Olympic Site Circumambulation

Olympic Site Circumambulation
‘Tourism is sin, and travel on foot a virtue’, the seventh point of the twelve point charter Minnesota Declaration by Werner Herzog.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Beginning: 9:30 am on the concourse outside the Stratford Tube Station
End: 7:00 pm on the concourse outside at the Stratford Tube Station
I walked around the grounds of the XXX Olympiade in London’s east end, as close to the security fence as allowable, gathering rubbish and litter and disposing them in dust and rubbish bins along the way. As a sign of my activity and to mark the site (the route) I deposited 24 hollow amphorae cast in beeswax. The amphorae were left for anyone to see, pick up, take home or ignore. I started and ended the walk on the concourse outside the Stratford Tube Station. I began at 9:30 am and ended where I started at 7:00 pm.
Embossed on the beeswax amphorae is my web site www.dougscholes.ca. I have had one person contact me as a result of finding an amphora and seeing the address.
At the beginning of the walk in the Westfield Mall, I asked people from the General Public to take pictures using my camera. With only a few exceptions, all complied willingly, at times directing me.
All photos were taken on an iPhone 4s because of its portability and disposability. Like so much of the rubbish I collected, the iPhone is ultimately disposable as it is not designed to be modified or repaired, rather put aside in favour of a newer version.

The following 77 images recreate a chronological account of the Olympic Site Circumambulation.

77 – On the steps beside the Stratford Tube Station concourse leading toward the Westfield Mall. Photo – DS

76 – Shadow of a Rubbish Picker. Photo – DS

75 – Depositing a beeswax amphora. Photo – General Public

74 – Amphora. Photo – DS

73 – Walking into the Westfield Mall across the pedestrian bridge. Photo – General Public

72 – Picking up litter. Photo – General Public

71 – Inside the Westfield Mall. Photo – General Public

70 – Outside Westfield Mall, near the Stratford Mall. Photo – DS

69 – Shadow of a Rubbish Picker. Photo – DS

68 – Halal restaurant view. Photo – General Public

67 – Photo – General Public

66 – Photo – General Public

65 – Shadow of a deposit. Photo – DS

64 – Missed it, or don’t care. Photo – DS

63 – Found it! Photo – DS

62 – Collecting along a narrow walkway. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

61 – Outdoor strip mall rotunda: deposit. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

60 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

59 – Curiousity. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

58 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

57 – Bus Shelter. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

56 – Roundabout. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

55 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

54 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

53 – Planting an amphora. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

52 – Planted amphora in the middle of a traffic roundabout. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

51 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

50 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

49 – Directions. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

48 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

47 – Olympic podium moment. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

46 – Inside the Rubbish Picker’s box. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

45 – Beside the Rubbish Picker’s box. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

44 – Walking the North side of the Olympic site. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

43 – Photo – Nicole Mauloni

42 – Helicopter surveillance was omnipresent. Photo – Nicole Mauloni

41 – Photo – DS

40 – Photo – DS

39 – Photo – DS

38 – Deposit just outside the SPACE’s White Building. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

37 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

36 – Draining cans of their Coke. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

35 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

34 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

33 – Private security, who gave more hassles than the police. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

32 – Interest and questions about my project. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

31 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

30 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

29 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

28 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

27 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

26 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

25 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

24 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

23 – Rubbish deposit. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

22 – Blue Wall. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

21 – Conversation. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

20 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

19 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

18 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

17 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

16 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

15 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

14 – Another deposit in another rubbish bin. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

13 – Conversation. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

12 – Blondin Street deposit. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

11 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

10 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

09 – Conversation. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

08 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

07 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

06 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

05 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

04 – Yellow Wall. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

03 – Final deposit at the stairs leading to the Stratford Tube Station concourse and the Westfield Mall.
Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

02 – Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

01 – Finale. Photo – Sasha Litvintseva

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