weird things i’ve seen

I didn’t think there was anyone around the studio over the hoildays, but apparently there were some very quiet Korean artists inserting little people into our dusty corners. Yesterday I walked into one of the jail cells to find this floating in mid-air:

I saw some beautifully spooky ghosts wearing masks in the next cell, but eerily my camera battery ran out just as I went to photograph them.
Then this bus rumbled by today as I was out shopping, with its shadowy conductor dolefully ringing a bell. The effect was striking, and part of what, in London, makes me feel like I’m constantly living on a film set.

I just looked up the London Necrobus and read its intriguing history:

The Necropolis Bus Company began in the 19th century as a private funeral bus service. The Necropolis vehicles or ‘Carcass Coaches’ as they were known to Londoners were able to convey the deceased, pall bearers and up to 50 mourners (no standing) to the final resting place. Each bus had an onboard conductor/chief mourner and a special siren or ‘mourning whistle’ to warn pedestrians of the bus’s approach. The sound of the whistle prompted gentlemen to remove their hats and bow their heads as a mark of passing respect.