Andrew Cross – An English Journey

An English Journey is a combined book and DVD project by the artist Andrew Cross. Published to coincide with his new video and photographic exhibition 3 hours from here it casts a typically adroit and observant eye over the changing face of the English landscape and road transport network. Following the route (from Southampton to the North West of England) followed by J.B. Priestley in his original 1930s English Journey, it closes in on that increasingly ubiquitous mainstay of the contemporary English road, the long-distance container lorry.Featuring essays by the renowned social historian and geographer Doreen Massey, and by project curators Steven Bode and Bernadette Buckley, this beautifully designed small-format publication also incorporates extracts from Priestley's original text.The accompanying DVD includes a special interactive and extended version of Cross's video record of the journey, 3 hours from here.