I met up with Britt Hatzius last week for coffee and a chat about past projects and potential collaborations. (It was one of those lovely interactions where afterwards you feel compelled to go home and make things). She holds an enviable position at Goldsmiths in which she works as an art director/ visual sociologist/ researcher/ artist on a variety of interesting projects. (She probably has a proper title but that’s what i imagine she does).

Our conversation was sparked by the recent Goldsmiths Photography and Urban Cultures Postgraduate Show 2007: Mise-en-scène at Candid Arts in Islington where I had seen her (and Les Bac) talk about recent work on London cycling (couriers + commuters). The project was linked to Intel’s PAPR ‘Cultural Mobilities: It’s About Time’ – a study of temporality in relation to mobility that looks at what constitutes ‘temporal textures’ and how this might manifest itself. I had heard about the project last year through Nina who was also part of it but this was the first time I had seen it presented.

Being a cyclist and somewhat of a visual researcher I found the whole project fascinating. The culmination of a myriad of visual methodologies was an installation in PAPR’s Portland offices. This is an example of one of the many visual objects that formed the final output; an image of two life size prints of London public buses that were hung from the ceiling that physically invited participants to feel the sensation of London cycling.

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