The model village. A week in Devon with mum and dad. The English Riviera spelt out in roadside flowers. Melting ice cream. The scorched, torched, shattered smithereens of society?
In a 448 sq ft, 1:87 scale model (a representation of around one square mile), Jimmy Cauty depicts a Britain where something has gone very fucking wrong — what, we do not know. What we do know, is only the Old Bill are left; desolate, devoid of any purpose they might have had; staring, literally, into the abyss. Did the authorities desperately overreact to an apocalyptic riot? What did they do with the bodies? Is Burger King still Burger King if there are no burgers?
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Photo, Johnny Tucker
Having been doing the rounds as a touring exhibition for a few years — rolling into Banksy’s Dismaland Bemusement Park last summer — the former-KLF man’s Aftermath Dislocation Principle village is currently on show in London, with an all-new section underway. Visitors will bear witness to the meticulous construction of New Bedford Rising; a (1:87 scale) 323 metre solid gold pyramid that harks to the Tower of Babel … a new Eden where the constabulary may roam free, in a paradise free of crime.
Where so much angsty ‘Fuck the Police’ art can seem trite, the man who once burnt a million quid uses the aftermath of ‘something’ as a means to portray the sorriness of authority, of a police state, of control. Cauty’s model village is angry. Angry inside, but its face carries a smirk. It is schadenfreude. It is exactly how we feel inside when we see another goon in riot gear wading into a crowd of students. It is many things. It is brilliant.
Jimmy Cauty’s Model Village: The Aftermath Dislocation Principle continues at L-13, America Street, until 28 January.
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Photo, Thomas Mayer
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New Bedford Rising. Photography, Thomas Mayer / James Cauty