Vehicle

Every week, I spend several hours on the bus, subway, train, or tram. 

I'm sharing a vehicle with strangers. I wanted to turn this ever-changing place into a poetic space-time, a place to observe everyday life, a field of research on the common and the [infra]ordinary, as defined by George Perec. So I take photos and write during my commutes. I carry the images deep in my pockets, printed like subway tickets. They thus become unique objects, marked by the movements of the body and the wear and tear of daily life.

“Subway lines, like the lines on the hand, intersect—not only on the plane where their multicolored paths unfold and interweave, but also in life and in each person’s mind.”

An Ethnologist on the Subway , Marc Augé