In Transit
The drawing project I worked on in a time period between 2016 and 2019 reflects on the time we spend on public transport, especially on buses. This is a significant experience for many Londoners, still, it remains almost an invisible part of the day, merely seen as a necessity. In this project, I magnifed this routine of life and told the story of the unrepeatable, ephemeral nature of these everyday journeys.
Public transport is somewhat the real social network, physically connecting people and spaces, although the actual act of travel is a lonely experience. All bus journeys seem the same, yet they represent a large chunk of time of our day that never comes back. Because of these qualities, it is a unique mental and physical space providing platform to think about the here and now.
During the assignment, I took on the role of the lonely passenger to honour the time and effort that goes into a daily commute. I followed a continuous string of unplanned routes, getting on and off at arbitrary stops, and taking the first route that arrived.
My method explored the possibilities of kinetic art; as the pencil/pen followed the movement of the vehicle on the paper, the line drawings became abstract (self)portraits of bus routes, incorporating information regarding the motion. The bus itself took part in the process as an actual drawing machine, as I facilitated the birth of the line drawing. To highlight the unique nature of these journeys I used different types of leftover paper, and accidentally chose the drawing tools at each ride to enhance the character of the experience.
In the end, I connected each of these routes on the map of London to achieve a continuous line as a summary of all of the smaller drawings and to see whether the nature of the line-work of the individual small drawings would be reciprocated on the London map - as the part reflect the whole. This acted as a little experiment with the highly organised system that is TFL, to see how playful I can get going by their rules and using their facilities.
I would like to dedicate this body of work to all the bus drivers of TFL and the huge community of Londoners, who are reliant on buses on a daily basis.
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The routes connected, as they form geographical data on the map of London and act as a continuos line drawing.
Summary of all the routes as see on the map in the form pf a pencil drawing.
1. route 15. Limehouse -> Trafalgar Square
2. route 12. Trafalgar square -> Dulwich Library
3. route 185. Dulwich Library -> Lewisham
4.route 32. Lewisham -> New Cross Gate
5. route 172. New Cross Bus Garage -> Old Kent Road/Ilderton Road
6. route 453. Ilderton Road -> LDN Collage of Communication
7. route 148. LDN Collage of Communication ->St Goeorge RD/Westminster Abbey
8. route 24. St Goeorge RD/Westminster Abbey -> Pimlico Academy Library
9. route 360. Pimlico Academy Library -> South Kensigton
10. route 414. South Kensigton -> Hortensia Rd
11. route 14. Hortensia Rd -> Putney Pier
12. route 85. Putney Pier -> Norbiton Church
13. route Norbiton Church -> Surbiton STN
14. route 281. Surbiton STN -> Eden Street
15. route 65. Eden Street -> George Street/Richmond
16. route 190. George Street/Richmond -> Richmond Circus/Dalling Rd
17. route 391. Richmond Circus/Dalling Rd -> Hammersmith Bus STN
18. route 295. Hammersmith Bus STN -> Sheperds Bush
19. route 95. Sheperds Bush -> Greenford Roundabout
20. route 92. Greenford Roundabout -> Sudbury Hill STN
21. route E3. Northfields STN -> Acton Town
22. route 70. Acton Town -> Ladbroke Grove
23. route 52. Ladbroke Grove -> Palace Garden Terrace
24. route 28. Palace Garden Terrace/Notting Hill STN -> Kensal Rise
25. route 302. Kensal Rise -> Willesden Green Library
26. route 52/2. Willesden Green Library -> Willesden GReen Pound Land
27. route 266. Willesden Green Pound Land -> Kings Street
28. route 207. Kings Street -> Sheperds Bush
29. route 207/2 Sheperds Bush -> Sheperds Bush Market
30. route 607. Sheperds Bush Market -> Ealing Common STN
31. route 427. Ealing Common STN -> Christchurch
32. route 483. Christchurch -> Ealing Hospital
33. route 92/2. The only route, shall hop on, nothing to lose.
