THE ARTFUL DONDER

I have decided to walk the trace of the tramway, from Dundee past. The journey is the line on the map above. I intentionally gave myself a set route to give the journey some level control than the art of drifting.

What makes the walk along the tramline in Dundee art is my intention to walk – it’s a decision I have made, if those lines were the marks of a drawing there would be no hesitation, yes this is art, but those lines I walk can be compared to the  drawn lines , they have the same intention, the details I highlight on my journey can be compared to the finer details of a drawing. The same intention a draftsman has in creating 3-dimensional spaces on a page in the same intention I have in presenting time and space within the journey.

I was thinking about why I love to wander. Here are a few photos of my childhood adventures.

My dad carrying me up Ben Vorlich, using a child car-seat as a backpack.

My mum assures me, this idea was not entirely successful.

A walk with mum, dad and nanna.

I loved being outside…

I found a drawing of the old tramways on the bottom shelf of a cabinet in Dundee Transport Museum. It was hidden under the history of timetables and tickets. My mind wonders, what stories could be found within those streets?

“The trace of the journey represents the temporal gap between the past and the present.”