This article starts with an image still from the film Otolith II, 2007 – featuring iconic red phone boxes.
-
Recent Posts
This article starts with an image still from the film Otolith II, 2007 – featuring iconic red phone boxes.
The ‘Out of Order’ installation, which consists of twelve tumbling telephone boxes, has been revealed after a bit of a zhuzh up. Located on Kingston’s lovely Old London Road, the sculpture has been a landmark since it was first installed in 1989.
The piece was created by David Mach, one of the UK’s most successful artists and a former lecturer at Sculpture School in Kingston. He’s known for his large scale collages and sculptures all over the world, but this one is particularly special to him. He says of the installation’s refurb: “I’m very happy to see Out of Order being refurbished. It’s one of my best outdoor sculptures. I love these boxes and isn’t it funny that even in these times and although they were removed from the British landscape, I feel they still bind us as a nation.”
Source: https://secretldn.com/telephone-box-installation-kingston/
The recent Pink Floyd exhibition held at the V&A used the iconic British phone box through-out:
A friend of mine, Hope, has just got herself some new tattoos and there is one that is pretty special to this blog:
Thanks to Shiraz for this link for the blog:
“The famous phone boxes”: a review of ‘Out of Order by David Mach
We took a holiday in Canada/USA last month and I have a few photos to post:
Banksy likes a phone box – and so, it seems, does someone else…
A bit of street art and entertainment, as seen from above, utilising the phone box (July 2016, Canary Wharf, London).