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SWS21 2021

Lore of The Wild

Bernadette Russell Sophie Austin
Copyright: ©Melanie Smith
Lore of The Wild
Lore of The Wild
Downloadable Headphones advised Self-guided Site-responsive Site-specific
Lesnes Abbey Woods, Walden Close, Belvedere, UK
Free

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Lore of The Wild is a two-hour audio storywalk through Lesnes Abbey Woods, co-created by Bernadette Russell and Sophie Austin for Estuary 2021, featuring stories and sounds from the woodland's non-human inhabitants. The route includes varied terrain with steep inclines and is unsuitable for wheelchair users, with audio tracks available on SoundCloud and Spotify and a map provided at the Chestnut Kiosk.

Lore of The Wild is an audio storywalk, co-created and written by Bernadette Russell and Sophie Austin, commissioned through a partnership between Metal and London Borough of Bexley for Estuary 2021.

We invite you to hear stories, songs and sounds from non-human inhabitants of Lesnes, as you walk through this ancient woodland listening to the tracks on your smart phone.

As you journey the route you will hear from the woodland inhabitants and be invited to connect with, observe and interact with the environment. Look out for the faces in the trees, make a decision at the crossroads, experience the oak tree dance, share wisdom with the Green Man and feel a part of the ancient past and the infinite future.

The walk lasts approximately two hours and is suitable for 10+. Please be warned, there are steep inclines, muddy steps, and some tricky terrain. This walking route is not accessible for wheelchair users

The tracks are available on SoundCloud and Spotify.

Pick up the map from the Chestnut Kiosk at Lesnes Abbey Wood, find the Lore of Wild map, below.

Click to access Lore-of-the-Wild-final-A3-map.pdf

The walk begins at the old well.

Let’s go!

Credits

Hosted by: Metal and London Borough of Bexley for Estuary 2021.

APA style reference

Russell, B., & Austin, S. (2021). Lore of The Wild. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/lore-of-the-wild/

Bernadette Russell

 
Sophie Austin

Sophie Austin

A wild storyteller working across theatre, film and audio. (United Kingdom) 

5 thoughts on “Lore of The Wild”

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  2. A wonderful collection of of stories offering voices to the elements. This is powerful and beautiful audio. Wish I could be onsite!

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    1. Thank you so much for listening David and leaving this feedback, we’re so glad the stories resonated for you. Come to the woods soon! Sophie & Bernadette

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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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