Simon Farid
http://simonfarid.com London
Having pulled together all my previous blog posts, and lots of other work that wasn’t complete enough to share up to now, I am now in a position to share a completed document encompassing all the work I undertook during […]
Very little labour performed this month, owing to my being away from London working on this. I’m back to work now though! SEPTEMBER 07/09/17 – Photographing Overground signage – Overground carriage (not commute) – 15.00 – 15.02. TOTAL WORK: 0.02 13/09/17 […]
Labour highlighted with < is labour carried out while performing an unpaid labour commitment for the Barbican (commuting) Expenses are highlighted with >, and presented as equivalent working hours. These costs are deducted from the working time target, as they constitute […]
A 2-minute walk from the entrance of the National Rail/Overground Station to either Platform 1 or 3, depending on which train is arriving first. The return route brings me into either Platform 2 or 4. *NOTE: As previously noted, this […]
Labour highlighted with < is labour carried out while performing an unpaid labour commitment for the Barbican (commuting) JULY 10/07/17 – Writing a-n blog – my flat – 16.45 – 16.51. TOTAL WORK: 0.06 17/07/17 – Researching Overground CCTV online […]
L O U I S E C A R R E C K C O M M U T I N G I N T E R V I E W (Edited) S: Could you say who are you and […]
As one might expect, I have recently been spending a lot of time on websites selling surveillance equipment. About a year ago, I decided to stop using any kind of ad blocking or ant-tracking software on my laptop, as I thought […]
Labour highlighted with < is labour carried out while performing an unpaid labour commitment for the Barbican (commuting) JUNE 12/06/17 – Camera count for CityPoint courtyard – commute – 08.28 – 08.30. TOTAL WORK: 0.02 < 13/06/17 – Re-editing Karen […]
I’ve recently developed a new pastime, which involves making designs for elaborately expensive art shows I would like to curate. These are not exhibitions I would ever imagine being in a position to develop (and indeed some of them are […]
A four-minute walk across the publicly accessible CityPoint courtyard through to The Barbican estate. NO OF CCTV CAMERAS ENCOUNTERED: 7 CCTV OPERATORS: CBRE Ltd (Asset Management) LAND OWNERSHHIP: The CityPoint building and land is owned by Beacon Capital Partners, an American private […]
Operating alongside my in-depth look at my own commute, I am undertaking a series of interviews with my co-workers at the Barbican looking at their commutes too. In keeping with my overall approach to this period of research, these commuting […]
Labour highlighted with < is labour carried out while performing an unpaid labour commitment for the Barbican (commuting) MAY 02/05/17 – General online research – The Barbican foyer before shift – 14.24 – 14.59. TOTAL WORK: 0.35 < 02/05/17 – […]