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A series of walks directed by the wind using an array of mechanisms, filmed and plotted by GPS.
In Windwalks, artist Tim Knowles explores the intersection of chance, movement, and environment through a series of walks directed entirely by the wind. Known for creating photographs, films, and abstract drawings through walking, Knowles employs inventive and unpredictable methods that embrace systems beyond his control, what critic Jessica Lack described as works “akin to scientific experimentation, where a situation is engineered in which the outcome is unpredictable,” infused with “poetry, English eccentricity and wit.”
In this piece, Knowles follows a windvane mounted on a helmet, surrendering all agency to the invisible forces of air currents. As the wind steers him through the city, sometimes propelling him straight down streets, sometimes spinning him in eddies or trapping him in cul-de-sacs, his path becomes a spontaneous drawing shaped by the urban landscape. Windwalks offers a poetic and playful method of navigating and revealing how natural forces interact with the built environment.
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