The Artistic Medium of Walking

Walking and the art of invitation 5 notes and 3 invitations

“…Michel de Certeau argues that the only way to understand a story is to enter the movement of the story, to make the movement itself (de Certeau, 2011: 81). As I have argued previously, ‘It is in the creation rather than the reception of experience that the medium of walking can be found’ (Morris, 2020: 16). Following this, try out these walking invitations.…”

Introduction to the Special Issue

“…This is because walking is a mundane activity, but it is also the basis of thinking and making and can also be a political act (for example, suffragette marches, and global marches in solidarity with Black Lives Matter). When we walk, we are awake and aware, and it is just such wakefulness in concrete, embodied movement that renders walking as an experience so uniquely rich (See Edensor 2010; Gros 2015; Morris 2020; Smith, 2015, Truman and Springgay 2017). We reflect here on this richness from a number of perspectives.…”