Bomb It!

We went to see a movie about graffiti, Bomb It!, at a doccie film fest at the V&A last night. Fascinating stuff. It is showing again on Saturday (12 July 2008) afternoon (I think), go see it if you can. Tanja has always been so interested in graffiti and I have started to take notice over the years, especially of work by Banksy (UK) and Faith47 (Cape Town, pictured here). It is such an interesting art form and seems to somehow shine a light on/illuminate/fire up/set alight people from the left and right, the top and bottom of society - from the weird anti-graffiti vigilantes to the bomber who spends all his time painting the walls of sewers in Brazil.

Since our returntoSA we have struggled to find a nice after-work bar. Last night, I think we found one, at the V&A of all places. San Marco: downstairs on the waterside, cool atmosphere, friendly and efficient service, reasonably priced food, outdoor heaters. Very vaguely brought to mind PJs (Covent Garden or South Ken), definitely favourite after-work/pre-theatre spots in London. We'll be back