DEPTFORD
X 2007 @ FRAMEWORK STUDIOS and DEPTFORD DESIGN FESTIVAL @ COCKPIT
ARTS September 2007
D=f(m,b,c)
A ludicrous concept!
In 2005, Deptford High Street came top of the
table as the city's most interesting high street. A mathematical
formula was devised for Yellow Pages to measure diversity:
D = f (m, b, c), where m is a wide mix of businesses, b the
availability of everyday goods, and c the presence of a large
number of businesses selling the same kind of thing.
FiveToNine wanted to comment on this idea...
Indeed, on Deptford High Street there are 16 grocers selling
bananas, you may find the same plastic bowls in 9 pound shops,
you can make a bet in 6 bookies, buy fish in 8 places, get
your hair done at 12 salons, and pick up a wig at 6 beauty
outlets.
A proliferation
of wigs and bananas and endless sodding
pound shops led to the images being given a Warhol makeover,
thus referencing ideas of consumerism, mass production
and the glamorisation of everyday objects.
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