flaneur
Highlights
Flaneurs, Fascists, and People Smugglers (Small Boats, Long Walks)
What goes on at Europe's borders, out of sight and out of mind? Simon Cole always loved the film Casablanca. Then 2020s life began to imitate 1940s art. Let's tease out treasure from the corridors of historical uncertainty.
A Mis-Guide set free
The walking artist collective Wrights & Sites will mark the 20th anniversary of the launch of their most well-encountered work, A Mis-Guide To Anywhere, by releasing a free PDF copy of the full publication into the wild from Wednesday 8 April. A Mis-Guide To Anywhere, was launched at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts in April 2006.
Oslo Flaneur Festival – O.F.F. 2025 Celebrating urban wandering
June 27 – 29, 2025 Application deadline extended: May 25, 2025 O.F.F. 2025 is a three-day celebration of the flâneur — the stroller, the explorer, the passionate wanderer, a pilot in a world in change. During O.F.F., everyone in Oslo is a flâneur. Join us and explore the hidden, the beautiful, the dark, the unlikely, the
• zone out and roam! Edit x GfZK @ Literarischer Herbst 2020
Die Literaturzeitschrift Edit und die Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst laden im Rahmen des Literarischen Herbstes zu einem Campus-Programm ein, dessen Protagonist*innen sich mithilfe der ziellosen, assoziativen und abschweifenden Bewegung, ob auf dem Papier oder in der Stadt, ein erweitertes Alphabet, Vokabular und Denken erarbeiten. 15:00 Uhr, Treffpunkt vor dem Altbau der GfZK Wir flexen die
On Perspective and Motion – Part II
An artist fascinated by walking, time, and perception, exploring the human scale of movement through video art. With a background in animation, they analyze “walk cycles” and use walking as a lens to investigate unseen temporal structures and the everyday.
Walking pieces
The Woman of the Crowd
The audio walk examines the topic of flanerie from a feminist perspectives and presents 4 alternative (fictional and real) characters from arts and literature as possible flaneuses. Commissioned by Kunstmuseum Bonn on the occasion of the group show "The Flaneur: From Impressionism to the Present".
Articles on WLC
Articles elsewhere
Unravelling
“Unravelling” – an experimental walk using drawings to guide walkers of Bang Rak, Bangkok (TH). A treasure hunt and choose your own adventure story experience. 2 walks, 2 unconventional maps and 2 starting points in Bang Rak. Non-digital mapping devices were given to participants to encourage a slowing down to “uncover” the area. “Unravelling” encouraged the walker to wind down by not using mobile devices, …
Interview with Aggie Toppins
As part of the run up to the hardcover release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (softcover comes out in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. First up is […]
Return to InspiralLondon
The empty plinth re:Spindle On the 18th December 2021 InspiralLondon returned to the centre of the Trail, its beginning, curating […]
Walk your neighbourhood skull this Halloween
We wanted to do an informal rule-of-six compliant Halloween walk, so Fiona grabbed a scary looking skull of the internet and laid it on top of a map of Stirchley to see how it might fit. We'll be following the red outline as best we can on Saturday and then retiring to our garden for […]