34. route E6. Ruislip Road East -> Greenford STN
35. route 190 Greenford STN -> The Green
36. route 120. The Green -> Hunslow Bus Garage
37. route H37. Hunslow Bus Station -> Richmond
38. route 190. Richmond -> North End Road
39. route 430. North End Road -> West Brompton STN
40. route 74. West Brompton STN -> Hyde Park Corner Bus S.
41. route 19. Hyde Park Corner Bus S. -> Red Lion SQ.
42. route 55. Red Lion SQ. -> Shorditch Fire Sation
43. route 205. Shorditch Fire Sation -> Commercial Street/Whorship Street
44. route 388. Commercial Street/Whorship Street -> Blackfriars STN
45. route 63. Blackfriars STN -> Elephant and Castle
46. route 1. Elephant and Castle -> Surrey Queys
47. route 381. Surrey Queys -> Bermondsey
48. route 188. Bermondsey -> Greenwich/Trafalgar Estate
49. route 180. Greenwich/Trafalgar Estate -> Woolwich Arsenal
50. route 99. Woolwich Arsenal -> Woolwich Road/Brompton Road
51. route 181. Catford -> Lewisham
52_route B11. Abby Wood Stn -> Pikford Lane
53. route 89. Pikford Lane -> Bexleyheath Bus Garage
54. route 89. Bexleyheath Bus Garage -> Bexleyheath Clock Tower
55. route 286. Bexleyheath Clock Tower -> University of Greenwich (Mansion Site)
56. route 286. University of Greenwich (Mansion Site) -> Blackheath/Royal Standard
57. route 108. Blackheath/Royal Standard -> North Greenwich Station
58. route 276. North Greenwich Station -> Bow Church
59. route 276. Bow Church -> Stradford Bus St
60. route 425. Stradford -> Homerton Hospital
61_route 308. Homerton Hospital -> Stradford City
62. route 97. Stradford City -> Walthamtow Central
63. route 230. Walthamtow Central -> Tottenham Hale
64. route 76. Tottenham Hale -> Old Street
65. route 214. Old Street -> St Pancras
66. route 46. St Pancras -> Kentish Town West
67. route 393. Kentish Town West -> Chalk Farm
68. route 31. Chalk Farm -> Swiss Cottage
69. route C11. Swiss Cottage -> West Hampstead
70. route 139. West Hampstead -> Golders Green
71. route 83. Golders Green -> Edgeware Road/The Hyde
72. route 32. Edgeware Road/The Hyde -> Edgeware STN
73. route 221. Edgeware Road/The Hyde -> Mill Hill Broadway
74 route 186. Mill Hill Broadway -> Edgeware
75. route 79. Edgeware -> Queensbury STN
76. route 114. Queensbury STN -> Harrow Town Centre
77. route 140. Harrow Town Centre -> South Harrow Station
78 route H10. South Harrow Station -> Rayners Lane
79. route 398. anyway. Rayners Lane -> Holylake Gardens
81. route 331. Northwood Stn -> Ruislip Station
80. route 282. Eastcote Stn -> Northwood Stn
82 route 398(vol2). Rayners Lane -> Hemery Road
83. route 398(vol3). Hemery Road -> Woodend Lane
84. route 487 Wood End Lane -> Alperton -> Wembley Central Station
85. route 83(vol2) Alperton -> Wembley Central Station
86. route 79. Wembley Central Station -> Kingsbury St
87. route 183 Kingsbury Stn -> Hendon Magistrates Court
88. route 32. Hendon Magistrates Court -> Cricklewood Bus Garage
89. route 332. Cricklewood Bus Garage -> Maida Vale
90. Route 98. Maida Vale -> Holborn
91. route 25. Holborn -> St Pauls
92. route 4. St Pauls -> Somerset House
93. route 341. Somerset House -> Waterloo, York Road
94. route 139. Waterloo, York Road -> York Street
95. route 274. York Street -> Angel
96. route 56. Angel -> St Barts
97.route 76. St Barts -> Kingsland High Street
98.route 243. Kingsland High Street -> Wood Green
99. route 121. Wood Green -> Tottenhall Road
100. route 329. Tottenhall Road -> Enfield, Little Park Gardens
101. route 191. Enfield HS -> Orchard Rd
102. route 279. Orchard Rd -> Monmouth Rd
103. route. 192. Monmouth Rd -> Tottenham Hale
104. route 230. Tottenham Hale -> Selbourne Street
105. route W19 Selbourne Walk -> Walthamstow Central
106. route 212. Walthamstow Central -> Hatch Lane
107. route 212.vol2. Hatch Lane -> Buxton RdBuxton Rd -> Chingford St.
