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I have longed to see the whole of London, maybe I could understand it better if I saw everything. So taking the London Underground Map - a signifier of London - a navigation aid for millions of visitors, I set out to discover, visit and see the whole of London.

The result is forty gigabytes (or 60 hours) of real-time audio recordings, of my visit to every Underground station on the map. This plays back via a computer program which is selecting the journey taken at each interchange station. The view is presented with an accompanying screen displaying the colour relating to the current line being travelled.

The computer is selecting a continuous, possible, journey across and around London. Stuck within the system of continuous, random travel.

The audio was recording using stereo microphones desguised as personal headphones. The relevant London Underground permit was held to undertake this.

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