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Luis Vuitton Soundwalk

Louis Vuitton partnered with Soundwalk to produce a series of surreal audio tours that take listeners through the Chinese cities of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

Curated news 16 Nov, 2021

Weekend Walk: Zig Zag Through the Dongcheng Hutongs with This Artsy Stroll | the Beijinger

Weekend Walk is your guide to getting away in the city using nothing but your own two feet. Source: Weekend Walk: Zig Zag Through the Dongcheng Hutongs with This Artsy Stroll | the Beijinger

Curated news 20 Mar, 2020

Walking Artist Gareth Fuller during coronavirus quarantine in China 

British artist Gareth Fuller produced a series of elaborate maps documenting his experiences under a two-week coronavirus quarantine in Beijing. Source: Gareth Fuller maps life under coronavirus quarantine in China – CNN Style

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The Tour of All T... 70

The Beijing Tour of All Tours: Video Documentation

 There is not a great deal of video documentation of The Tour of All Tours: you had to be there to see it, basically. But, over time, some bits and pieces do come together and this is one of those. This video was made for the exhibition On Ho...

Bill Aitchison
The Tour of All T... 75

The Tour of All Tours: Shanghai Xintiandi video

Every now and then I find bits of video on old phones or wherever and that's precisely what this is. Some footage of The Tour of All Tours in Shanghai. Seeing as there is rather little video of this show online, I thought it would be good to share it.T...

Bill Aitchison
The Tour of All T... 75

The Historiographic Tour: one for the future

I was back in Beijing to perform a show and in the evening was going out to have a drink. I decided to ride a bike to Gulou as that is more fun than taking a taxi or subway. Somehow the riding took over and I never made it to the bar. That is liable to...

Bill Aitchison

stroam

Do you like to stroll? Are you a fan of roaming? Then you should give stroaming a try. This is a word blend, just like brunch. In her 1796 novel Camilla, Frances Burney described a character who “stroamed into the ball-room, with the most visible marks of his unfitness for appearing in it.” The OED indicates that stroaming involves “long strides” and/or idleness, so watch your form and attitude when out on a stroam. Credits to Mark Peters.

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