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OK, so I've added the ones of the fantastic fish & chipper of an unusual name: 'Rock & Sole Plaice'. Those of you learning English, can you see the spelling joke? How many soles have you got? And if you are wearing shoes, how many soles have you got then? ;-) The first one to answer in the comments section qualifies for a very special prize!
Here is a bit of history from The Rock & Sole Plaice menu:
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There is still so much to tell you about last Friday: the little bookshop and art gallery near the British Museum, the pubs around there, and The Seven Dials Club and more...
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Then, there is also yesterday: a visit to POSK to meet Professor Andrzej Busza and explore the famous Polish Library there on an exclusive tour with the wonderful lady who manages it. My guests from Poland also introduced me to Ms Alina Siomkajlo, an interesting person on the Polish literary stage here in London.
But now, off to my pending duties.
Have a great Sunday!
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It's getting dark here in London. I managed to leave work for a few minutes and get myself some lunch. What a nuisance: having to work on a sunny and warm Sunday! Anyway, I met a nice Sikh family with a little daughter. The father is a chef at an Indian restaurant in Covent Garden. He bought a Gordon Ramsay's cookery book, in search of new inspirations, I suppose. Don't you find it heart-warming to see a complete family doing things together, even be it mere shopping?
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Having promised it to my friend in Basel, I'm pasting in the press release on the upcoming project of his art collective:
'The Basel Pataphysical Institute (PIB) invites to the work exhibition „Pataphysical Topologies“.
Uncommon places for exceptional views of life.
An international artist collective comes up with solutions for imaginary problems, freely adapted from the French author Alfred Jarry (1873-1907, Ubu Roi). The artists rearrange the world according to their own views, mapping the universe and inviting the visitor to live moments reminiscent of fantastic dreams. There are no rules except for the pursuit of joint activities and the verve to discover and disclose the autonomously and collectively explored environment.
In one of the last standing old backyards of the St. Johann neighborhood on the brink of demolition, we use the opportunity to bring art and culture alive outside of museum walls:
Large-sized Finnish Winterlaplandscapes of the pataphysical photographer Ursle Schneider, a 3D cartoon movie by Kresimir Popovic from Malmö, an exterristical train by Uli Beetschen a.k.a. Hans Hirsch, the Golden Thing of the Hungarian duet Waschmaschinengruppe, the wondrous machinery of Benjamin Schmid a.k.a. Hotan, drawings and pictures by the Turu Väri gang from Finland, the Jura Quadrophony by Steph Montavon, and, as an opening, the arousing sounds of Mireille&Mathieu from Berlin, and for “finissage” the singer and songwriter Marco Näf (Navel). Further guests and performances are present during the exhibition hours, and contents are modified or expanded collectively with and by the visitors.
The exhibition lasts from 5 to 26 October.
There will be daily varying activities – for details see flyer/website.
Place of exhibition: Vogesenstrasse 23, backyard, 4056 Basel
... People are so creative!
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