The plaque

This installation explores the boundary between illusional and factual events also the physicality of place and stories associated with a building and place. Whether the physicality of a building/structure or place defines itself or a story associated with them defines its value and identity of the building or place.

The blue plaque is a significant identification in British culture. With this plaque, the fate of an unvalued building can be turned into valuable no matter how the physicality of the building remains the same, it is due to the story associated with the building. Here our experiment also refers to No 49 Bankside just across St Paul Cathedral where the resident at the time claimed his building was resided by Christopher Wren around 1945 and it has become a tourist attraction even after the fact was found out, the false story itself becomes the story worthy of visiting the fake plaque. 

Importantly, Artist Gavin Turk’s famous RCA graduate piece with the blue plaque has given him instant recognition as an artist by RCA having refused to give him a degree with the work. 

Our plaques are intended to bridge between the past of Catford and the future of Catford with two fictional characters in a physical identification.

The plaques were made of polyurethane model board and modeled in 3d and routered out in a CNC machine then painted and coated over with epoxy resin.