Ramble is a body of work that comes from my regular walks through the city. I like to move without a fixed plan, noticing small details such as the way light hits a building, a bit of colour on a wall, or how people move through familiar streets. These walks are a way for me to think, observe, and connect with the places I know well.
As part of this project, I also made a series of digital renders that respond to ideas of blank slate urbanism and the changing face of the city. They draw from the glossy hoardings that show idealised images of new developments: clean, empty, and disconnected from the real texture of urban life. By reworking these digital scenes, I wanted to question what is lost when familiar places are replaced and how images shape our understanding of home and community.
Ramble is about the act of wandering and looking closely. It is a way of recording the city through feeling and memory rather than fact, a quiet record of movement, place, and the traces we leave behind.