Blockbusters
Gail, Wim and I revisited the Met Art Police's HQ in Shoreditch this morning, to see how the new recruits are getting on. After signing in, we were immediately ushered through to the drill area at the back of the building. One of their officers (also named Alan) admitted that on their first day they had all been suffering from 'Writer's Block'. However he said that they had all managed to 'break through this' by putting 'one community officer in charge of each colour' and that gave them the inspiration to create a 'blockbuster' {sic}.
While they finished pumping up the action, Alan asked us what Gail and I thought....we answered politely by nodding and saying - 'yes, interesting' and asked if they had considered using any curved lines. Alan winked and said that the crew had all agreed to concentrate first on getting up some straight lines from A to B, because that seemed difficult enough at this scale. He promised that once they had all mastered that skill, they would be testing out a large 'flexicurve' which is part of their new kit.
We made our excuses by saying that we had to get back to the studio to send a few tweets...there was a weird silence then, but the whole crew looked seriously relieved when we said that will be visiting again next week.
Thanks to Gail and Wim Vandenbussche for taking a few photos today even with all that wet paint flying about.
Alan, Prank Sky Media, Highgate, London
Blockbusters
Gail, Wim and I revisited the Met Art Police's HQ in Shoreditch this morning, to see how the new recruits are getting on. After signing in, we were immediately ushered through to the drill area at the back of the building. One of their officers (also named Alan) admitted that on their first day they had all been suffering from 'Writer's Block'. However he said that they had all managed to 'break through this' by putting 'one community officer in charge of each colour' and that gave them the inspiration to create a 'blockbuster' {sic}.
While they finished pumping up the action, Alan asked us what Gail and I thought....we answered politely by nodding and saying - 'yes, interesting' and asked if they had considered using any curved lines. Alan winked and said that the crew had all agreed to concentrate first on getting up some straight lines from A to B, because that seemed difficult enough at this scale. He promised that once they had all mastered that skill, they would be testing out a large 'flexicurve' which is part of their new kit.
We made our excuses by saying that we had to get back to the studio to send a few tweets...there was a weird silence then, but the whole crew looked seriously relieved when we said that will be visiting again next week.
Thanks to Gail and Wim Vandenbussche for taking a few photos today even with all that wet paint flying about.
Alan, Prank Sky Media, Highgate, London