at my physical and emotional limit

So this Sunday passed at 11:50 i arrived at London Marylebone station. I bought some snacks, changed my cloths took a photograph and was off. A confident start.

the route

At this point i had not idea that it would be 9 hours before i reached home.

What followed was a tortuous journey. The first 2 hours were a disaster where i traveled from one London street to the next getting lost more than i didn't. In all it was over 2 hours before i managed to get over the Chelsea bridge. I was under no illusions as to how proficient my sense of direction was; i knew it to be poor. But this was maddness.

Still i got out of the city and things began briefly to look up. This was until i got lost in Croydon and the rain came down. After much map checking and retracing of steps i finally found the hallowed ditches lane that was to carry me on an ideallyic journey south. By and large this is what happened and the next 30 miles, while tough, saw me pass through some fantastic scenery. To cut a long story short i arrived home late having lost the capacity to see, speak or execute any basic human task.

The one benefit of so much map checking was that it afforded me plenty of chances to take some photos. My initial concept of looking south was quickly abandoned as i had no idea which way south was. But the images were taken at frequent intervals and about 25 were done in total.

Unfortunately they can't be seen just yet as i shot on slide film. I choose to do this in response to something Richard Wentworth had said about his photographic practice. While Wentworth is primarily known for his sculpture he has also produced a series of images taken in and around Caledonian Road, London. These are typically shown as slides but prints have been made from the series. But Wentworth was quite dissatisfied with the results chiefly because of the materiality the print gives to the image. As a projection the image is fleeting and transient much like Wentworth's subject matter. To create a print gives the image a permanence that is contradictory to his concept. So the conditions of display can also be incorporated to realise elements of the concept. It reminded me that the image is never seen in isolation and there are many ways to affect how they are received.

My journey was to be a fleeting thing too and i felt this film would be appropriate. To fully abide by this concept i would have to only ever show the work as a projection. However as this was an experiment i think a little conceptual lee way is permitted. Therefore once the work is scanned you can feast your eyes on the results.