WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY MERVYN DAY?

Date: 24th June

Venue: British Library Conference Centre

6.00pm

Tickets £5 pre booking only.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY MERVYN DAY?

Continuing the band Saint Etienne's deep seated fascination with the city of London and its inhabitants and buildings,  What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day? is set in the vast mysterious pylon-covered wasteland that is the Lower Lea Valley, East London, on the eve of the Olympic redevelopment. Through the eyes of a paperboy on his first day at work, the band and film crew race against time to document buildings, landmarks and people before they disappear to make way for stadiums, spacious plazas and Olympic villages. With an accompanying musical score by Saint Etienne and narration by David Essex and Linda Robson. UK 2005 Dir. Paul Kelly 45 min

Other Camden events include:

• An Architecture, Art and Design Fair in the British Library Forecourt 23rd-25th June
• Exhibitions on railings outside Camden buildings, explaining their history or plans for how they might change 16th-25th June
• An audience with William Barlow (deceased) – the 19th century engineer of St Pancras Station 23rd-24th June
• Urban Carpet – an outdoor carpet which conveys the plans for the redevelopment of King’s Cross, on which children and adults can play hopscotch! 17th-25th June
• Photographs by Minnie Weisz taken from a pinhole camera in King’s Cross 17th-25th June
• The Passeggiata – an architectural take on a traditional Italian stroll through a village, stopping, eating, drinking and looking along the journey between Borough and King’s Cross.
• The Argyle Square Sound Trail – walk around the streets of King’s Cross listening to the memories of the people who have known the area for up to 80 years. Download the map and audio tour at www.kingscrossvoices.org.uk  19th-25th June

Tickets available from LAB ticket hotline: 0870 247 1207 (booking fee applies) or visit www.londonbiennale.org.uk (no fee)