Whilst chatting to the man at Outsider tart the woman on the next stall recognized my accent and we got chatting. I told her that I was doing a blog based on the monopoly board and she suggested going to The British Library which was close by on the Euston Road, so I did. It was a couple of minutes walk away. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a good photograph of it. I did however take a couple of pictures of a large sculpture outside by Eduardo Paolozzi. The Library itself is the National Library of the United Kingdom and based on the number of items catalogued, is the largest library in the world. It was previously part of the British Museum but was detached from the museum in 1973. The present location was officially opened by the Queen in 1998 and is a classified as a grade 1 listed building of exceptional interest for its architecture and history. As well as being a major research library, with items in many different languages and in many formats, both print and digital, it hosts various exhibitions throughout the year. During my visit I was lucky enough to come across 'Imaginary Cities' by Michael Takeo Magruder. The highlight for me was a virtual reality cityscape based on New York city which is generated anew each day to reflect the live, ever-changing visitor data of the historical map on Flickr Commons. This was my first virtual reality experience. Although the exhibition is no longer there here is a link to it, certainly makes for good reading. https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2019/april/imaginary-cities http://www.takeo.org/ https://www.bl.uk/ http://www.artnet.com/artists/sir-eduardo-paolozzi/ I could have written so much about the library, Eduardo Paolozzi, Michael Takeo Magruder and Imaginary cities but that could have been a lifetimes work, so instead I put in some links, all well worth a look.
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