108. route 97. Buxton Rd -> Chingford St.
109. route 397. Chingford Stn. -> Loughton Stn
110. route 167. Loughton Stn -> Buckhurst Hill
111. route 549. Buckhurst Hill -> Woodford Stn
112. route 275. Woodford Stn -> Woodford Street Library
113. route 123. Woodford Street Library -> William Morris Gallery
114. route 97.vol2. Jewel Street -> Walthamstow Central
115. route 48. Walthamstow Central -> London Bridge
116. route 133. London Bridge -> Kennington
117. route 333. Kennington -> Streatham Hill
118. route 57. Streatham Hill -> Bickley Street
119. route 44. Tooting Broadway/Bickley St. -> Earlsfield St
120. route 77. Earlsfield St -> Clapham Junction
121. route 319. Clapham Junction -> Wansworth Common
122. route 319.vol2 Wansworth Common -> Tooting Bec Stn
123. route 249. Tooting Bec Stn -> Grecian Crescent
124. route 196. Grecian Crescent -> Norwood Junction
125. route 75. Norwood Junction/Clock Tower -> Hogarth Crescent
126. route 157. Hogarth Crescent -> West Croydon Bus Stn
127. route 157. Morden -> West Croydon Bus Stn
128. route 198. West Croydon Bus Stn -> Thornton Heath Stn
129. route 450. Thornton Heath Stn -> Chrystal Terrace
130 route 450.vol2. Chrystal Terrace -> Westow Hill
131. route 249. Chrystal Palace -> Anerly Stn
132. route 157.vol2. Anerly Stn -> Norwood Clock Tower
133. route 410. South Norwood Clock Tower -> East Croydon
134. route 119. East Croydon -> Imperial Way
135. route 289. Imperial Way -> Purley Street
136. route 407. Purley Street -> Whyteleafe Stn
137. route 434. Whyteleafe Stn -> Purley
138. route 455. Purley -> Purley Lodge
139. route 166. Purley Lodge -> Cheapstead/Walley School
140. route 166. vol.2. Cheapstead/Walley School -> Oaks Park
141. oute 166.vol.3. Oaks Park-> Epsom High Street
142. route 406. Epsom High Street -> Ewell Court Ave
143. route 406.vol2. Ewell Court Ave -> Surbiton Stn
144. route 418. Surbiton Stn -> Eden Street
145. route 213. Eden Street -> The Triangle
146. route 213.vol2. The Triangle -> Wooster Park
147. route 151. Wooster Park -> Sutton St Nicolas Centre
148. route 80. Sutton St Nicolas Centre -> Glenthorne High School
149. route 80.vol2. Glenthorne High School -> Morden
150 route 164. Morden -> Wimbledon
151. route 493. Wimbledon -> Southmead Gardens
152. route 493.vol2. Southmead Gardens -> Putney Heath
153. route 170. Putney Heath -> Minstead Gardens
154. route 430. Minstead Gardens -> Putney Stn
155. route 337. Putney Stn -> Richmond BS
156. route H37. Richmond BS -> West Thames College
157. route 237. West Thames College -> Treaty Centre
158. route H98. Treaty Centre -> Hunslow West St.
159. route 81. Hunslow West St. -> High Street Langley
160. route 81.vol2 High Street Langley -> Upton Court Road
161. route 140. Sipson Way -> Hayes and Harringdon
162. route H98.vol2. Hayes and Harringdon -> Green Lane
163. route H98.vol3. Green Lane -> Wood End Lane
164. route U7. Green Lane -> Uxbridge
65. route U1. Uxbridge -> Austins Lane
166. route U1.vol2. Austins Lane -> Ruislip
167. route 281. Hunslow West Stn. -> Twickenham/Heath Road
168. route R70. Twickenham/Heath Road -> Courtlands Avenue
169. route 411. Courtlands Avenue -> Hampton Court Palace
170. route 411. Hampton Court Palace -> West Moseley Central Sq.
