Infrastructual Notation

Infrastructual Notation is a public installation exploring the spatial potential of ground-markings and notation, inspired by the utility markings that are found all over our streets, and survey mark plans that identify key pieces of infrastructure and boundaries otherwise invisible to us. These markings, applied in bright colours and simple white linework respectively denote construction limits, survey lines and various utilities that are essential to the operation of our built surroundings, but are often hidden away from public view.

Using a GPS-controlled line painting robot, Infrastructual Notation will create a site-specific, building-size drawing to investigate architecture as the ever-changing performance of spatial instructions, and celebrate the essential infrastructure that is so often concealed from the public view. Working at multiple scales and with water soluble paint to avoid the waste often associated with these types of temporary installations, Infrastructual Notation will suggest new ways of organising spaces and paths of circulation, with the final use being open to interpretation. People will observe and inhabit the drawing throughout its process in a constantly changing public performance.