Walking writing, sound, photography and archives
Every road a pilgrim travels is pre-loaded with stories, and each pilgrim’s journey is a story in itself. In this episode of the On Pilgrimage series we are investigating stories, and the media through which they are told.
Working alongside the World Trails Network (WTN), a community of trail management and tourism providers, that include many traditional pilgrimage routes and trails that now accommodate secular pilgrims, we are running a series of online events to discuss the roles walking art plays in pilgrimage and vice versa.
Hosted by Annemarie Lopez and Andrew Stuck, from walk · listen · create, we bring you panels of thought leaders, trail professionals and walking artists to discuss key themes.
We have invited four experts to share their knowledge and experience in revealing stories along the Pilgrim’s road. Walking artist and photographer Alexandra Huddleston (US) who over five years walked thousands of miles on pilgrimage in Spain, France, and Japan, documenting many through photographs – journeys that led to her current walking art practice. Dr Michelle Oing (US) is the co-author (with J. Christian Greer) of Kumano Kodo: Pilgrimage to Powerspots (2020), an imaginative, scholarly exploration of pilgrimage and contemporary spirituality in Japan. She is a member of the executive committee of the Order of Saint George’s Horse (OSGH), a pilgrimage confraternity active since 2011. Michelle will be joined by Marieke Hofland a Researcher for the OSGH. Ridha Dhib (FR) a long distance performance artist walking new pilgrimage routes across Europe- Annemarie Lopez will help with French to English translation.
Read summaries of previous events in the On Pilgrimage series here and or watch the video recordings of the events from our archive.
Further events in series include:
4th August – Communities and Trails – Local voices, custodianship and care
Concurrent with this series of online events we are also running a poetry writing competition on pilgrimage – read more here.
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