171. route 411. vol2. West Moseley Central Sq. -> Hampton Stn.
172. route 411.vol3 Hampton Stn. -> Cromwell Rd Bus Stn.
173. route 37. Putney Hill -> Clapham Common
174. route 37. vol2. Clapham Common -> Peckham BS.
175. route P12. Peckham BS. -> Honor Oak Park
176. route 122. Honor Oak Park/Brockley Rise -> Chrystal Palace
177. route 277. Chrystal Palace -> Bromley HS
178. route 208. Bromley HS -> Orpington, Walnuts Centre.
179. route R11. Orpington, Walnuts Centre. -> Sidcup Hill, Cray Rd
180. route 233. Sidcup Hill, Cray Rd -> Eltham Stn.
181. route 314. Eltham Stn. -> Addington village Interchange
182. route 433. Addington village Interchange -> Croydon
183 route 367. W. Croydon BS -> Beckanham Rd
184 route 67. vol2. Beckanham Rd -> Bromley South
185 route 320. Bromley South -> Biggin Hill Valley
186. route R8. Biggin Hill Valley -> Orpington Stn.
187 route R1. Orpington Stn. -> Grovelands
188 route B14. St Paul's Cray -> Bexleyheath Shopping Centre
189. route 401.Bexleyheath Shopping Centre -> Belvedere stn
190. route 401. vol2. Belvedere stn -> Thamesmead
191. route 177. Thamesmead -> Woolwich Ferry
192. route 471. Woolwich Ferry (North) -> Canning Town BS
193. route 147. Canning Town BS -> Ilford, Hainault Street
194. route 86. Ilford, Hainault Street -> Romford Market
195. route 248. Romford Market -> Cranham
196. route 346. Cranham -> Upminster
197. route 370. Upminster -> Lakeside Shopping Centre
198. route 372. Lakeside Shopping Centre -> Rainham Tesco
199. route 165. Rainham Tesco -> Romford Market
200. route 247. Romford Market -> Barkingside HS
201. route 469. Barkingside HS -> Ilford/Redbridge Library
202. route 169. Ilford/Redbridge Library -> Barking Stn.
203. route EL2. Barking Stn. -> Daggenham Dock Stn.
204. route 145.Dagenham Docks -> Dagenham Heatway
205. route 174. Dagenham Heatway -> Romford Market
206_ route 174_vol2. Romford Market -> Daggenham Park
207_ route 496. Dagenham Park -> Knightsbridge Rd.
208_ route 256. Let's change direction quickly, new roads! Green pencil back to action.
209_ route 252. Hornchurch TC -> Collier Row
210_ route 294. Collier Row -> Romford Market
211. route 5. Romford Market -> Becontree/Matins Corner
212. route 364. Becontree/Marins Corner -> Ilford
213_ route 145_vol2. Ilford -> Leytonstone
214_ route W13. Leytonstone -> St Thomas of Canterbury Church
215. route 179. St Thomas of Canterbury Church -> Chingford Green
216_ route 379. Chingford, The Green -> Yardley Rd Estate
217. route 215. Yardley Lane Estate -> Lea Valley
218. route 313. Lea Valley -> Scotland Green Road
jpg 219_ route 191. Scotland Green Road -> Oatlands Road
220_ route 279. Oatlands Road -> Waltham Cross
221_ route 491. Waltham Cross -> Scotland Green Road
222. route 313_vol2 Scotlsnd Green Rd -> Chingford Green
223_ route 444 Chingford Green -> Chingford Mount
224. 444.vol2. Chingfors Mount -> Turnpike Lane
225 route 41. Turnpike Lane Stn -> Archway Stn
226 route 210. Archway -> Jack Staw's Castle
227_ route 268. Jack Straw's Castle -> Swiss Cottage
228 route 31. Swiss Cottage -> Sheperds Bush.
