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Field Study's Man in E11 reports on an encounter with the night soils of his Utopian park life

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Saturday 25 th October 2014 - After a long morning sitting at a table delving into an archive relating to the building of the A12/M11 Link Road I needed to stretch my legs and so I set out on a walk; one which would include some of the locations recorded in the various historical documents I was given by the archivist. There were a lot of documents and I did not have enough time to fully read through all of them. My initial visit was about getting a general idea of what was available rather than making a more detailed exploration of the archived local history. In the three hours I spent at the archive I made a brief note of each document I looked at. One such document was a copy of a report made by the: ‘Remembrancer/Superintendent of Epping Forest’ Ref’ no. PD/MY/SEF55/92/REM/44 Date of Report – 5/10/92 Subject – City of London (Various Powers) Act 1990 – Exchange (of?) Land The report, according to my brief reading and notes, concerns land exchanges made beca...

Field 25th October 2014

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Field 25th October 2014

Sunday 19th October 2014

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Field 18th October 2014

Field Study's Man in E11 reflects on the loss of local Utopian history repeating itself

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Until today it was 5 years since I last did Graeme Miller’s ‘Linked’ walk. ‘Linked’ is an audio art installation situated alongside the route of the A12/M11 Link Road. The installation was created in 2003 and is frequently presented as a permanent public art work. Access to the audio element of ‘Linked’ requires the use of bespoke listening equipment. The equipment is, according to various sources, freely available to borrow from some local libraries, museums and the commissioning organisations, Arts Admin and Museum of London. 5 years ago (‘Linked’ then being 6 years old) I experienced some difficulties obtaining the listening equipment from the local libraries. Most of the library staff had no knowledge or awareness of the equipment or the art work, and they were, sometimes to my annoyance, quick to dismiss my enquiries as misguided. I did, eventually, manage to get a listening pack from Vestry House Museum after a protracted enquiry involving several members of staff of whom ju...

Saturday 11th October 2014

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Saturday 11th October 2014

Wednesday 15th October 2014

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Field 15th October 2014

Sunday 12th October 2014

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 Sunday 12th October 2014

Saturday 11th October 2014

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Field 10th October 2014

Friday 10th October 2014

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Field 9th October 2014

Thursday 9th October 2014

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Wednesday 8th October 2014

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Tuesday 7th October 2014

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Field 5th October 2014 Field 6th October 2014 

Monday 6th October 2014

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Thursday 2nd October 2014

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Thursday 2nd October 2014 Chichester Road E11 Coburg Road N22 George Lane E18 High Road E18 Broadway Gardens IG8 Snakes Lane East IG8 Palmerston Road IG9 Rous Road IG9 The Drive IG10 Traps Hill IG10 Pyrles Lane IG10 Rectory Lane IG10 Manford Way IG7 New North Road IG6 Tomswood Hill IG6 Fulwell Avenue IG5 Netley Road IG2 Perrymans Farm Road IG2 Green Lane IG3 Cleveland Road IG1 Granville Road IG1 Belgrave Road IG1 Romford Road E12 Harrow Road E11 Chichester Road E11 Harvey Road E11 High Street, Wanstead E11 Drysdale Avenue E4 Chichester Road E11

Wednesday 1st October 2014

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Wednesday 1st October 2014