Alexandra Blum, ‘18.3.10 - Dalston Square, from the roof garden, 9th floor B Block’, charcoal on paper, 59 x 84 cm. Private Collection.
I wanted to draw the moment when the tower’s borders began to be stabilised, defined against the established rhythms of the city. From within the completed development, it suddenly felt as if the building had materialised instantaneously, from nowhere, almost denying the amount of labour that had gone into its construction. Extract from drawing diary 2010