Any given day

Any given day is a series of uncut film negatives, exposed multiple times in camera.

Each roll of film represents a walk, part of my daily routine of around work – commuting or going for lunch – and was exposed four times on different days of the week; each session trying to capture the same places in the same sequence and framing, as a way of testing visual recollection and attentiveness.

The work is presented as gelatin silver prints struck together as concertinas and arranged as ovals on tables. The photographs are complemented by a series of hand-drawn maps, designed by Karina Cabrera, representing each of the routes followed.

Installed work. (c) 2022. Jose Souto & Karina Cabrera
Detail of work as exhibited. (c) 2022. Jose Souto and Karina Cabrera
Detail of work as exhibited. (c) 2022. Jose Souto & Karina Cabrera

The work was first shown at the this-place-meant exhibition organised by the Gate Darkroom and Thames-Side Studios in Woolwich, Sep-Oct 2022.

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