation images - Kristian Buus.
Photographer of 'before' shots - Alana Jelinek.
Paintings by Alana Jelinek.

All images and text copyrighted under Creative Commons Licence


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BLACCXN headquarters. Teak floors with computers and work chairs bordered by plush carpet area with black leather chesterfield.

BLACCXN headquarters placed at Olympic site

15.15 1 May 2009

BLACCXN at Olympic site, sponsors of all aspects of culture including sport
Bike riding along the Greenway near Olympic site sponsored by BLACCXN
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2

Lloyds of London building original interior with deep blue carpet, hard wood workstations, files and a hint of the famous escalators.

Lloyds of London original 1980s interior placed at Science Museum
on the Energy floor sponsored by BP (and others) in the area devoted to
celebrating shipping innovation

10.00 1 May 2009
painting of lloyds building interior in the science museum celebrating the shipping industry which first opened up Empire and the potential for capital growth
Lloyds painting in context of shipping display
visitors to the site
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London Metal Exchange - the last London exchange with real people doing hand signals and deals in person. On view are the garish coloured carpets that form the LME logo including red leather seating

Interior of London Metal Exchange, where primary commodities like the
products of mining and the plastics industry are traded in person using
arcane hand gestures. Placed at the Ministry of Defence site on
Victoria Embankment

09.00 1 May 2009
London Metal Exchange at Ministry of Defence
Police presence at site - not including the agent who filmed the procedure
From the distance - leaving the Metals Exchange to police, nature, art-lovers
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London Stock Exchange boardroom with subtle tone carpet and beautiful hardwood table in the shape of a C

Interior of London Stock Exchange boardroom placed at Tate Modern

07.00 1 May 2009
Boardroom of the London Stock Exchange at Tate Modern
Looking from the Millennium bridge towards the city and canary wharf
passers-by and the C of the boardroom table of the London Stock Exchange
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Interior of London Stock Exchange foyer with security system, sofas and a commissioned sculpture which relates to the live exchange figures

Interior of London Stock Exchange foyer placed at Unilever Science
Building, University of Cambridge

17.45 1 May 2009
Foyer of London Stock Exchange at Unilever Science Building of Molecular Informatics
Molecular Informatics Unilever Cambridge University. Foyer of London Stock Exchange with steps, security points, easy chairs and artwork
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Interior of computer room and hub of real activities at London Stock Exchange

Interior of the computer hub of the London Stock Exchange placed at
Canary Wharf

13.45 1 May 2009
Interior computer hub of London Stock Exchange at Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, now part of Canary Wharf Group

Desks, waste paper bin and carpet from interior computer hub of London Stock Exchange. According to a man working at BP at Canary Wharf that we spoke to while we placed the painting, it looks very like his office.
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This area is private property though it appears to be public.
As private property, permission is required to photograph; all forms of
protest or behaviour that does not accord with commerce are proscribed.
City Hall, London, is another such area.


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