Hill Walker is a video projection on a hill of plaster that shows a lone figure repeatedly attempting to scale a mountain. There is a tragedy and humour to the endeavour; we will him on, whilst his efforts are never quite rewarded.

Hill Walker is perhaps uncharacteristic of her work in that it offers both an overt comedy and bathos. We encounter a lone, heroic figure, seen at a miniature scale. Footage of a walker, climber, or mountaineer, struggling up a snow-covered hillside is projected onto a mound of plaster, which has been formed into a cone shape and looks like the basic form of a mountain. The plaster shape is not unrealistic enough to be cartoon-like, nor is it realistic enough to be any mountain in particular – It merely evokes the idea of a ‘mountain’ with the minimum means required. The hill walker’s progress from bottom to top takes only a minute, after which, the action is repeated again and again, rendering the endless task ludicrous and futile.

The piece was shown in the exhibition Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking in 2013–2014.