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Walking piece
Walking piece 2015

Olho Cerrado

Blindfolded, the performer walks through the Cerrado forest, photographing moments of fear until reaching a clearing, then removes the blindfold and tries to find their way back.

Sound walk
Sound walk 2019

East Harptree lockdown walk

This post describes the experience of exploring an unknown area through physical engagement with natural elements such as streams, fallen trees, and undergrowth. It combines imagery and field recordings with sounds by artist Michael Fairfax, creating an unsettling atmosphere imbued with a sense of fear.

Horizons Are Important

Trevor H. Smith
post Curated news 01 Jan, 2023

To See What the Upcoming Year Holds, Take a Solo Walk in a Dark Forest – Atlas Obscura

In Swedish mythology, a “year walk” is a prognosticatory stroll in which one is beset by scary creatures. Source: To See What the Upcoming Year Holds, Take a Solo Walk in a Dark Forest – Atlas Obscura

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exercises in bein... 75

Presence presents

We are still in the simple present tense only. When we try to talk about the past or the future we make mistakes. We learn that there is more than one way to be. There is the verb “ser”, which you use when you talk about a permanent state. The teach...

Monique Besten
exercises in bein... 40

Miedo y felicidad. Fear and happiness.

Yesterday in Spanish class we did an exercise with names of famous people. We had to say if we knew them, who they were, if we liked what they were doing. I knew Penélope Cruz of course, actriz and Alejandro González Iñáritu, director de cine. Leo ...

Monique Besten
walking in circles 40

Winter in summer

Being out of time is a tricky thing. You know there is another world in which the clock is ticking, but it is as if it is a book you can close, a story in which the main character resembles you, a different you, the you in the mirror...

Monique Besten

oversupinate

People who jog, run, and sprint have their share of problems that slow-moving people can barely comprehend. One is oversupination. As the OED defines it, to oversupinate is “To run or walk so that the weight falls upon the outer sides of the feet to a greater extent than is necessary, desirable, etc.” A 1990 Runner’s World article gets to the crux of the problem: “It’s hard to ascertain exactly what percentage of the running population oversupinates, but it’s a fraction of the people who think they do.” Credits to Mark Peters.

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