Contested Space
Contested Space is Art Project by Svetlana Atlavina. portrays the perils of traveling on foot, by car and particularly cycling in the streets of central London. It is inspired by cyclists’ and pedestrians’ experiences. Thus the main purpose of the multimedia installation is to draw one’s attention to the existing situation within the pool of street traffic. The name, Contested Space, reflects a social situation where every day participants of the city’s traffic compete for their personal track spaces and the shortest journey time. This booklet is a compilation of text, drafts of paintings, rejected ideas, sketchbook pages, oil and acrylic paintings.
Contested Space is Art Project by Svetlana Atlavina. portrays the perils of traveling on foot, by
car and particularly cycling in the streets of central London. It is inspired
by cyclists’ and pedestrians’ experiences. Thus the main purpose of the
multimedia installation is to draw one’s attention to the existing situation
within the pool of street traffic. The name, Contested Space, reflects a social situation where every day
participants of the city’s traffic compete for their personal track spaces
and the shortest journey time.
This booklet is a compilation of text, drafts of paintings, rejected ideas,
sketchbook pages, oil and acrylic paintings.
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Traffic Lights, 8cm x 8cm, Handmade print, Etching, 2015<br />
Zinc plate for the etching.<br />
and as a paramedic saving the lives of cyclists after accidents. His physical constitution is in unison<br />
with the profession he practices. The body and mind of paramedics is trained to sustain emotional,<br />
intellectual and physical overloading almost every day... Suddenly, I felt shivers, as I realised how<br />
important and altruistic his profession is. On a daily basis, paramedics save lives under pressure,<br />
completing procedures with flash-like reactions to the situation, in certain times accompanied with<br />
astonishing bravery. Unfortunately, after 3 weeks of work on that topic and sending questionnaires<br />
to different Facebook groups I was not successful in being able to interview more people from A&E<br />
units. They were simply too busy.<br />
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