Urban Flaneur Guidebook

When I thought about whimsey in the city, this Monty Python sketch popped into my head. At one point, it evokes "belly laughs", but underlying it is a satirical statement on the nature of government at all levels, including city government. Local government can often be observed by the flanuer as being comical.

As an urban flanuer, one may observe spontaneous actions. "No pants day in the NYC Subway" is purely for fun, but it livens up the city in a whimsical manner. Should not cities be places of the unexpected, the unusual and the rediculous? The city can become the backdrop for open air spontaneous theater. Why can't theater be brought into places of work, play and commerce. There used to be a production company that would put on performances in the London Underground. I searched on the Internet, but found no reference fot this. It might be defunct. But, it was an excellent example of theater in a public place that contained an element of spontenaity.

This clip speaks for itself. I liked one of the comments below the clip on YouTube: It's very sad to think that all the people in the film have been dead for a long time, but the buildings remain the same. I have walked these streets hundreds of times during my years in the UK, and I am another shadow that perhaps has been filmed in the rush hour on a typical working day in London town, so in the far away future someone will ponder on the anonimous pedestrians rushing about their business, long, long, long dead

At trailer for a full length documentary about street art and Banksky. It is presently being show at various cities around the U.S. See the following iink for screeings in your area: http://www.banksyfilm.com/

This ia a short documentary by Tom Pickard about the street artist 'Banksy'. It was shot around London and Brighton in 2007. The comments by those in this film are interesting from those stating that he is to provocative to those indicating that Westminsiter would not approve his painings. The latter statement is is actually a compliment to 'Banksy'.