Our trip goes to Institute of contemporary Arts which is the other gallery. From SLG to ICA you can just jump into the bus number 12. It will only take you half an hour. There’s a art school at camber well and young artists are walking down busily for their final show.

We go passing Elephant& Castle which is Afro Calibian African district. That was the day Ghana won at the world cup game, the boys and girls in yellow and green uniform parade themselves. Now we are on Westminster bridge just under Big Ben and London EYE. Lords of tourists are taking pictures around here all the time.

If you really look at things, you will find all the different ethnic or culture all over London. They must be pretty different from what tourists see in front of the landmarks of London.

Mona Hatoma “Map”

You will see a map of the world on the floor of ICA lower gallery. They are actually consisted from thousands of glass marbles. If someone kicks any of them the map will easily change the shape.

“You can walk into the map if you want. but you have to take care not to fall over.”, “So try not to move anything?”, “Well It’s OK but not too much.”

This fragile, unbalanced work’s supposed to suggest the contingency that defines the geopolitical landscape, it is explained. Although, walking the floor with thousands of glass marbles, try not to step on any of them, no to fall over not to harm anything. That might be resemble to the feeling you may have when you travel by yourself. A bit insecure, strained that feeling at completely unfamiliar place all alone but try look at everything around you. That was “Map” by Mona Hatoma.

A half day trip though you could feel something positive, maybe something lovely waiting for you kind of travelers romance. It’s such a practical 80 days world tour I recommend.

Around the World in Eighty Days
Date: May 24th – July 16th, 2006
Place: ICA and South London Gallery
https://www.southlondongallery.org