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Friday, 14 May 2010

Finsbury Park to Princes Gate

To Hyde Park corner by tube, then take a 9, 10 or 52 bus. Along came a Routemaster!

The paper is from a pad of recycled posters.

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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