The website https://walkingart.interartive.org is a digital platform dedicated to the exploration of walking as an artistic and cultural practice. It serves as an archive and resource hub that documents various walking art projects, events, and research. The site features detailed descriptions, visual documentation, and theoretical reflections on walking art, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature and its intersections with performance, sound, mapping, and urban exploration. The platform aims to facilitate knowledge exchange among artists, researchers, and audiences interested in the cultural and artistic dimensions of walking.
In addition to its archival function, the website offers access to curated collections of walking artworks and narrations, contextualizing them within broader geographic and social frameworks. It provides users with tools to navigate and understand the significance of walking within contemporary art discourses and cultural geography. By situating walking practices in relation to place, memory, and perception, the platform emphasizes the role of movement and spatial experience in shaping artistic expression and cultural identity.
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Walking and Memory Mapping with artist Marlene Creates
Canadian artist Marlene Creates has used memory mapping in her work since 1986—maps drawn both by her and by others for her. Memory maps are examples of alternative maps, also called participatory maps, counter maps, living maps, deep maps, and even radical maps. Every map tells a story and alternative maps tell alternative stories. In this presentation, Marlene will
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