The project is an exploration of the #30 bus line route in San Salvador. It pretends to address the violence exposure that can be experienced by the bus service users and especially the drivers, and from a latent point of view: a presence that we don’t see, but it is perceived in the atmosphere.
The country has been dominated by the violence which is stablished in the daily people’s life from all social and economic classes. The fact of taking a bus cannot be calmly done for anyone, and tranquility is not a normal condition for the passengers, even less for the drivers who take the driving risks every day without knowing if they will be safe at the end of their shift. They just drive ignoring if the bus line owner has paid the extortion fee that street gangs demand to get the right of circulation for every bus line.
Through a narrative inside buses, I try to show the work space they have appropriated as a way of safeguarding themselves. I also chose to shot in two different and specific times: right before they start their safety incertitude workday and at their “reliever” ending shift.
