London Knowledge - Trailer (with English subtitles)

The Knowledge of London is the in-depth study of over 300 London street routes and thousands of places of interest. These must be completely memorized by any aspiring driver who wants a license to operate in London’s black taxi cab profession.

This short film features two interviews with London taxi drivers who recount their experience of ‘doing' the Knowledge. Accompanying these interviews are animated Lidar scans of London. Lidar is a laser-based 3D mapping technology used by self-driving cars to see and navigate.

The film journeys through the minds of taxicab drivers, through 3D scans of London streets, and through what might be lost when a centuries old profession adapts to the prospect of automation.

The film will have its first UK screening at the 2020 programme for Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery London.