Thank you, driver is a video-soundscape of the P5 bus by Jules Sprake and Charis Poon. Whilst riding the P5 bus, the artists made poetic texts by recording eavesdroppings, announcements, and observations. They then asked passengers to read those texts for this broadcast of experimental poetry. The work evokes undiluted encounters with the bus and it's route through the estates of Walworth, Stockwell, and Patmore.

On Sunday 5 May 2019 a sound installation by Jules Sprake and Charis Poon (Goldsmiths, University of London) was presented at Pump House Gallery. This collaboration between the two artists brought the voices and sounds of the P5 bus into Pump House Gallery.

Through riding the P5 with the intention of making observations and collecting eavesdroppings, Jules produced pieces of poetic text. At the same time Charis rode the P5, recording its announcements and conversations as well as asking passengers on the bus to read the texts. All of the audio collected was designed into a soundscape out of a back and forth test-and-respond process.

Jules and Charis took over Pump House Gallery with a continuously looping broadcast of experimental poetry that evokes their undiluted encounters with the P5 bus.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/28150