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Friday, 20 May 2011

Waiting for the bus

Vauxhall. Click to enlarge.
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Labels: shadows, waiting

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Queen's Park to Oxford Circus

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Labels: bakerloo line

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Richmond to Kensal Rise

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Labels: london overground

Friday, 13 May 2011

Barbican to Holloway Road

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Labels: bus 153

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Peckham Road to Holborn

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Labels: bus 171
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2014 Update

The travelwriting continues - it has moved not just from the page to fabric, but from flat fabric into useful items - bags, pouches, and tool rolls for carrying your portable necessities with you. See the Travel Lines London collection on its new website - www.travel-lines-london.co.uk.



Why a wiggly line?

The idea for "journey lines" may have been triggered by the daily "process drawings" of artists like Marcia Hafif and Bridget Riley. I started drawing while riding on the underground after seeing some work by Lucy Skaer that consisted of repeated motifs filling a large sheet of paper ... trying to make some motifs of my own.

This evolved into an intention to simply draw a line that was as long as possible, on any bus, train, or tube journey.

Part of my project is to document these journeys on this blog – much as land artists like Richard Long document their journeys to have a record of the ephemeral work. But the journey lines are not themselves a documentation; they are a way of marking time, recording and making permanent the duration of the all-too-forgettable daily journey.

Drawing these lines is a way of being present in the daily journey - and of using "wasted" time.

Focusing on this drawing/writing gives a breathing space, away from everyday demands, yet part of the everyday routine, and a way of attending to the "disregarded everyday".

Blog Archive

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      • Queen's Park to Oxford Circus
      • Richmond to Kensal Rise
      • Barbican to Holloway Road
      • Peckham Road to Holborn
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Margaret Cooter
I'm currently a student on the MA Book Arts course at Camberwell College of Art, London.
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