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August Equinox 25 provocation | Expressions of interest | Final Call

Autumn Equinox

Expressions of interest are invited in response to this provocation.

The Equinox marks the first day of Autumn in the north and of Spring in the south. It falls on Monday, 22 Sept 2025

The Equinox is celebrated when day and night are in principle, of equal duration. In the northern hemisphere it’s also known as the pagan festival of Mabon that marks a time of harvest – in the southern hemisphere, the onset of spring

It’s possibly a moment to recognise a sense of balance and the change of season which is marked by changes to day length, a changing landscape and seasonal transition.

This provocation invites your creative response to the seasonal change.
In common with previous challenges, it uses walking and time as a common thread.
You might also choose to look at the concepts of balance: transformation: renewal

Working individually or with others

While many of us work as individuals, in past provocations, several participants have elected to work collaboratively.
Recently several have expressed an interest to create work with others, either face to face or remotely… which I’m more than happy to facilitate…. please notify me if you’d like to work with another artist

If you’d like to work with another artist, please let me know by sending a note to my address below.
I’ll then randomly pair individuals and put you in touch organise your approach – I can promise you a serendipitous experience if nothing else.

Expressions of interest

Closing date for your expression of interest is Sunday 7th September.
On receipt, further details will be sent to you.

Media

Using what ever media you feel is appropriate – painting, photography, video, printmaking, music, sound works, the written or spoken word –

Fees

There are no grants or bursaries to help fund the project.
There are no prizes or awards
Entry is free
There are no artist’s fees for those artists who are selected

Selection

There will be a maximum of works by 12 selected artists.
Their work will be assembled as a video approximately 24 minutes

If you’d like to participate, please send your email contact details to me at kel@artworks.eu.com

Please get back to me if you have questions

I look forward to hearing from you

This event has happened

22 Sep, 2025 · All day
22 Sep, 2025 · All day

Balance

Collection · 2 items

Equinox

Collection · 7 items

seasons

Collection · 3 items

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One thought on “August Equinox 25 provocation | Expressions of interest | Final Call

  1. I’d love to take part in this. I live on Lundy.
    A) is it too late
    B) is it that we just do something on the 22nd alone ?
    If I am not too late can you send me details please ?

pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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