As we are preparing for the #ThreadandWord walk in Edinburgh, I was delighted to receive the following from one of our artist walkers. Jill Rock http://www.cargocollective.com/JillRock “thinking on Chile and my time there after watching Neruda the film today it did […]
DEVELOPMENTS #ThreadandWord So ideas and events from the walk last March have developed in many different ways. Quipucamayocs I have been busy in the studio making ‘Quipucamayocs’, a series of artefacts using the ropes knotted by the walkers […]
Walking with the Waste Land Creating new encounters through walking. April : The Garden Gate to Northdown Park. We have just started a series of exploratory walks following a route from the Garden Gate in Margate through Northdown House gardens […]
“Let’s Talk about Vivienne” A walk , by the Walking with the Waste Land group at the Turner Contemporary. Saturday March 11th. A Photo Diary, creating new encounters. A performance by Jill Rock at Turner Contemporary Invoking Vivienne, through the […]
This walk includes a performance by Jill Rock, inspired by the Epigraph to the Wasteland, ‘Sybil” A small intervention by Elspeth Penfold at the Nayland Rock Shelter.’Menstrual Discord’. Referencing Cecilia Vicuña’s ‘Quipu Menstrual’ With words by Judy Dermott accompanied by […]
A Walk on March 5th, #ThreadandWord @espacio gallery for Threads Exhibition curated by the Artists Pool Rope knotted by Robert Zammit Pace who joined the walk after attending the PV at Espacio. I hope this gives you a flavour of […]
This blog is a development from my blog Walking with the Waste Land. I have a number of new walking projects developing over the next year which will now feature in this blog.
Thoughts that developed as a result of our field trip on February 9th. Rhizomes A walking field trip from Espacio Gallery on the Bethnal Green Rd. through Sculpture in the City at various locations ending at Leadenhall Market. Participants: Veronika […]
I am really looking forward to this walk on February 23rd. Please let me know if you’re interested in joining either in London or in Kent or both. Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography http://terminaliafestival.org Exploring Boundaries and Monuments. Terminalia Festival […]
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, […]
WEDNESDAY, 25 JANUARY 2017 Seasalter in the frost in January, an estuary walk. A good place to think. REFLECTIONS ON LAST WEEK’S WALK FROM ESPACIO GALLERY TO LEADENHALL MARKET: A FIELD TRIP FOR OUR WALK THREAD AND WORD ON MARCH […]
PREPARING FOR THREAD AND WORD A WALK FROM ESPACIO GALLERY TO LEADENHALL MARKET ON MARCH 5TH AT 1PM. This walk is by invitation only, please email me if you would like to take part. . The walk is part of […]
“A quipu (or Chinu) in Aymara is an Andean storage device made of cord” Frank Solomon A Field trip for Thread and Word. celebrating “Cadenetas” by Lizi Sanchez “Vibratory forms in space and in time. Acts of Union and separation” […]
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) ‘Let’s talk about Vivienne’ An Artist Led Walk by Elspeth Penfold with Turner Contemporary ‘Walking the Wasteland’ Research Group Saturday March 11th 2017 11.00 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Meet: Turner […]
Thread and Word – an introduction. The walk is part of a programme of events organised at Espacio Gallery as part of the Threads exhibition curated by the Artists’ Pool. This exhibition brings together artists from varied creative practices, backgrounds, […]
The walk is part of a program of events organised at Espacio Gallery as part of the Threads exhibition curated by the Artists Pool. I have had work selected for the exhibition, titled Quipu. This piece documents one of the […]
I had a meeting with Prudence Maltby and Susan Francis the other two founder members of Cicatrix. Toby Smith, the director of the Salisbury International Arts Festival has been approached about showing Catherine Farish’s Stonehenge series of prints in the 2017 […]
We three made work as one The tensions (often good) of being separate yet merged We noticed for each other things we might not notice ourselves We noticed each other noticing It made us feel like better artists We […]
This year I was awarded a professional development bursary from Artists Network to undertake a short residency in Cornwall with some visual artists from Shallal (an inclusive arts charity). This blog post shares my experiences of the residency and what I gained from taking part.
Throw only to an alert catcher at Gallery 333 Megan Calver | Susie David | Gabrielle Hoad Written by Susie David:- The Throw only to an alert catcher film reel, first shown at the Dawlish Warren beach hut show, has been invited […]
For news about our latest walk using walking as a research process.Please follow the link. These walks have been developing since November 2015 as a part of the research group, A Journey with The Waste Land. We are working towards […]
Seems like ages ago now, but on the last weekend of October, two of us (myself and Jackie Kerr) from the Liverpool section of our group headed over to Nottingham to see the Harrington Mill Open Studio event, including an exhibition […]