A Life Spent Trying to Find Something (M180)

My films explore a long-standing interest in liminal spaces—those in-between places that are neither here nor there. M180 weaves together footage of beaches, fields, motorways and business parks, reflecting on transitional zones like service stations, designed for passing through rather than staying. 

These spaces embody a faded vision of modern progress—still lined with billboards selling cheap, unattainable dreams.

Through the film, and my digital drawing processes, I reflect on motorway travel as a kind of grey meditation: the act of driving as a loop, a search for escape from work and routine, yet never quite reaching the imagined destination. it’s both a personal and cultural meditation on longing, escapism and the persistence of the everyday.