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Terminalia – a provocation

Dear colleagues
I thought you may like to celebrate – Terminalia:

Terminalia
February 23rd

Terminalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Terminus, who presided over boundaries.

A provocation:
On February 23rd where ever you happen to be, take a walk along a boundary.

It can be circular or linear
It can be of any size you chose
It could range from a walk along the boundary between countries, counties or property.
It could be a walk around the boundary of your local park, garden, your living room or tent
It could mark the edge of a desert, a river or the sea,
It could be the boundary of your own comfort zone

Make a piece of work in response to this in any medium you wish, from just the walk to mark making; from to video, to the written or spoken word

Work will be chosen from a final number of 15 artists, then assembled into a short video presentation.
The video format is 1920×1080 pixels landscape.
Please recognise that photographs, drawings etc will need to fit this size

Videos and voice recordings
Videos and sound/voice recordings should be no longer that 2 minutes

Written Word
Please be aware that video isn’t best medium for reading lengthy text.
Each screen can contain around 60 words which will take about 25 seconds to read – so please limit your work to 4 screens worth

Statements
Please include a brief statement of no more than 50 words, that may reflect on your experience.
Include your location at the bottom of your text – this can be in the form of your general location…
(My location is likely to be Edge, Stroud, Gloucestershire UK)
You could also include a map reference or if you feel particularly adventurous try using your location from www.what3words.com
(here’s the location for a place in Oxford UK: https://w3w.co/pretty.needed.chill)

Include a map, either a formal, official map like Ordnance Survey, or one of your own making.

Please get back to me ([email protected]) if you’d like to participate or have questions

There’s no entry fee for the provocation – just enjoy it

Please submit your work by 1st March 2024 using www.wetransfer.com using my email address: [email protected]

have fun

Best Wishes

Kel Portman

This event has happened

23 Feb, 2024 · All day

Writing

Collection · 216 items

place

Collection · 377 items

sound

Collection · 389 items

art

Collection · 455 items

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Terminalia 24 – a provocation

Terminalia 24 https://youtu.be/WoorOqkUS9w Images and words by invited artists, responding to Kel Portman's provocation concerning boundaries


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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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