post: walking artists
Wandering as a way of attaining knowledge beyond the material world
That maybe a Sufi quote about dervishes, the whirling kind, of which I read about in To the Lake by Kapka Kassabova: “A precept of dervishism is renouncing possessions, surrendering to the Road.” The subtitle of her book is “A Journey of War and Peace” and, as she writes of her travels along the shores
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July 7th, Online panel discussion on pilgrimage
I’ll be part of a panel discussion on “Stories from the Pilgrim’s Road” that will take place on July 7th.https://walklistencreate.org/walkingevent/stories-from-the-pilgrims-road/This is an online event, so anyone can join. You do need to sign-up ...
In which I go for a walk
In the second half of 2022, I responded to a call for an artist residency in the far north of Sweden. My proposal, a kind of sound walk, or audio-play, with individual components of the story triggered by the listener walking through geofenced areas in an outside space, perhaps a small forest, was to be …
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Walkspace short film night
We are delighted to announce that the first ever Walkspace short film night will be taking place this Thursday, 17th February at Artefact in Birmingham. Our collective of walking artists has ballooned since our humble beginnings in early 2020 and this event will showcase some of the moving-image work produced by the membership. Expect hand-drawn […]
Hastings Online Times – Sound walk with Mary Hooper
It might seem strange that a walk in itself can be a work of art. Yet there has long been a tradition of British artist walkers – or walking artists: Francis Alÿs, Richard Long, Hamish … Source: Hastings Online Times – Sound walk with Mary Hooper
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Social Distancing Walking Project
Lucy Parris is looking for people to take part in her socially distanced walking project on June 20th. We included Lucy in our recent round-up of West Midlands walking artists and we look forward to seeing how this turns out. Says Lucy: I would like you to join me in a ‘socially distanced walk’ (this […]
