TravelWriting: May 2011

Vauxhall. Click to enlarge.

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".

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Friday, 20 May 2011

Waiting for the bus

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Queen's Park to Oxford Circus

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Richmond to Kensal Rise

Friday, 13 May 2011

Barbican to Holloway Road

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Peckham Road to Holborn

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