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2017–2018
Ink on paper
Series of 13 pieces, 30 × 30 cm each

Thirteen drawings made by the train itself between Madrid and Plasencia. The journey takes at least three hours, on a single unelectrified track. A “movement machine”, mechanically very simple, turns the jolts of the carriage into ink marks; each drawing is named after a stop. Near Madrid the line is delicate; in Extremadura it turns abrupt. The project coincided with the first major march for a decent train, on 18 November 2018, which it also documents.

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