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Michael Landy - Lemon Meringue, 2024
'Lemon Meringue' celebrates traditional and newly invented Cockney rhyming slang phrases in a series of fluorescent signs positioned across East Bank.
Unique to east London, Cockney rhyming slag is a form of speech which replaces common words with a rhyming expression – instead of ‘stairs’, you climb ‘apples and pears’, for example.
The artwork reflects the area’s rich and creative past, while acknowledging the fluid ways that language can evolve. For the project, Michael Landy worked with spoken-word artist Jonzi D to create a handful of new terms that speak to more recent diasporic influences on this area of London.
The artwork was commissioned as part of the Waterfront Art within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park curated by Louise Trodden on behalf of London Legacy Development Corporation. It is associated with the cultural and education organisations of East Bank.
Michael Landy has named the artwork 'Lemon Meringue' as according to the conventions of the style that means 'Rhyming Slang'.
To find out more about this please go to the Voices of East Bank Website. www.eastbankvoices.co.uk or follow the link to the page about Cockney Rhyming Slang here.
Find out moreRhyming Slang Translation
- Duck & Dive for Skive
- Dog & Bone for Phone
- Scooby Doo for Clue
- April Showers for Flowers
- Pete Tong for Wrong
- Chew the Fat for Chat
- Adam & Eve for Believe
- Butcher’s Hook for Look
- Joan of Arc for Park
- Ball of Chalk for Walk
- Chicken Jalfrezi for Crazy
- Cream Crackered for Knackered (tired)
- Ronnie & Reggie for Veggie
- Rosie Lee for Tea
- Apples & Pears for Stairs
- Drum & Bass for Place
- Kick & Prance for Dance
- Custard Jelly for Telly or Television
- S Club 7 for Heaven
- Bobby Moore for Score
- Jollof Rice for Nice
- Horse n Carriage for UK Garage (or Marriage)
- Clock em n Pree for See
