TUBEVERSE
TUBERS / DREAMERS / TRANSPORTED & SLEEPERS
Established in 1863 as the Metropolitan Railway, the London Underground is the world’s first train service operating underground. 2.8 million people every day.
The eight hour work day is a myth, with British workers spending thousands of hours each year simply getting to and from their place of work. Half of UK workers (51 per cent) spend an hour or more each day travelling to and from work. It’s not just the commute itself eating up time; more than a third (38 per cent) spend an additional 15 minutes sat in traffic, delays or waiting for public transport, with a further one in five (21 per cent) waiting 30 – 45 minutes every day. It’s those taking the underground who fare the worst. Thirty-five per cent of those who get the tube spend at least 75 minutes onboard each day, and only five per cent have a commute of less than 45 minutes a day. That doesn’t even take into consideration the time spent waiting on the platform; a quarter (26 per cent) spend an additional 45 – 60 minutes each day doing so. The amount of time people spend commuting is hard to believe.
‘No one wants to spend their day crammed together on public transport like sardines in a tin, particularly not early in the morning or right after a tough day at work – and definitely not for over an hour each day.
It has been calculated that brits spend 8084 hours commuting during their life which is equal to 336 days, almost an entire year, day and night spent underground. And this is where TUBEVERSE starts. The project is a long term project, a diary of untold dreams, worries, desires, aspirations, and disillusions recorded over the years from 2008 to nowadays on the london public transports. A long-term personal project, a glimpse into the life of commuters. Underground, where a rare mixture of alienation, daydreaming feelings, and psycho-killer instincts coexist.
TUBERS / DREAMERS / TRANSPORTED & SLEEPERS
Established in 1863 as the Metropolitan Railway, the London Underground is the world’s first train service operating underground. 2.8 million people every day.
The eight hour work day is a myth, with British workers spending thousands of hours each year simply getting to and from their place of work. Half of UK workers (51 per cent) spend an hour or more each day travelling to and from work. It’s not just the commute itself eating up time; more than a third (38 per cent) spend an additional 15 minutes sat in traffic, delays or waiting for public transport, with a further one in five (21 per cent) waiting 30 – 45 minutes every day. It’s those taking the underground who fare the worst. Thirty-five per cent of those who get the tube spend at least 75 minutes onboard each day, and only five per cent have a commute of less than 45 minutes a day. That doesn’t even take into consideration the time spent waiting on the platform; a quarter (26 per cent) spend an additional 45 – 60 minutes each day doing so. The amount of time people spend commuting is hard to believe.
‘No one wants to spend their day crammed together on public transport like sardines in a tin, particularly not early in the morning or right after a tough day at work – and definitely not for over an hour each day.
It has been calculated that brits spend 8084 hours commuting during their life which is equal to 336 days, almost an entire year, day and night spent underground. And this is where TUBEVERSE starts. The project is a long term project, a diary of untold dreams, worries, desires, aspirations, and disillusions recorded over the years from 2008 to nowadays on the london public transports. A long-term personal project, a glimpse into the life of commuters. Underground, where a rare mixture of alienation, daydreaming feelings, and psycho-killer instincts coexist.
