Mataro Chauffeur Service.m4v

Latitudes is collaborating with Catalan artist Martí Anson (Mataró, 1967) in a specially commissioned project for its participation in a festival of independent art organisations taking place at Tate Modern on the occasion of the museums 10th anniversary. In response to the need to travel to London, Anson proposed to set up his own company, Mataró Chauffeur Service, in honour of his home city, and drive Latitudes from Barcelona to London and back.

Legally registering his employment as a driver, designing the livery of the single vehicle fleet and his uniform, and the journey to and from Tate Modern (including the ferry sailings from Santander to Portsmouth and back) all form a part of the project. The gold-trimmed black vehicles design is based on the original look of the yellow-and-black Mataró taxis from the 1960s, a branding later stolen by neighboring Barcelonas taxi fleet. Following the return journey, a publication will be produced, designed by ferranElOtro.

The car itself forms the basis of Latitudes temporary office-encampment in the Turbine Hall, and is parked up for the weekend alongside a typically Spanish picnic scenario of camping chairs, table, and parasol. In this setting Latitudes is working, making a series of informal encounters with invited artists and curators, and presenting ephemera, videos and publications relating to its recent projects.

More info:
www.lttds.org/projects/current/nosoulfor saletate/nosoulfo...

Documentation & press:
www.lttds.org/projects/current/nosoulfor saletate/nosoulfo...

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