The Walking Encyclopaedia: The Walking Encyclopaedia - DAY TEN - some finishing preps and the start of the hang

06/02/2014

The Walking Encyclopaedia - DAY TEN - some finishing preps and the start of the hang

INCLUDING TODAY!

And so, well in to the final stretch, exciting things are starting to happen at the Gallery - Tim Knowles - surely one of the the hardest working and most conscientious artists we have worked with has put the finishing touches to the whole new wall he has constructed. The wall will be the host of a huge line drawing due for completion today - watch out for upcoming footage. Added to that, the Gallery window has had a start made to it too - a bit of Kielder Forest brought to Sunny Stoke.

Paths of Variable Resistance marks the latest show in Tim's ever expanding career - it's his fifth exhibition of 2014 - and also he'll be showing at a Walking Exhibition at The Mac in Birmingham running concurrently with ours - Walk On will be well worth a visit and represents the strength of contemporary cultural walking.

Philippe Guillaume

And the hang for the Walking Encyclopaedia started too - with the first pieces of physical work entering the show - can you see yours?

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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.