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Walking Networks

The Development of an Artistic Medium

Blake Morris

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.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International

Pages: 210 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-78661-021-8 • Hardback • November 2019 • $166.00 • (£129.00)

978-1-5381-4808-2 • Paperback • April 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)

978-1-78661-022-5 • eBook • November 2019 • $157.50 • (£121.00)

Series: Radical Cultural Studies

Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / General, Social Science / Anthropology / Applied Anthropology, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Art / Criticism & Theory

Walking Networks

The Development of an Artistic Medium

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Paperback

eBook

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.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International

Pages: 210 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-78661-021-8 • Hardback • November 2019 • $166.00 • (£129.00)

978-1-5381-4808-2 • Paperback • April 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)

978-1-78661-022-5 • eBook • November 2019 • $157.50 • (£121.00)

Series: Radical Cultural Studies

Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / General, Social Science / Anthropology / Applied Anthropology, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Art / Criticism & Theory

Author

Blake Morris is an independent scholar and artist based in the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Preamble – Walking Exercise #1

Prologue – A Memory Palace for the Medium of Walking

Chapter 1 – Walking: A Distinct Artistic Medium

Chapter 2 – A Romantic Drift through the History of Walking

Interlude – Walking Exercise #2

Chapter 3 – Artistic Foundations for Walking Networks

Chapter 4 – The Walking Artists Network: Digital Paths to Analogue Practice

Chapter 5 – Deveron Projects: The Walking Institute

Interlude – Walking Exercise #3

Chapter 6 – Walk, Study and Exchange

Finale – Walking Exercise #4

Chapter 7 – Conclusion: The Medium is the Memory (Palace)

Epilogue – Walking Exercise #5

Bibliography

Walking Networks

The Development of an Artistic Medium

Blake Morris

Walking Networks

The Development of an Artistic Medium

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