Fortynine coach seats travelling along the M4

Sowden, Tom

Abstract

A reproduction of Sowden's original book (2003) from the series of artists' books produced in homage to Ed Ruscha, Fortynine Coach Seats presents each of the 'stages' from a series of performances enacted on a coach travelling between Bristol and London. Each time Sowden performed, he recorded the coach he was on, the time and date, the other number of passengers (the audience), exactly where he sat and most importantly a photograph of the seat that he had occupied. Cut from their surroundings and with no explanation, the seats took on their own characters. Presented in chronological order there are forty nine as this was the standard number of seats on a National Express coach driving between Bristol and London at the time.

This artefact was included in the exhibition DIY(Visits Chicago): Photographers and Books, September 18—December 7, 2013 at the Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, USA. The artefact was also included in the exhibition To Have and to Hold, an exhibition of 50 beautiful books held at Flow Gallery, London, September 2013. http://www.flowgallery.co.uk/portfolio/reed-contemporary-books-exhibition-at-flow-5th-7th-of-september

• Physical Artefact Type: Artefact
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Oct 21, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2016
• Keywords: artists' book, Ed Ruscha
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/940417
• Publisher URL: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/tomsowden
• Contract Date: Nov 15, 2016