Traces of Time

Read studio portraits through sitters, photographers, negatives, registers, captions, copyright, consent, reto...

Explore suburban railway reliability through timetables, connections, accessibility, maintenance, worker shift...

Explore how paths, shade, benches, playgrounds, toilets, water, transport, vendors, maintenance, accessibility...

Explore how pier-square meetings relied on timetables, public clocks, landmarks, delay rules, lighting, access...

Explore seaside orchestra nights through bandstands, rehearsal, electricity, weather, musicians' labour, publi...

Explore how first apartment buildings changed parcels, utilities, addresses, shared expenses, management, fire...

Learn to read second-hand book provenance through ownership marks, marginalia, bindings, bookseller records, p...

Follow the newspaper route from printing deadline to kiosk through night transport, bundle allocation, returns...

Explore cinema queues through programmes, ticket windows, seat classes, projection labour, street access, crow...

Explore barbershops through waiting chairs, newspapers, local news, verification, privacy, gendered access, ba...

Explore intercity bus terminals through tickets, parcels, farewells, return journeys, terminal labour, unequal...

Explore small-town station benches through timetables, tickets, farewells, porters, unequal mobility, accessib...

Explore apartment winter preserving through seasonal produce, shared equipment, women's labour, building etiqu...

Explore neighbourhood fountains through public water, waiting lines, women's labour, stone inscriptions, munic...

Explore single-channel television through schedules, shared screens, school-day timing, national broadcasts, d...