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Mark Power - GB. ENGLAND. The Millennium Dome. 1999.
ENGLAND. Greenwich. Gents toilets under construction. February 5th, 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Office construction with bleeding cross. 21 May 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Sublime light pours into main reception area. 1 June 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Construction of restaurant. 15 November 1999.
ENGLAND. Greenwich. A cafe, 'Seabar', awaits it's first visitors. December 27th, 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Opening night at the Millennium Dome. The 8-second exposure spans midnight, with 4 seconds in 1999 and 4 seconds in 2000. December 31th,
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One year to go. I climbed into the derelict travellers site next to the Dome, brav
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. There were so many new spaces, rooms being created everywhere. This was an excitin
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Space heaters dry out the ceiling of yet another new room. I was struck by the res
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. There were so many new spaces, rooms being created everywhere. This was an excitin
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The view from a room in the Pilot Inn, a pub offering bed and breakfast. Built in
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One of my favourite Dome statistics is that the structure itself weighs less than
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One of my favourite Dome statistics is that the structure itself weighs less than
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Concrete foundations for the exhibits are laid. For week after week a few hardy so
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. A huge vacuum cleaner, like the worm in David Lynch's 'Dune', snakes into a visit
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The cylinders, which contain air-conditioning chillers and stand-by generators, se
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. A room lined with plastic sheeting before the ceiling is sprayed with sound deaden
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Huge welded polythene sheets prevent gas from rising through the ground. Laid on t
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The construction of Skyscape, two cinemas each seating 2,500 and housed in one bui
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Muddy tyre tracks criss-cross the concrete floor of the Dome. 11 March 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The plywood protection on this escalator was a timely reminder that the Dome was e
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Landscaping the site was now well underway, part of the schedule of planting lasti
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Skyscape takes shape. Although a temporary building, it is large enough to host r
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Construction of spiral walkway. 13 May 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The lightweight aluminium gantry, known as the 'bicycle wheel', from which the aer
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The ventilation shaft and fire escape for North Greenwich station. 14 June 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Moonrise over Skyscape. 1 June 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Fitting out the staff reception building. 2 July 1999
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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Shared Ground, an arrangement of reinforced tubes made from cardboard sent in by '
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Plant room beneath the promenade. 26 July 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The Mind zone under construction. 13 August 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. View from maintainance walkway over the Money zone. 13 August 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The canyon between the two halves of Talk. In the background is the construction o
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Floodlight from the underside of a mast. 3 August 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The entrance to' Back of House', where the Millennium Show performers could relax,
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. An external canopy near the main entrance, made of a similar fabric to the Dome. 3
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Inside the 'Living Island' zone, a recreation of a traditional seaside resort with
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. After the tiles had been glued to the Body, the figures were covered in white plas
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Mathematical notations in 'Faith'. The zone passed through a number of incarnation
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The foot of the male leg - the exit from 'Body'. 20 October 1999.
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The back of the Body zone. November 1999
GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. There were so many new spaces, rooms being created everywhere. This was an excitin
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. My own house was being rewired at the time, so I was drawn to this neat arr
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Murals within Faith, which steers a course through all of Britain's major r
GB. ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Following the planting of fibreglass trees, the 'Infinate Orchard' begins
GB. ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Rehearsals for the lighting show inside the Dome. In the foreground is the
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Building the entrance to Home Planet, the only 'ride' in the Dome, a journe
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. This installation in Money will represent economic meltdown. The pieces of
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Construction workers lunch on site at McDonalds. 15 November 1999
GB. ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Henry Hoover overlooks proceedings inside the Body. The metal construction
GB. ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Ron MUECK's three-metre-high sculpture, 'Boy', arrives in Mind. 2 December 1999
GB.ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Last-minute assembly of Rest, featuring two white globes where visitors wil
GB. ENGLAND.London, Greenwich. Self Portrait is polished in preparation for the opening. Four hundred imag
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Anthony Gormley's sculpture 'Quantum Cloud' is pieced together next to the
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Almost complete now, except for the odd ladder and pile of fencing. The emp
GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. Almost complete now, except for the odd ladder and pile of fencing. The emp
UK, LONDON, GREENWICH
15 November 1999
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MILLENNIUM DOME.
Rehearsal of the acrobatic
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