Walkable and multidimensional public space is key to sustainable urban villages, especially in the rapidly urbanising city of Shenzhen, China. In his talk at this year meeting of the alumni of “Zukunftsbrücke. Chinese-German young professional campus”, Shi Jian, curator and strategy director of ISREADING CULTURE Beijing, presented a fascinating analysis of urban growth in Shenzhen […]
Month: October 2016
The Plaqued and the Unplaqued
Two walks feature in an upcoming micro published book and exhibition in Bath. Find another Bath 44AD November 15 -20. The Plaqued and the unPlaqued was a wayfaring experience in the enchanted city discovering who got tagged in Bath's late Victorian plaquing frenzy. We shared knowledge and quizzed passers by as to who these people were and what they did and why there were in Bath. We also exp [...]
Anna Meredith (Get It Loud In Libraries), via Bevington Street
To Liverpool, to see Anna Meredith, with Spike. I struggle and fail to think of a weirder gig I have been to. Ms Meredith appeared punctually with her band. These were Man 1 (tuba and classroom glockenspiel), Man 2 [hatted] (percussion), Man 3 (guitar...
Anna Meredith (Get It Loud In Libraries), via Bevington Street
To Liverpool, to see Anna Meredith, with Spike. I struggle and fail to think of a weirder gig I have been to. Ms Meredith appeared punctually with her band. These were Man 1 (tuba and classroom glockenspiel), Man 2 [hatted] (percussion), Man 3 (guitar...
An Uncontrollable Force
You are invited to attend my Private View - November 15th 6pm - 8pm.The show is on from Nov 14th - Dec 2nd at Cadogan Contemporary Gallery 87 Old Brompton Road London. Hope to see you there.
Way-Losing Brochure and next adventure in Cologne
Two new things to mention about Way-Losing, the guided tours of mine in which everybody gets lost. First, there are some new dates in Germany. On the 19th and 20th November I'll be leading a group somewhere around Cologne for the Globalise Cologne Fest...
Burial, the Brontes and Lost Children, a text and film performance at IBAR UCLan symposium Lost Children: The Black Atlantic and Northern Britain Friday 1st May 2015
Peat “Reproduction and death condition the immortal renewal of life: they condition the instant which is always new. That is why we can have a tragic view of the enchantment of life, but that is also why tragedy is the symbol of enchantment. The entire romantic movement may have heralded this, but that late masterpiece, […]
The South Downs Way: excruciating pain in the pleasantest of places
The South Downs Way is a long-distance walking route that meanders its way over a hilly ridge running across the south of England. It stretches some 100 miles from Winchester to Eastbourne, or, if you prefer from Eastbourne to Winchester. It seemed to ...
‘Are We Human?’ – 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial
Are We Human?: The Design of the Species: 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years is the official title of the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, which will run from October 22 - November 20, 2016 at the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts...
Exploring Geographies of Video Games: Placing Virtual Worlds
Cottonwood tree from Firewatch In the last 35 years or so, digital technology has become an ever more prominent feature of everyday life in developed societies. The spaces in which we take part in activities for leisure, work and social relationsh...
Taking leave of Longyearbyen Oct 19th
--> Finally I am in the air and taking leave of Longyearbyen. A lot of us are leaving on the same flight so there's been a lot of hugging and kissing and some tears. I don't really do the big goodbye stuff. So onto the plane... Passing through mist and cloud and up, I see the sun for the first time. It has been so low on the horizon for the past couple of weeks that only a glow from below the horizon reminds us of its presence. Now here it is, shining gold in a blue sky above a thick bank of ...
4wcop Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography – Huddersfield. 2016
Intro The Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography (4wcop.org) happened a few weeks ago in September and was held at Heritage Quay at the University of Huddersfield. It was organised by Phil Wood (Urban Therapist http://philwood.eu), Alex Bridger (Huddersfield Psychogeography Network and Academic Psychologist the University), Dave Smith (Participation and Engagement Officer at Heritage Quay) and […]
Honouring Esther: End of Project Exhibition
Richard White and Lorna Brunstein present documentation and new work from two walks hosted by the artists in Germany and England Frome to Bath 2015 on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belsen Ovelgonne to Belsen 2016 on the … Continue reading →
10/3/2016 with Jonathan O.
At the heart of this project are some foundational creative goals: taking the walks with others, be present, investigate how being present creatively changes public space, create artworks in/from the process of walking. What we talk about and where we go is secondary to the choice to walk together. Conversation, for the most part, stays […]
Tales of cartographic landscapes
Having spent most of the last month in my study/ spare room garret, I am now emerging for fresh air having completed the drafts of two PhD chapters on the subject of my first case study landscape: the Black Mountains manors of Llanthony Priory, collect...
Tales of cartographic landscapes
Having spent most of the last month in my study/ spare room garret, I am now emerging for fresh air having completed the drafts of two PhD chapters on the subject of my first case study landscape: the Black Mountains manors of Llanthony Priory, collect...
Join us at the National Theatre for our first Lightbulb walk
On Thursday 6th October we’ll be walking and playing in and around the interconnected public foyers of the NT which have been described as “the nation’s sitting room”. Come join us if you can. We’ll strike out from Dorfman...