London Bridge Lake Havasu June 2006

These are the initial shots of the action 

at London Bridge Lake Havasu. Youll see in 

the last pic the police car with the cops 

with their guns pointing at me. They 

the pieces at the end of the sequence at 

the base of the bridge,and wanted to 

confiscate Simon Bendis flag which was 

opened for inspection. The stapled and 

glued omega and Ace of Spades were ripped
from the flag and thrown on the sidewalk.

This,a flag,which I hadntunfurled yet-and 

quite obviously couldnt.
So at gun point, they were going to arrest 

me  until I reassured them through the 

tattered pieces I had left that I had been 

representing a group of international artists

from The London Biennale 2006 pictured and 

taped to the banner,and had made a special 

trip to Lake Havasu to do this event.Under 

this consideration,the banner was destroyed 

and my passport was demanded for my details 

for a check.
After a debate of a yellow book fine,the 

guns were holstered and I was left to walk 

away in 47C heat. The flag,afterall,had 

been and was unfurled,and with the help of 

my mother reassembled in Las Vegas,which 

Ive rephotographed with the mualed original 

assemblage.
I have to give this one to Andrew Reyner 

who not o nly drove us there,and documented 

the action,but for his level headedness and 

for being such a good mate,and ofcourse to 

all artists worldwide who contributed to 

this event.
Cheers Adam