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February 2022 First Sunday a Mayfield Spectacular

It’s First Sunday, this Sunday and so time to loiter. This month we are doing something new, returning to a spot we last visited in 2010 under very different circumstances. For reasons I hope you understand we are taking the exceptional step of asking...

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Mayfield Train Station, Fairfield St, Manchester M1 2QF, UK Mayfield Train Station, Fairfield St, Manchester M1 2QF, UK
Mayfield Train Station, Fairfield St, Manchester M1 2QF, UK

THE LRM

The LRM is an organization focused on the documentation, preservation, and exploration of ephemeral and site-specific artworks, particularly those that intersect with cultural geography and public space. It functions as an archival platform that collects and curates research materials on walking-based art practices, environmental interventions, and other performative actions that engage with landscapes and urban environments. The LRM emphasizes the historical and contemporary significance of these practices by providing detailed records, artist interviews, critical essays, and visual documentation. The platform serves as a resource for scholars, artists, and researchers interested in the ways art interacts with geographic and social contexts. Through its extensive archive, The LRM highlights the intersection of art, geography, and anthropology, underscoring how walking and movement in space can operate as a form of artistic inquiry and cultural critique. The collection includes a range of artworks that challenge traditional gallery spaces, focusing instead on the dynamic and temporal qualities of art situated in physical environments.

cultural geography

Collection · 103 items

well-being

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Manchester

City · 84 items

flakkari

“Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” From Nancy Campbell’s “The Library of Ice”.

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