The Walking Encyclopaedia: The Walking Encyclopaedia - DAY EIGHT

04/02/2014

The Walking Encyclopaedia - DAY EIGHT - A hive of activity

Balloon Boots - Sabatin Bascoban

Late in to day 8 of the install for The Walking Encyclopaedia, and things in the Gallery are really hotting up.

The Encyclopaedia pod is fully painted and we've made a start on tables, desks, seating, shelving and stands.

And with the arrival of Tim Knowles, whose solo exhibition, Paths of Variable Resistance, forms the central part around which the Encyclopaedia sits, has come an extra burst of energy.

Tim Knowles creating a brand new wall

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The Walking Encyclopaedia

A brief look through Roget’s Thesaurus offers us a sense that a walk can be many things. It could be a stroll, a saunter, a hike or a ramble. For those with time to spare it might be a promenade or a perambulation or if the mood has taken a turn for the worse, the walk could turn into a traipse or a trudge. The political walker might consider a march or a parade, whilst the pilgrimage or the crusade would be more pertinent for the spiritual.

Walking as a cultural activity stretches from the 18th century philosophy of Rousseau, who famously “thought with his legs”, encompassing the Parisian flaneurs and the psychogeography which sprang from the Situationists and which still endures today. The conceptual walking of Richard Long and Hamish Fulton brought the artistry of the act into the Gallery and the consciousness of the art theorists to the point that today; the act of walking and the walking artist are at the forefront of contemporary art.

AirSpace Gallery has noticed the recent surge in popularity of walking as a cultural activity, and the validation afforded it by the Art World. In collaboration with The Walking Artists Network, The Walking Encyclopaedia seeks to present an overview, or a survey, of walking as a contemporary cultural activity.