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Walkeology: Wunderkammers and the Culture of Place
Join me for Winchester University Heritage Open Days as part of their Cultural Heritage Resource Management Programme ‘Walkeology: Wunderkammers and the Culture of Place’. An invitation and opportunity to walk this week, make your own cabinet of curiosities and take part in the conversation on September 19th at 18:00 (BST) More details about the event
Only Expansion and Soundwalk weekend
In the lead up to COP 26 and as part of Sound Walk September Duncan Speakman’s augmented audio walk Only Expansion will be hosted at Watershed, Bristol alongside a range of works, talks and experiences exploring cultural responses to ecology and climate change by artists including Kathy Hinde and Katy Connor. From spatial audio workshops
Walking as a Political Gesture
We all live under the same sky. The sky, like the virus, knows no borders or boundaries. Walking as a Political Gesture brings together a range of artists and activists from across the globe to discuss forms of socio-political walking in different parts of the world. This, at a time where social distancing regulations meet
But Is It Art?: The Spirit of Art as Activism
Nonfiction. Art. Activisim. Criticism and Theory. An anthology that explores the rise of activist public art that agitates for social change. Included are discussions of such leading and controversial artists as: the Guerrilla Girls, Gran Fury, Group Material, Women’s Action Coalition, and the Artist and Homeless Collaborative.
In this incisive book, Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws brilliantly on an immense theoretical literature to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.
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