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Footprint First Friday Map of Knoxville TN
I mapped Knoxville TN's July 2026 First Friday art circuit in the soles of a pair of shoes, playing off the idea of First Friday Art Walk. The audience was invited to take a texture rubbing of the shoes on paper to guide them through the evening.
Walking-with the past: Embodiment, environment, and narrative – call for contributions
LOCUS invites contributions on walking as an embodied, mnemonic and narrative practice that activates histories in bodies, places and representations, connecting memory studies, phenomenology, heritage, psychogeography and the walking arts.
What the body has come to know: a collective walking experience
This article first appeared in Anima Loci. Unfolding through the city of Guimarães, Portugal, The Walking Body is an artistic research programme that explores collective walking as a methodology for situated knowledge, creative inquiry and engagement with place. Taking place across three consecutive editions (2024–2026), the programme has generated a range of artistic outputs: from drawings to
Walking a liminal line
Terminalia, celebrated on February 23rd, is an ancient Roman festival honoring Terminus, the god of boundaries, marked by sacrifices at boundary stones instituted by King Numa Pompilius. This practice evolved into the English custom of Beating the Bounds and inspires contemporary boundary walks, such as the author’s 2020 walk along the sea-land boundary in Skagaströnd, Iceland.
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The Rural Routes: Bolsover Walks was a co-commissioned digital project for Junction Arts and D-Lab. A series of physical and virtual walks around the Bolsover District in Derbyshire. In the same vein as the Wythy Walks the co-walkers walked around different locations, either physically or using Google Maps, guided by the co-walker’s own narrative. The
Walking the Land’s First Friday Walk | March | ‘Recognising Place’ | Expressions of Interest
Dear colleagues We invite you to join us for the third walk of the year on Friday 5th Once again our walking will be solitary but synchronised, so that we can walk together wherever we happen to be, in the virtual company of other walkers. Our First Friday Walks usually start with a pub lunch
Offa Boundary Walk
In honour of Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries, you are invited on a boundary drift along the Wrexham county borough boundary of Offa. We will gather in the B & Q car park, just off Mold Road at 10am on Sunday 23rd February, and make our way along the Offa community boundary, heading in
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Walking the Taskscape
A piece of creative writing and an image in response to a walk on the first Friday of June 2026 in Granton, Edinburgh
• These Old Paths
A film made during and in response to the January 2026 First Friday Walk, prompted by Lucy Guenot. She wrote, “Let’s think about the walks and the paths and tracks that are most familiar to us: the comfort of taking a well-known route where you don’t need to think about directions or following a map. … Continue reading These Old Paths
• Festival of Terminalia Community Walk
‘You said go slow … time after time’ A Community Walk on Friday February 23rd Walk: 4-5.30pm, drinks and discussion: 5.30-6.30pm Eventbrite link to book your place on this walk – it is free (though you are welcome to make a small donation of £2 which will go towards the cost of the room hire … Continue reading Festival of Terminalia Community Walk
• The Granton Boundary
Walking the Granton boundary. Starting, appropriately, on the Festival of Terminalia 23 Feb 2023 Before Granton is changing a lot, very quickly. Today I plan to make the first of a series of walks using different maps of Granton to document the area, to make an extended snapshot in time. I am interested to see … Continue reading The Granton Boundary
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Walking the Land’s May First Friday Walk
Join us wherever you are for our synchronised First Friday Walk, walking together but alone. It’s preceded by a lunchtime Zoom meeting to discuss plans for the walk and a chance to say hello to fellow walkers. Leave a message expressing your interest with us on Facebook or on our website and we’ll send you
Walking the Land’s First Friday Walk
Walking together but (possibly) alone. Our monthly synchronised walks can take place where ever you are. We will host a pre-walk Zoom meeting at 12:00 (BST) again this month. If you can’t make it to the Zoom meeting, don’t fret, because you can still take part in the walk. Please register your interest by Wednesday
