Drift

Contemporary art on the River Thames in the heart of London. Oh dear! Within spitting distance of Tate Modern. Eek! Installation thingies. Even worse! But wait. I glimpsed something brilliant on display. It wasn't the green laser running parallel with a London bridge. Green light; big deal. And it certainly wasn't the soppy stainless steel thingummy bobbing about on the water. It was Craig Walsh's fabulous prehistoric sea monster - a dolichorhynchops, I believe - gliding under the surface of the Thames with a juvenile in tow, a terrific optical illusion. Wow! BBC London News carried the story of Drift this evening and, if you click the title link, you can see its video. There are a lot of Craig Walsh's on the Internet, but I think the Craig responsible for bringing dolichorhynchops back to life is an Aussie (CLICK).