Bibliography

Bibliography

Books

Barker, Nigel. (2007) Margate’s Seaside Heritage. English Hertiage.

Drackett, Phil (1977) The Book Of Great Disasters. Purnell books.

Glaser, Milton. Ilic’, Mirko (2005) The Design of Dissent. Rockport.

Harrison, Ian. (2008) Britain From Above. Pavilion.

Opie, Robert. (1995) The Wartime Scrapbook, From Blitz to Victory 1939-1945. Narisa Chakra.

Ponti, Gio. (2002) A World.  Renato Minetto.

Rensbergen, Van, Henik  (2007) Abandoned Places. Lannoo

Rensbergen, Van, Henik  (2010) Abandoned Places 2. Lannoo

Reuters. (2011) Our World Now. Thames and Hudson

Theroux, Paul (1983) The Kingdom by the sea. Penguin.

Films

Big Fish (2003) Tim Burton.

I am Legend (2007) Francis Lawrence.

I, Robot (2004) Dir. Alex Proyas.

The Matrix (1999) Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski.

Tron Legacy (2010) Joseph Kosinski.

Exhibitions

Imperial War Museum London, The Holocaust Exhibition. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Photography New Documentary Forms, Tate Modern London. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Nothing in the world but Youth, Margate. (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

E-Book

More, T (2005) Utopia

Music

Jackson, Michael. Earth Song.

Jackson, Michael. Man In The Mirror.

Documentaries

Children of 9/11 - Children of 9/11 (September 11, 2011) channel 4. (Accessed 16th September 2011)

Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill - Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (September 7, 2011) channel 4. (Accessed 16th September 2011)

Post Cards

Postcard 1: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Margate, Cliftonville, Westbrook, Westgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism.

Postcard 2: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Isle of Thanet, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Margate, Ramsgate. Magnastism.

Postcard 3: Lander, Edward. (Date Unknown) Catch the sun at Ramsgate, A holiday to jump at! Magnastism.

Postcard 4: Mavis, Stella. (1955) Broadstairs, No sands so fair No skies so blue. Magnastism.

Postcard 5: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Book your place in the sun at Margate, Cliftonville, Westgate, westgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism.

Dictionary

Collins Dictionary (2006) 14^th Edition

Newspapers

London Evening Standard. (September 9th 2011) City Firm That Rose From The 9/11 Ashes. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Times (20th September 2011) Return to good ‘ole glory days. (Accessed 23rd September 2011)

YouTube

I Robot (Accessed 15th September 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U64xgNUynD0&feature=player_embedded#!. ,

The Matrix. (Accessed 15th September 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5yepZ21pI&feature=player_embedded.

Big Fish (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-kjzBmz6I.

Legacy (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas

I am Legend (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CC0kbGj6s.

Blog

20 Best Places From Each Country. (Accessed 17th September 2011)

http://20best.blogspot.com/2011/08/pics-of-chernobyl.html.

Internet

BBC News Nature, In Pictures: Chernobyl Wilderness. (Accessed 16th September 2011)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14325323.

The Internet Movie Database, The Matrix. (Accessed 15th September 2011)

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/.

The Internet Movie Database, I Robot (Accessed 15th September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/.

The Internet Movie Database, Big Fish (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/.

The Internet Movie Database, Tron Legacy (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/.

The Internet Movie Database, I am Legend (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/.

David Hockney (Accessed 23rd September 2011)

http://www.hockneypictures.com/photos/photos_collages.php.

Image List

Figure 1. Brighton Old Pier, Photograph (2011) (Accessed 18th September 2011)

Figure 2. Brighton Pier, Photograph (2011) (Accessed 18th September 2011)

Figure 3. Artist Unknown, Date Unknown, Margate, Cliftonville, Westbrook, Wesgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism. (11.5cm x 8.9cm).

Figure 4. Mavis, Stella. (1955) Broadstairs, No sands so fair No skies so blue. Magnastism. (11.5cm x 8.9cm).

Figure 5. Lido Sands, Margate. Photograph (2011) Accessed 17th September 2011)

Book: Theroux, Paul (1983) The kingdom by the sea. Penguin

Dictionary Definition: Utopia

Collins Dictionary 14th Edition 2006,

Utopia:

'any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal'

David Hockney

Merced River,Yosemite Valley 1982
photographic collage, 52x61 in.

Telephone Pole, 1982
photographic collage, 66x40 in.

Prehistoric Museum Near Palm Springs, 1982
photographic collage, 84 1/2 x 56 1/2 in.

Robert Littman Floating In a Pool, 1982
photographic collage, 22 1/2 x 30 in.

Walking In The Zen Garden, Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto 1983
photographic collage, 40 x 62 1/2 in.

http://www.hockneypictures.com/photos/photos_collages_06.php

E-Book: More, T (2005) Utopia

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2130/2130-h/2130-h.htm

In the book by Thomas More (2005) written in the year 1516, he invites people to consider their ideal world or situation. This suggests the view that there shall be different perceptions of that ideal according to the person’s subjectivity.

