An Introduction I started the group Walking with the Waste Land assisted and encouraged by research curator Trish Scott to use walking as a research tool as a part of the wider Research Group A Journey with The Waste Land, at The Turner Cont...
Month: January 2017
Pokémon Go and Pervasive Games
When I try explaining to people my interest in pervasive games, I’ve found that my most common starting point has become “You know, like Pokémon Go, but…” It’s fascinating how, since only last summer, Pokémon Go has effectively come to define a whole ...
walking, driving, eatingThis iPhone study was made just after…
walking, driving, eatingThis iPhone study was made just after the UK referendum. Shocked and angry at the result, I went walking along the seafront processing, transforming and recording the sounds on my iPhone. I caught a lift back, this time filming ...
Arctic Blog: Friday 7th October – ‘Værfast’ (Ymerbukta)
--> Friday 7/10/2016 2°C, Ymerbukta. 20m/s; Sunrise 09:21 – Sunset 18:06. Sea state – moderate; wind speed 7-8, gusting wind, speeds of up to 20 knots predicted. Grey-green sea, small waves break the surface.A hint of spindrift. Mist hovering, mountain shapes disappearing re-appearing. We are moving yet going nowhere. Last night the boat was moved closer to the entrance of the fjord, but despite two anchors we've been pulled half way back to where we o...
Duration & Dialogue II Performance Art Festival 2017 – Part 2
On Saturday 28th January (Toronto time) / Sunday 29th January (Hong Kong time) 2017 I conducted my latest performance piece: No holiday. The piece was performed on Cheung Chau, one of Hong Kong's Outlying Islands, and live-streamed to the 'Duration &am...
This Machine Kills Fascists
All You Fascists Bound To Lose - Woody Guthrie (a real American hero)I’m gonna tell you fascistsYou may be surprisedThe people in this worldAre getting organizedYou’re bound to loseYou fascists bound to loseRace hatred cannot stop usThis one thing we k...
Playing Cities and Making Plans
We’re using the winter months to plan for forthcoming walkshops and events. Working on exciting stuff we cannot yet announce… In the meantime we’ll be at the National Theatre again (see lightbulb moments for highlights from last time...
Great Expectations of Newcastle Emlyn
It was one of those days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Newcastle Emlyn - Castellnewydd Emlyn yn Gymraeg - means "new castle"; "Emlyn" was one of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed. It...
Arctic Blog: Thursday 6th October – scrapings, swayings and bangings
--> Thursday 6/10/2016 -2°C, 2m/sec, Sunrise 09:13 – Sunset 18:15 – 1°C It’s dark and I’ve been awake for sometime. I have no idea what time it is but so far it’s been a night of little sleep, kept awake by things sliding back and forth, scrapings and swayings and bangings. The door that I propped open with the bin to allow some air to permeate the stuffy cabin (and to stop me feeling totally claustrophobic) has been crashing to and fro into ...
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Seasalter in the frost in January, an estuary walk. Reflections on last week's walk from Espacio Gallery to Leadenhall Market: a field trip for our walk Thread and Word on March 5th.Feedback and Reflections from our field trip on January 19th ...
The 42 km Tour aka The Xiamen Marathon
The 2nd of January was a big day for me. Some months earlier I had signed up for the Xiamen Marathon. I followed the instructions, arrived at 7.15 AM, only to be told I could not participate because I had not collected my race number. A trying-to-be-he...
Arctic Blog: Wednesday 5th October 2016 Tunabreen
--> Wednesday 5/10/2016 Tunabreen 4°C, 2m/s Sunrise 09:05 – Sunset 18:23The Antigua remains anchored in front of the glacier. The day is overcast and raining which makes for dramatic cloud, drifting mist hanging in the mountains, the sea brown against a mass of luminous chunks of blue and white ice floating on its surface. The Belugas reappear, five white backs breaking the surface in unison. Last night I was sure we were moving since the boat was swaying so much. All that thu...
2Walks4JR for Dirty Electronics 50Walk from point A to point B….
2Walks4JR for Dirty Electronics 50Walk from point A to point B. Wear GoPro, play mute synth, output thru iRig to iPhone + audiobus/fieldscaper/frekvens/twrecorderRepeat.
Esther Brunstein
Esther Brunstein, the Esther we honour in this project and series of walks, the Esther who has been our inspiration throughout, died earlier this week. The closing exhibition of the Honouring Esther project is deliberately timed around the Holocaust Memorial … Continue reading →
Arctic Blog – Oct 2nd/3rd/4th: Embarkation and my first sight of a glacier
It has taken me a while to get my diary notes written up and to sort out the hundreds of photographs I have taken while traveling. Most of my drawings and water-colours are now up on the wall in my studio (well those not in sketch books) and I'm struggling with how to make images from it all. A wall of Arctic sketchesIt's so different to painting seas. Since returning home I've been a bit busy ...had a solo show at Cadogan Contemporary in London, driven up Shetland to give a paper and exhibit a few of ...
We now cover Havana, Sydney, Auckland and Dublin
With the inclusion of Sydney and Auckland, we’re now covering cities on all continents (that have cities). Havana, with Cuba slowly opening up, is a great city to explore with Kompl, either physically or virtually. And Dublin, of course, is one of Europe’s hidden gems. Shortly before our next major release, we wanted to include theRead more about We now cover Havana, Sydney, Auckland and Dublin[...]
Kristie Daniel talking walking
Kristie Daniel is Programme Director for the Liveable Cities Programme delivered by Healthbridge a Canadian NGO. Healthbridge were multi-award winners in the 2015 Walk21 Visionary Awards, for projects in developing countries in Asia and Africa, where they are working with local groups to create public spaces and improve non-motorised access to them. Andrew Stuck, producer of Talking Walking, caught […]
SoundWalking: The Arcades Project workshop piece by videoplate…
SoundWalking: The Arcades Project workshop piece by videoplate @leedsmusicblog-blog
Version 3 is coming, sign up for the iOS beta
Our next major update is just around the corner. Sign up for our iOS beta. We’re streamlining everything; exposing more information, allowing for more configuration, and making using the app easier all around. We’ve squashed a bunch of bugs in the process as well, while rethinking the user interface. In short, this is our biggest update, yet!Read more about Version 3 is coming, sign up for the iOS beta[...]
PhD Research Paper #4: A diversity of words and images – topographers and antiquarians, artists and writers at Llanthony and the Vale of Ewyas
From time to time I will post 'bite size' chunks of the material I am preparing for my PhD thesis: works in progress, but content which I feel may be of interest to a wider audience. All will be very much draft versions, not necessarily - probably not ...