Xiu Xiu: The Polaroid Project

David Horvitz, road manager for indie rock band Xiu-Xiu, devised the idea to document the band's tours by encouracing fans to bring polaroid film to shows. Photographs of life on the road, from towering truck stop beacons reaching out into huge blue sky to motel-room antics, were shot and returned to the fans, but not before Horvitz scanned them and compiled a visual diary that captures the non-musical, bare-naked zen of touring life. These images do more than share with fans the moments in between shows ; they mirror the landscapes through which we all may travel, signposted with poignant boredom and sublime absurdity, of wich we should all be aware.