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Scrambling for maps
March 2026 we are holding 3 online Map Scrambles, in which artists will be discussing when and why they use maps or mapping to document their walking art. Map Scramble 1 (Monday 23 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 2 (Wednesday 25 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 3 (Thursday 26 7pm GMT) Each events part of the
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Walking artist presenters in this video: Tamsin Grainger, Hannah Stageman, Fiona Hooton, Bill Psarras and Petra Johnson The third of an initial series of three Map Scrambles in which walking artists share how each of them documents walking art, specifically be adapting, modifying or creating their own maps. Early last year, Clara Gari of Nau
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Map Scramble 1 – presenters David Haley (UK), Lucy Furlong (UK), Janette Kerr (UK) and Emily Artinian (US) For a Summary of this meeting please see the post “Scrambling for maps“. There is growing interest in how each of us documents walking art, especially as walk · listen · create and its predecessor, the Museum
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Scrambling for maps
March 2026 we are holding 3 online Map Scrambles, in which artists will be discussing when and why they use maps or mapping to document their walking art. Map Scramble 1 (Monday 23 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 2 (Wednesday 25 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 3 (Thursday 26 7pm GMT) Each events part of the
• • +14 WALC Map Scramble 3 – documenting walking art with maps and mapping
Walking artist presenters in this video: Tamsin Grainger, Hannah Stageman, Fiona Hooton, Bill Psarras and Petra Johnson The third of an initial series of three Map Scrambles in which walking artists share how each of them documents walking art, specifically be adapting, modifying or creating their own maps. Early last year, Clara Gari of Nau
• +4 WALC Map Scramble 1 – documenting walking art with maps and mapping
Map Scramble 1 – presenters David Haley (UK), Lucy Furlong (UK), Janette Kerr (UK) and Emily Artinian (US) For a Summary of this meeting please see the post “Scrambling for maps“. There is growing interest in how each of us documents walking art, especially as walk · listen · create and its predecessor, the Museum
• • +3 Danica Phelps “became concerned with travel — specifically walking — in her work. (…). Her series Walking 9-5 paid homage to the eight-hour work day by turning it into a spatial measurement (…).” (Robin Steele, The Brown Daily Herald)
The Walking 9–5 Series began in Amsterdam in 2002 with Walking Amsterdam 9–5, a sprawling installation of 116 small drawings created for Annet Gelink Gallery. Over three weeks, Phelps walked for 13 days, each day exactly eight hours long. Starting from Amsterdam Central Station, she walked in as straight a line as possible, shifting direction 20° each day, and returned to the city centre by public transport at 5 p.m. One walk reached a suburb of Utrecht, another went as far as Zaandam. The drawings are grouped by day: one records daily activities, while the others document situations and objects on which she spent money. Red stripes represent dollars spent, and green stripes dollars earned. Prices (30–800 euros) reflect how much Phelps values each drawing, making price part of the work and noted on the drawing in US dollars.
The project was later continued in New York City, where Phelps walked eight hours daily from her home in Brooklyn, extending the series’ exploration of time, distance, and value. When a drawing is sold, she replaces it with a traced copy, adding sale details and green stripes corresponding to the sale price. This “second-generation” drawing becomes unique again and available for sale, maintaining the series’ ongoing system of tracking and exchange.
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