Julia Spicer recorded her journeys through the centre of London using a camera concealed in her backpack, capturing images at random along the way. A fictional correspondence with a reclusive film maker acts as a framing device for the work - Spicer appears to be following routes and ground rules set by an elusive auteur as part of an initiative test. This test required Spice to ‘reacquaint’ herself with her environment. The resulting images, abstract and fractured as they are, covey the reality of our everyday experience of a city, at ground level and on the move. There are no grand vistas and considered views; instead there are glimpses of details and textures that we frequently see without registering them at all.
