• Elizabeth Wright, Space Travel, Locus+ / Nexus, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005. Artist publication with CD, softcover, 25 × 18 cm, 32 pages, edition of 1,500. White ground. Horizontal black barcode-like band of varying-width vertical bars spanning full width across upper third of cover. Lower right: italic sans-serif title 'space travel' and below, 'Elizabeth Wright' in smaller roman type. Light surface soiling and handling marks consistent with used condition.
  • Interior spread, Elizabeth Wright, Space Travel, 2005, showing three-panel layout. Left panel: colophon and publication details in small sans-serif type — title, artist, publisher Locus+, Nexus, Newcastle upon Tyne; essay credit 'Park and Ride' by Dave Beech; edition information; ISBN; website. Centre panel: white card pocket containing original CD with circular black-and-white 'space travel' graphic label. Right panel: blank white page. Staple binding visible at left edge.
  • Interior spread, Elizabeth Wright, Space Travel, 2005. Wide white margins above and below. Horizontal black-and-white photographic strip spanning full double-page width: left half shows interior of multi-storey car park with level indicators and fluorescent lighting; right half shows exterior signage — 'FULL SPACES' repeated, large 'P' parking symbol, directional arrows, and 'SPACES' text on dark background. Gutter visible at centre.
  • Interior spread, Elizabeth Wright, Space Travel, 2005. Left page: horizontal black-and-white panoramic photograph of a rooftop car park — concrete ramp, metal railings, open sky, and a white rabbit or hare visible on the surface. Right page: essay text in small serif type, headed 'Park and Ride / by Dave Beech', set in two columns with wide white margins above and below. Gutter visible at centre.
  • Back cover of Elizabeth Wright, Space Travel, Locus+ / Nexus, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005. White ground. Horizontal black barcode-like band of varying-width vertical bars spanning full width, positioned across upper third. No text. Age toning, surface soiling, and handling marks visible.
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ELIZABETH WRIGHT — Space Travel, Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005

ELIZABETH WRIGHT — Space Travel, Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005

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Space Travel, Elizabeth Wright. Locus+ / Nexus, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005. Softcover artist publication with CD, 25 × 18 cm, 32 pages. Edition of 1,500. Essay: ‘Park and Ride’ by Dave Beech.

Published to accompany Wright’s 2005 public artwork for the Gateshead Metro tunnel, commissioned by Nexus and curated by Locus+. The tunnel work consisted of 115 images of car parks, installed as light-reflective panels and seen from the Metro train as a moving sequence between Gateshead and Newcastle Central Station — described at the time as the first public artwork commissioned for a railway tunnel.

The publication uses a stark black-and-white graphic language: a barcode-like band wraps across front and back covers; interior spreads use wide white margins and horizontal image strips, echoing film, signage, transport graphics, and the fleeting view from a train window. The original CD is present inside, visually integrated with the circular Space Travel graphic label.

Wright’s practice often defamiliarises ordinary objects and existing architectural structures, shifting them into sculptural or perceptual events. Here, the car park, tunnel, platform, sign, and train window all become part of the work’s viewing apparatus.

A publication for a work that could only be properly seen in transit. The original artwork belonged to movement, speed, and partial visibility: a sequence passing the passenger for seconds at a time. The book reverses that condition. It fixes the tunnel into pages, converts a public artwork into a distributable support, and turns a Metro journey into an object that can be held, stored, sold, and reclassified. Not simply documentation. A printed afterlife for a work located between places.

Condition: Good used condition. Light surface soiling, rubbing, handling marks, soft corners, and age-related wear. CD visually present but untested. Ships carefully packed; international shipping available.

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