The Glorious Twelfth: Mapping by John Deller As my contribution to 'The Glorious Twelfth' I proposed to explore the role of the Pointer dog. Originating from the 1650s the Pointers' role was to literally point game out to the hunters. Within the urban setting of Deptford, and the nature of the folly, the use of such dogs would have been very problematic. With the many distractions, large numbers of people, traffic, noise, a cornucopia of unusual smells and the added dilemma of the game being inanimate and stuffed the dogs would simply have lead us on a wild goose chase (except there would be no geese). Instead the decision was made to use the general public and to photograph them pointing in a similar manner to the dogs. These photographs were then positioned in various strategic locations around the town in order to guide the intrepid hunter towards his/her prey. The photos aimed to not only direct the hunt but also to engage the wider community (in a similar way that a rural hunt encourages the locals to help with the beating and flushing) thus appearing to breakdown the inherent hierarchy by giving everybody an important role to play; in reality this system simply exacerbates the class distinctions by setting the peasants out into the cold wet fields with a strong risk of being shot. Unfortunately despite our best efforts to control the pointers by tying them to railings, lampposts etc. they still managed to get distracted. Within two days all the pointers had escaped and were never to be seen again leaving the ever-resourceful hunter to fend for him/her self.