Flooded London

Canary Wharf - A Spot of Fishing

What if the Thames burst it's banks? Did I say 'what'? I meant 'when'. Displacing the Dome and submerging Soho, Squint/Opera have created a series of beautiful images of a Flooded London to enlighten us as to the everyday, underwater. It wouldn't be the first time either - back in 1814 a brewery spilled its 1.2 million litre load into Tottenham Court Road, killing eight people. True story. Sadly, it's not likely to be beer that gets us next time.


St Mary Woolnath - Rich Pickings

What with global warming frying the poles at an alarming rate, it's only a matter of time before the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed. There's even a book (and subsequent disaster flick) about it. It might seem like we're all doom'n'gloom on the future over at Don't Panic, but these images show the optimistic regeneration of a city going about its business, already well accustomed to the heightened tideline.


St Pauls - A Late Afternoon Plunge

Being part of the London Festival of Architecture, the images make an interesting statement about the authority carried by buildings. The floods bring with them a kind of egalitarianism that removes the power structures from Canary Wharf and St Pauls, turning them from temples of commerce and worship to practical places for fishing and swimming.

Gallery - Ressurection Experiments

Through techniques of photography, 3D modelling and digital manipulation, Squint has achieved a modern imitation of techniques that hark back to super-idealistic Victorian landscape painters. In the above image, a gallery space becomes a workshop as we see scavengers rigging dynamos to power lightbulbs.


Honour Oak - Suburban Bucolia

And Kevin Kostner's nowhere to be seen.

The Squint/Opera exhibit can be seen until 27 July at the Medcalf Bar, 40 Exmouth Market EC1R.
If you'd be interested in purchasing prints of any of these works, they are available in limited runs of 100 from andrew@squintopera.com

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