229_ route 94. Sheperd's Bush -> Acton Green
230. route 237. Chiswick -> Teeside Gardens
231. route 267. Teeside Gardens -> Heath Road, Twickenham
232 route 33. Twickenham -> Eaton Road, Richmond
233. route 33_vol2. Eaton Street -> Ranelagh Avenue
234. route 485. Barnes/Red Lion ->Ram Street
235. route 270. Ram Street -> Tooting Broadway Stn
236. route 131. Tooting Broadway -> Colliers Wood
237. route 200. Colliers Wood -> Mitcham/Fair Green
238. route 152. Mitcham/Fair Green -> Pollards Hill
239. route 255. Pollards Hill -> Norbury
240. route 255. vol2. Norbury -> Balham
241_ route 315. Balham -> Juliens Primary School
242. route 2. West Norwood -> Brixton
243. route P4. Brixton -> Horniman Museum
244. route P4.vol2. Horniman Museum -> Lewishwm Shopping Centre
245. route 284. Lewisham Centre -> Catfors Stn.
246. route 181. Catford -> Torrindon Road
247. route 284.vol2. St Andrews Curch -> Grove Park Cementery
248. route 237. Grove Park/Le May Avenue -> Lewesham Clock Tower
249. route 89. Lewesham Stn -> Welinng Stn
250. route 89vol2. Wellng Stn -> Slade Green Stn
251. route 99. Slade Green Stn -> Bexleyheath
252_ route B12. Bexleyheath -> Erith Health Centre
253. route 428. Erith -> Darford Stn
254. route 96. Darford/Home Gardens -> Bexleyheath Clock Tower
255. route 269. Bexleyheath Clock Tower -> Chislehurst
256. route 162. Chislehurst -> Bromley High Street
257. route 352. Bromley High Street ->Bell Green Business Centre
258. route 356. Lower Sydenham Library -> Wickham Way
259. route 119. Royal Betlehem Hospital -> Tiepig Lane
260. route 246. Tiepig Lane -> Bromely South
261. route 358. Bromley South -> Chrystal Palace Parade
262. route 322. Chrystal Palace Parade -> Clapham Common
263. route 345. Clapham Common -> Clapham Junction
264. route 344. Clapham Juntion -> Liverpool Street
265. route 205. Liverpool Street -> Aldgate East
266. route 254. Aldgate East -> Whitechapel
267. route D3. Whitechapel -> Cable Streeet
268. route 135. Cable Street -> Isle of Dogs Asda
269. route D6. Isle of Dogs Asda -> Bethnal Green Stn
270. route 8. Bethnal Green Stn -> Bank
271. route 43. Bank -> Old Street
272. route 153. Finsbury Sq (Old Street) -> Barbican
273. route 56. Barbican -> Angel
274. route 341. Angel -> Somerset House
275. route 11. Somerset House -> Trafalgar Sq
276_ route 24. Trafalgar Square -> Warren Street
277. route 27 Warren Street -> Paddington
278. route 332. Paddington -> St Mary's Hospital
279_ route 6. Edgeware Stn -> Willesden Bus Garage.
280. route 297. Willesden Bus G -> Wembley Park
281. route 182. Wembley Park -> Brent Cross
282. route 326. Brent Cross -> High Barnet
283. route 384. High Barnet -> Cockfosters
284. route 298. Cockfosters -> Potters Bar
285. route 313. Potters Bar -> Enfield Chase
286. route 377. Enfield Cahse -> Oakwood
287. route 307 Oakwood -> Barnet Church
288. route 107. High Barnet -> Edgeware
289. route 186. Edgeware -> Hendon
290. route 324. Hendon War Memorial -> Stanmore Stn
291. route H12. Stanmore -> Pinner
292. route H11. Pinner -> Harrow Bus Station
293. route 223. Harow Bus Station -> Wembley Central
295. route 83. Harrow -> Alperton
295. route 483. Alperton -> North Ealing
296. route E11. Ealing Broadway -> Drayton Bridge Road
297. route E11 vol2. Drayton Bridge Road -> Clifton Road
298. route E10. Clifton Road -> Norholt Park
29. route 282. Moat Farm Road -> Morford Way
300. route H13. St Lawrence Church -> Pinner Stn
301. route H11. Pinner -> Northwood Stn