ABSTRACT
A pedestrian crossing bleeps out its signal and six or so people on either side of New Cross Road move to step off the curb, hesitating only to check that a nearby siren will not imminently be followed by the emergency vehicle emitting it. A pedestrian crossing bleeps out its signal and six or so people on either side of New Cross Road move to step off the curb, hesitating only to check that a nearby siren will not imminently be followed by the emergency vehicle emitting it. The philosophy behind Woolworths was in a similar vein to that of the French entrepreneur Ecluard Leclerc. The immediacy and spontaneity of consumption is very often and easily linked to a notion of 'freedom'. In the Buddhas, this is harnessed by their falsely aged appearance - artificially created patches and rubbings-away as if they have experienced the eons of time and the depths of religious significance.
