In honour of the Olympic torch's progress through the country, the Museum of Miniature Found Objects is delighted to announce the opening of the exhibition, 'Notes from Madras'. Guest-curated by the Biffo Art Collective, it explores a key contemporary dilemma: the urban leisure centre.

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Found objects:
= pink fruit with face: 12.09pm, Wednesday 14 March 2012, Fairholt Road, north London; 
= pink rose: 3.14pm, Monday 30 May 2011, Rue Saint-Lazare, Paris; 
= red polka dot cuff: 10.00am, Thursday 5 January 2012, Lordship Road, north London; 
= red tinsel with hearts: 10.52am, Saturday 18 February 2012, Stoke Newington High Street, north London. (Glass stand: model's own) 

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects has just concluded its first artist-in-residency, which marks the successful inauguration of the museum's arts programme. The Biffo Art Collective has been working in the museum's galleries, drawing inspiration from both the museum's collection and members of the public, to explore the relationship between the finder and the found. The works are currently on exhibition in the entrance hall, and presented here is a small selection from the Biffo Art Collective's work over the past fortnight.

This image is from my early Sunday-morning sortie down Brick Lane (if you'd like to see it larger, double-click on it), in the company of Gillian, a fellow graffitista. Having admired the street art in the area for several years, I thought it was time I contributed work of my own. I had an old Penguin paperback whose woody pages were yellowing nicely. I glued several together to get the size I wanted, then printed my image on to it. The inks sank into the paper, rather than lying on the surface, which gave the image a furry look, which I found quite pleasing. I like the idea of using pages from unreadable novels and out-of-date textbooks as an integral part of the work, and I plan to put up a new image around Brick Lane every two to three months.