Search
My feed

Molly Wagner

(Australia)
Australian Walking Artists logo of black on white

Australian Walking Artists

Molly Wagner
Kim V. Goldsmith
Amy Tsilemanis

Flairs

Online Jury 2023
Online Jury 2024
Molly walks in the urban, suburban, and rural landscapes using a variety of media to evoke the complex interactions intrinsic to walking. She is intrigued by the artistic, sensory, speculative, and critical potential walking brings to art. Walking crosses paths with numerous disciplines and allows Molly to express her varied interests in the arts and humanities.
Molly published No Trespassing! The Art and Politics of Walking in New South Wales in 2022, that describes her walks from Sydney to Bathurst. She attended two International Walking Art Conferences in Europe where the fellowship of other Walking Artists inspired her to facilitate the Australian Walking Artists collective.
Molly lives and works in Sydney, NSW on the land of the Gadigal-Wangul People of the Eora Nation. She attended the National Art School and the UNSW School of Art and Design, completing a first-class Honours in 2016. Molly works as an independent artist and high school teacher.
More

corpse road

Also known as corpse way, coffin route, coffin road, coffin path, churchway path, bier road, burial road, lyke-way or lych-way. “Now is the time of night, That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide” – Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. A path used in medieval times to take the dead from a remote parish to the ‘mother’ church for burial. Coffin rests or wayside crosses lined the route of many where the procession would stop for a while to sing a hymn or say a prayer. There was a strong belief that once a body was taken over a field or fell that route would forever be a public footpath which may explain why so many corpse roads survive today as public footpaths. They are known through the UK.

Added by Alan Cleaver

Encountered a problem? Report it to let us know.

  • Include the page on which you encountered the problem.
  • Describe what happened.
  • Describe what you expected to happen.