Bridge
Slightly muddled exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands looking at the significance of bridges in the London landscape. I’ve had to get that that description off the museum’s website as I wasn’t quite sure what story the exhibition was trying to tell although it had some great pictures in it and was very visually stimulating. Was it talking about the history of bridges, the building of them, the social impact or just how nice they look? It seemed to be a bit of all of these which meant as a whole it lacked focus. I liked the idea put forward that that the river both unites London, as it runs from east to west but also divides the north from the south. Also the idea that bridges are part of views, can frame views and can be the place from which you view a scene. I loved some photographs by George Davison Reid in the 1930s taken over three years and representing a walk along the river. Also Piranesi’s design for a bridge at Blackfriars although he never came to Lo...