More states;

I earnestly beg you would describe that island very particularly to us; be not too short, but set out in order all things relating to their soil, their rivers, their towns, their people, their manners, constitution, laws, and, in a word, all that you imagine we desire to know; (More, 2005)

He has invited the person to describe in detail what they would desire their ideal place or situation and how it should function. In short to describe their utopia from their own view ideal.

More further suggests:

If an accident has so lessened the number of the inhabitants of any of their towns that it cannot be made up from the other towns of the island without diminishing them too much (More, 2005)

Again More suggests an ideal situation, perfection despite changing situations to ensure an ideal balance is retained. How realistic an ideal may be is open to question.

Book: Barker, Nigel. (2007) Margate’s Seaside Heritage. English Hertiage.

Inside front cover

Fronting the harbour, The Parade was formerly Margate's premier location for visitor amenities. It contained hotels, shops, baths and a library, and was a fashionable promenade. 

Frontispiece 

The eastern expansion of Margate was so extensive that it became known as Margate New Town and later Cliftonville. As well as developing a social distinction, the high chalk cliffs provided a scenic contrast to the low-lying seafront around the harbour. 

Margate Seafront, c1890-1910. Observed from Marine Gardens, sea bathing from bathing machines at high tide makes for popular viewing by visitors along Marine Terrace and Marine Drive. 

Newspaper: Times (20th September 2011) Return to good ‘ole glory days.

Exhibition: Nothing in the world but Youth, Margate

Dexter Dalwood
(born England, 1960)
The Poll Tax Riots, 2005

Oil on canvas
Private collection, London

Dexter Dalwood constructs imagined scenes which act as memorials to his visions of recent history. Although inspired by the violent demonstration against the Poll Tax in Trafalgar Square in 1990, this painting is no accurate document. Graffiti-covered walls tower over the crowd and Nelson's Column is nowhere to be seen; the demonstrations in central London seem to have merged with those in Berlin and Eastern Europe the previous year.

Martin Brand

(born Germany, 1975)

Fight for your Right, 2005

James Webb

This painting depicts Margate seen from towards the end of pier, which formerly stood close to where turner Contemporary is now situated. The pier opened to the public in 1855 and was finally destroyed in a storm in 1978. Many of the buildings visible in the background no longer exist; some, including the prominent Holy Trinity Church with the tall tower to the left, were destroyed during the second World War. 

The artist James Webb (1825-1895) was a prominent British painter who exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy and the British Institute in London. An admirer of JW Turner, he was known for his landscapes and especially his marine scenes like this one, which he painted in light colours. This painting was known as one of Webb's finest works. 

A view of Margate from the Pier was brought to Margate in 1925 having been discovered in Harrogate by a town councillor. It was purchased by the local council with the help of donations from members of the community. It was the first artwork acquired for a proposed new art gallery in Margate though the plans were not realised at the time. The painting hung in Margate Library in Victoria Road until its closure in 1974 when it was moved to the new Library in Cecil Square, and then more recently to the Winter Gardens .

Newspaper: London Evening Standard. (September 9th 2011) City Firm That Rose From The 9/11 Ashes.

'The extraordinary  story of how a group of London traders rebuilt their lives and their firm after 658 colleagues dies 9/11 is told for the first time today by the Evening Standard.'

Film: I am Legend (2007) Francis Lawrence

Storyline 


Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time. 


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CC0kbGj6s

Film: Tron Legacy (2010) Joseph Kosinski

Storyline


Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 20 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas

Film: Big Fish (2003) Tim Burton

Storyline

The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father's elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father's great feats and his great failings. 


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-kjzBmz6I

Book: Rensbergen, Van, Henik (2010) Abandoned Places 2. Lannoo

The Electrical Company, Page: 9

The Electrical Company, Page: 11

The Electrical Company, Page: 13

Seaview Hospital, Page: 17

Seaview Hospital, Page: 18

Seaview Hospital, Page: 20

Seaview Hospital, Page: 21

Essex County Jail, Page: 25

Essex County Jail, Page: 26/27

Essex County Jail, Page: 29

Essex County Jail, Page: 30/31

Theater, Page: 33/34

Book: Ponti, Gio. (2002) A World. Renato Minetto.

1934, the Marmount House in Via Gustavo Modena, Milan page: 25

1940, Villa Donegani, Bordighera (western Italian Riviera) Page: 28/29

1936, First Montecatini Building, Via Moscova-Via Turati, Milian; on the right, the second Montecatini Building , Via Turati- Largo Donegani, Milan, 1951

1954, Italian Culture Institute-Lerici Foundation, Stockholm. Diamond-Shaped plan with an adjoining prism for the auditorium (consultant: Pier Lugi Nervil). 

