This is currently flying from the flagpole in the Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank:
Mark Wallinger's Oxymoron - the British Union flag portrayed using the colours from the Irish Tricolour.
What a lovely way to question nationalism!
No idea how long it will be there, but worth a look.
Mark Wallinger's Oxymoron - the British Union flag portrayed using the colours from the Irish Tricolour.
What a lovely way to question nationalism!
No idea how long it will be there, but worth a look.
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(not entirely sure which way up the one flying in Jubilee gardens was - the wind was taunting me a kepting dying away everything I looked at it)
That said, when Kevin Davey flew a smaller version in Belfast, it apparently took on a completely different meaning:
Strange how a simple thing can evoke so many different feelings.
When I saw it, there seemed to be many things it might say, many pointed/deadly political statements aimed at various people (starting from "UK conquers Ireland" and "Ireland conquers UK"), that I tried to avoid them. (I like the flag, but it seems like it could mean anything so I doubt I'd ever have the nerve to fly it, even if there was something particular I wanted it to mean :))