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Walking Networks
The Development of an Artistic Medium
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2019
Summary
Since the early 2000s there has been an increase in artists who are walking as an essential part of their artistic practice. This book identifies the unique attributes of walking to develop a definition for walking as an artistic medium. Drawing on historical sources, such as the walks of the Romantic poets, Dadaists and Letterist/Situationist Internationals, it presents a practice based approach to walking focused on the radical memory of the medium. The book covers three contemporary organisations working to develop the artistic medium of walking—London’s Walking Artists Network, Scotland’s Walking Institute and New York City’s Walk Exchange—and looks at how these different organisation’s strategies contribute to the development of the artistic medium of walking. The book is framed by five walking exercises, and invites the reader to create a memory palace for the medium of walking as a practical exploration of artistic walking practices.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-78661-021-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-022-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
190
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Preamble: Walking Exercise #1 No access
Prologue: A Memory Palace for the Medium of Walking No access
Chapter One. Walking: A Distinct Artistic Medium No access Pages 1 - 22
Chapter Two. A Romantic Drift through the History of Walking No access Pages 23 - 46
Interlude: Walking Exercise #2 No access Pages 47 - 48
Chapter Three. Artistic Foundations for Walking Networks No access Pages 49 - 78
Chapter Four. The Walking Artists Network: Digital Paths to Analogue Practice No access Pages 79 - 106
Chapter Five. Deveron Projects: The Walking Institute No access Pages 107 - 128
Interlude: Walking Exercise #3 No access Pages 129 - 130
Chapter Six. Walk, Study, and Exchange No access Pages 131 - 158
Finale: Walking Exercise #4 No access Pages 159 - 160
Chapter Seven. Conclusion: The Medium is the Memory (Palace) No access Pages 161 - 172
Epilogue: Walking Exercise #5 No access Pages 173 - 174
