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Undergrowth
South London artist, Rachel Gomme co-produced “Undergrowth” - an investigation in to the natural growth amid the concrete, brick and asphalt of two of south London’s neighbourhoods. It provided a chance to reconnect with the natural within the city, and with the human body as part of nature.
• Festival Soundings of Edinburgh
Festival Soundings of Edinburgh – on-line event 11.30am-1.00pm Saturday 18 September or 6.00pm-7.30pm Tuesday 21 September – FREE admission Festival Soundings of Edinburgh is a FREE online group walk to explore the venues, places and spaces of past Edinburgh festivals revealed through audio recordings of the memories of city residents and visitors. We invite you to
• Sydney Gardens Bath Tree Weekender
Rethinking Cities and the Museum of Walking are delighted to have been commissioned by the Sydney Gardens Project at Bath & North East Somerset Council to devise the programme of events for its Tree Weekender this coming weekend (27 & 28 November). We are encouraging people to join a range of walks and creative sessions in the gardens and have an online programme
• One Small Step creative writing walkshop
A creative writing walkshop for novice or experienced writers who want to learn more about ‘flash fiction’ an exciting short form of story telling which is growing in popularity. Led by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, an accomplished writer and acclaimed writing tutor, you will be invited to draw inspiration from the space race to walk on the moon, that was
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Undergrowth
South London artist, Rachel Gomme co-produced “Undergrowth” - an investigation in to the natural growth amid the concrete, brick and asphalt of two of south London’s neighbourhoods. It provided a chance to reconnect with the natural within the city, and with the human body as part of nature.
• Festival Soundings of Edinburgh
Festival Soundings of Edinburgh – on-line event 11.30am-1.00pm Saturday 18 September or 6.00pm-7.30pm Tuesday 21 September – FREE admission Festival Soundings of Edinburgh is a FREE online group walk to explore the venues, places and spaces of past Edinburgh festivals revealed through audio recordings of the memories of city residents and visitors. We invite you to
• Sydney Gardens Bath Tree Weekender
Rethinking Cities and the Museum of Walking are delighted to have been commissioned by the Sydney Gardens Project at Bath & North East Somerset Council to devise the programme of events for its Tree Weekender this coming weekend (27 & 28 November). We are encouraging people to join a range of walks and creative sessions in the gardens and have an online programme
• One Small Step creative writing walkshop
A creative writing walkshop for novice or experienced writers who want to learn more about ‘flash fiction’ an exciting short form of story telling which is growing in popularity. Led by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, an accomplished writer and acclaimed writing tutor, you will be invited to draw inspiration from the space race to walk on the moon, that was
• The London Plane tree, how bare our streets would be without these shade-providing adaptable and absorbent trees protecting all within our city.
Artist Susan Trangmar ran this ‘forest of signs‘ walkshop, in conjunction with Andrew Stuck and the Museum of Walking. It celebrated the Platanus x acerifolia – looking at how the prolific planting of this tree has framed the city and our urban dwellings. Standing for over a 100 years, many of these trees have silently witnessed significant changes in the streets in which they stand, framing historic and modern facades. To some an inconvenience to development, to others saviours of our hospitable urban micro-climate. Love them or hate them, discover just what they’ve witnessed and find out what they have evoked.
It is estimated that about 20 per cent of London is covered in trees. The Mayor had a target to increase tree cover by a further 5 per cent, to 25 percent, by 2025.
A walkshop that promised to be a thoughtful celebration in praise of the London Plane and the city it protects.
Cameras were welcome but participants were told that this wasn’t a photographic workshop but an opportunity to see and consider the relationship between street trees and the changing city in new ways. Participants received a field notebook and were encouraged to create their own photographic memory of the event.
This walkshop was generously supported by the Mayor of London as part of London Tree Week 2015.
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