Walking

In the 1960's Richard Long began creating "sculptures" by walking. He writes: "Nature has always been recorded by artists, from pre-historic cave paintings to 20th century landscape photography. I too wanted to make nature the subject of my work, but in new ways. I started working outside using natural materials like grass and water, and this evolved into the idea of making a sculpture by walking....Walking also enabled me to extend the boundaries of sculpture, which now had the potential to be de-constructed in the space and time of walking long distances. Sculpture could now be about place as well as material and form. I consider my landscape sculptures inhabit the rich territory between two ideological positions, namely that of making 'monuments' or conversely, of 'leaving only footprints'." http://www.richardlong.org/index.html

PLATFORM has long used the walk as an important form for public space work. The interdisciplinary art collective writes: "We have explored walking as a Research tool, as a ritual, as performance, as intervention, as a political tool, and as a tool for sharing insights and information. Their project Critical Walks in The City (of London, England) is described at http://www.platformlondon.org/fitc.htm