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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I began researching the dangers of cycling in early September 2014 and in June the following year,<br />
my son’s colleague-cyclist was hit and killed on her daily route to work, by a turning HGV on one<br />
of London’s notorious junctions, Bank. This personally affected my son and thus motivated me to<br />
continue presenting the realities of traveling in a congested city.<br />
There is plenty of research showing the dramatic figures of cyclists who have died on major<br />
roundabouts. Figures from websites dedicated to cyclists safety state that 72 cyclists died in London<br />
between January 2010 and April 2015. Road safety has been improved since then.<br />
I bought a bicycle in 2012, but for now I have only been riding in areas specially designed for<br />
cyclists. This pleasant activity, since the first draisine was patented in 1818, is a safe and inexpensive<br />
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