art
Man Walking Down the Side of a Building
“Man Walking Down the Side of a Building” was first performed in New York in 1970. A man descended the side of a building at 80 Wooster Street, and is part of a series called ‘Equipment Pieces’, drawing attention to the simple act of walking in an unnatural scenario.
Exploring eco dyes and plant process
The author’s 30+ year creative journey reflects a unique, experimental path in art, blending traditional and digital media, particularly video. Engaging with community, nature, and technology, their work evolves, incorporating innovative methods and collaborations with First Nations organisations and local artists.
Louisiana Walk
A walk piece by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, curated by Bruce Ferguson for the landmark group exhibition Walking and Thinking and Walking, at the Louisiana Art Museum in Denmark, 1996. The walk leads the audience through the back end of the museum, by the sea, through a garden, mixing fictional images evoked by the narration with factual imagery seen by the listener.
Poema Volcánico (Volcanic Poem)
Eduardo Navarro project for Bienal de Cuenca 12, in Ecuador, investigating how to capture a volcano’s energy and using it as a transformative tool. He used a special suit to get to the volcano crater protected from the suplur and high temperatures, to create drawings in a partnership with the GuaGua Pichincha active volcano, using litmus paper, which measured the acidity in the gas emissions produced by the fumaroles inside the crater.
Suite Vénitienne (Venetian Suite)
Suite Vénitienne is a series of photographs and diaristic texts documeting Sophie Calle’s surveillance of Henry B, a man she does not know and has no particular reason to follow. An investigation on her own psychological projections and emotions while building a fictional construct around her subject.
The Gates
An installation in Central Park consisting on 7,503 gates with 4.87 meters (16 feet) hight and variable widths, each one holding a saffron colored fabric from the top part of the frame. The gates were installed alongside 37 kilometers (23 miles) of walkways where people were invited to walk by.
Song of the Path walkshop
Workshop Leaders:
Rosie Montford’s exhibition ‘Song of the Path’ is on at Gallery 44AD. Her practice explores the dialogue between walking and drawing, seeking out landscapes from which she can physically combine disciplines to work across printmaking, drawing and bookmaking.
Vicky Hunter is a Visiting Research Fellow in dance and environmental humanities at Bath Spa University and formerly Professor of Site Dance at the University of Chichester. Her site-specific dance research examines the body’s engagement with space and place through considering bodily, spatial and kinetic engagements with environments. Vicky has produced a number of site dance performance works and a book publication Site, Dance and Body: Movement, Materials and Corporeal Engagement (2021).
How to book: This event is FREE but places are limited
Song of the Path
Song of the Path depicts moments of being in landscape and following a route. Come and saunter through colourful lavender fields, admire spring blossom, follow a river and traverse a rocky outcrop.
Take part in a live walkshop or attend an Artist’s talk.
The flow of reciprocity: Ngā Pakiwaitara O Matariki
The author reflects on their emotions about missing Puanga at Parihaka and their involvement with the Ngā Pakiwaitara O Matariki exhibition. They are honoured to include a video in the exhibit alongside the Māori artists, honouring their late friend Maata, Parihaka and Puanga.
Wrapped Walk Ways
Wrapped Walk Ways, in Jacob Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri, consisted of the installation of 12,540 square meters (135,000 square feet) of saffron-colored nylon fabric covering 4.4 kilometers (2.7 miles) of formal garden walkways and jogging paths.
Way Beyond Goes Way Out
Way Beyond Goes Way Out is the second national exhibition of walking art by members of Australian Walking Artists Inc. It opens May 3 – June 22. There are guided tours, walkshops, and a hybrid online and in person meeting during the exhibition.