Squatting de Luxe by Kathrin Spirk

SQUATTING DE LUXE
A group of young artists squats luxurious mansions in Mayfair.
reportage, London 
for Neon (2009)

Beautiful piece of work, have a look at her website: 


http://www.kathrinspirk.de/portfolio/SquattingDeLuxe/70.html

The Independent's article on squatting

Home truths: 'Squatting is the perfect example of the Big Society'

They have a reputation for occupying multimillion-pound pads and dragging down the value of neighbourhoods. But could squatters actually provide the bedrock for the Government's Big Idea – even as the Justice Secretary tries to stamp them out?"

 

By Matthew Bell

Sunday, 29th May 2011

read full article on:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/home-truths-squatting-is-the-perfect-example-of-the-big-society-2288870.html 

the funny bit is that article appeared under this section:

Home > Life & Style > House & Home > Property
I suggest to add "Property Speculator's Nightmares"

lol

Grow Heathrow by Jessica Summerling

Recent work by Jessica Sumerling, who just graduated from a London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.

All images, history of the project & book about it you can find at:

http://www.jessicasumerling.com/#1545831/Grow-Heathrow

Some other interesting links

http://justicenotcrisis.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/police-eviction-first-photos-and-video/

http://www.wussu.com/squatting/s0902131.htm

http://www.wussu.com/squatting/index.htm

Amsterdam police vacates squatted buildings:
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/599-amsterdam-police-clears-squatted-buildings

David Sparrow

David Sparrow photographs settlements and places of worship focussing on the space and aesthetics of the buildings and homes people live in.

http://www.davidspero.co.uk/menu.html

Villa Road

This is well worth a read:

Villa Road squatting community

Protest and Survive - Matthew Higgs

"The city during the industrial revolution was the grand stage set of Marxist politics, and ‘Protest & Survive’ featured not only a fair share of images of street protest, but also work in which the city is explored as a space of slippage and metamorphosis. One of the most powerful examples was the photographic documentation of Valie Export’s street performances from the late 1960s, such as Tap and Touch Cinema (1968), for which the artist invited passers-by to feel her breasts through a box she had constructed. Other, younger, artists chose to represent bookshops, parks and libraries as sites of potential transformation. Such works included a bridge built by Thomas Hirschhorn, which linked the gallery to the radical bookshop next door, literally opening a portal into a utopian space. Rob Pruitt’s Wishing Well (1998-2000) is a fountain built from Evian boxes and was full of the coins of passing strangers. Tariq Alvi’s proposed Poster for a Library (1996) depicted a naked young man with a large erection, reading a book. " - Mark Sladen

Read more here

passport to pimlico

Passport to Pimlico is one of the most charmingly whimsical Ealing Studios comedies of the late 1940s-early 1950s. As a result of wartime bombing, an ancient parchment is uncovered, proving that the Pimlico section of London belongs to Burgundy, France. Long taken for granted by other Londoners, the tiny Pimlico populace decides to take advantage of its "foreign" status. Affable oaf Stanley Holloway is made head of the new government, whereupon he merrily begins erecting borders and imposing customs duties. The sweetly satirical script of Passport to Pimlico was written by director Henry Cornelius and Ealing stalwart T.E.B. Clarke.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/passport-to-pimlico#ixzz1O4RZiphs