Book: Rensbergen, Van, Henik (2007) Abandoned Places. Lannoo

La Chartreuse, Page: 14

La Chartreuse, Page: 18

Forges, Page: 25

Forges, Page: 31

Du Parc, Page: 38

Mesen, Page: 49

Noisy, Page: 55

Safea, Page: 59

Safea, Page: 63

Tertre, Page: 73

Tertre, Page: 75

Tivoli, Page: 79

Zeebrugge, Page: 85

Prinsenhof, Page: 94

Dreamland, Margate

Background

Just before Christmas 1919, and almost exactly one year after the end of the Great War, John Henry Iles Purchased Margate's The Hall By The Sea, thus initiating the history of what would become Dreamland. Iles had a vision for turning the dance and music hall, previously run by the colourful-showman 'Lord' George Sanger, into an American-style amusement park. This vision would come to shape culture, employment, architecture, politics and entertainment in Margate for most of the next century.

The Scenic Railway opened amidst the pleasure gardens and amusements in 1920 and was an immediate hit; the neon signage of the shockingly modern Dreamland Cinema first lit up the night sky in 1935; and Dreamland cemented its position as the premiere amusement park in the South East of England.

Project


After almost 90 years of operation it was announced that Dreamland would close for redevelopment into housing and retail units. Recognising the site's important place in history the Save Dreamland Campaign led the charge to preserve the amusement park, its listed roller coaster, animal cages and cinema to ensure Dreamland continues to play a central role in the tourism economy of Margate.

Now the Dreamland Trust (Which administers the Campaign) is steering the project forward and working in partnership with Thanet District Council and Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company Ltd to create a brand new, unique and quintessentially British visitor attraction for Margate, re-establishing Dreamland as one of the UK's best-loved amusement parks.

Vision


Work is underway to open the world's first amusement park of thrilling historic rides, classic sideshows, vintage cafe's, special events, festivals and gardens. This contemporary attraction represents a multi-million pound investment in the future of Margate, with funding already secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Sea Change and Thanet District Council.

The new Dreamland will be living, breathing visitor attraction, with many exciting rides, some the last surviving example of their kind, rescued from around the UK. Dreamland will be reinstated as a place that resounds with the sights, sounds and atmosphere that make for the classic amusement park experience. This  decade will be as significant for Dreamland as the 1920's were, offering the chance for our bold vision to thrill visitors for generations to come.


Source: Dreamland Bilboard

Brighton old Pier: Edited Photograph

Photograph edited in photo shop, changing from a colour photo to black and white. Corners faded to add a gloomy and dark feel to add to the dystopia.

Book: Reuters. (2011) Our World Now. Thames and Hudson

Darmir Sagolj, Thailand, image 126, page 129

'April and May 2010 saw protests in Thailand escalating and becoming more violent than anybody had expected. Covering such terrible developments was a big challenge: we knew we needed our best shooters out in the city 24/7 to make sure we didn't miss a single piece of the complex bigger picture. Even the experience of a number of conflicts i was still shocked by the street battles i saw in Bangkok. Many businessmen, residents and people in flip-flops and T-shirts had decided it was totally safe to stand shoulder to shoulder on the streets, despite the bombs exploding and bullets flying. The reporters wearing flak jackets must have asked themselves-"are we taking it too seriously?" well, no-people were getting shot and killed.'

Brian Snyder, Gulf of Mexico, image 95, Page 99

'Much of the day was spent in a Black Hawk helicopter with members of the Alabama Army National Guard, flying over the coastline to access the barriers protecting the shore from the oil leak. I spent a lot of time while covering the spill trying to connect the gushing oil (miles offshore and out of sight) with the Alabama coast and the people who lived there-what was at stake for them and the environment, who would be affected and how? Looking down i could see the hay bales protecting the beach around the Audubon Bird Sanctuary and the Dauphin Island sea Lab. There was talk about various technologies used to protect beaches, and i was struck by the low-tech use of hay. What i could not have known when i got into the helicopter was that, despite the near-constant news coverage and the presence of tar on the beaches, these women would be sitting in the sun, protected by hay bales.' (11 May 2010. Dauphin Island, United States. Brain Snyder.)

Ronen Zvulun, Israel, Image 236, Page 238

'The picture shows the daughter of Israeli Lieutenant-Colonel Dov Harari, a reservist killed in a skirmish between the Israeli and lebanese armies, saluting beside her father's grave during his funeral in Netanya. Harai was killed after Lebanese Army troops fired warning shots at Israeli soldiers along the usually quiet but tense frontier. The weather was very hot and humid on the day of the funeral, and many people had come to pay their respects. After the crowded official ceremony was over i found myself pushed towards the graveside, a witness to this emotional and highly personal moment: a girl's gesture of admiration for her father'. (4 August 2010. Netanya, Israel. Ronen Zvulun.)

Shuafat, West Bank, Image 54, Page 60

A Palestinian girl walks past Israeli border police officers on her way home from school during clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem. (16 March 2010. Shuafat, West Bank. Ammar Awad.)

Vyksa, Russia, Image 194, Page 200.

A women reacts to the heavy smoke outside the town of Vyksa. Hundreds of people lost their homes as a wave of forest fires spread through central Russia, fuelled by strong winds and record temperatures, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations said. (29 July 2010, Russia. Mikhail Voskresensky)