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A Place to Return To

A Place to Return To
New Art, Gallery Square, Walsall, UK
Free

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Daniella Turbin’s artistic practice combines long distance walking with photography, drawing and writing. In 2022 she embarked on her longest walk to date – around the whole of Great Britain. Setting off from and returning to her home in Essington, South Staffordshire the artist planned a route that would pass through every county and take about a year to complete.

Daniella documented her daily experiences of the walk through analogue photography, diary and logbook entries and posts on Instagram and since her return home, has been editing this material into a book which inspired the new work for her solo exhibition. 

An environment constructed from paper and drawings has been created in the gallery space, using a monochrome colour palette informed by the materials of the artist’s practice. A large collage chronicling the journey is painted, pasted and drawn directly onto the walls, these processes making reference to the urban environment. Hand-drawn maps are displayed in groups, not arranged according to traditional areas or counties, but to reflect the different phases of the artist’s walk. Daniella’s basecamp – her tent and personal belongings have been reconstructed in paper and pitched atop a grid for a map drawn onto the gallery floor.

APA style reference

Turbin, D. (2024). A Place to Return To. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/a-place-to-return-to-2/

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anteambulate

In the 1600s, anteambulate referred to walking in front of someone to show them the way, like an usher. Credits to Mark Peters.

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