What passes for autumn in these parts has begun to settle in, even as the leaves are still on most of the trees, and only a few species have even started to bleed off the green. In the mornings the river wraps itself in a romantic fog that hides the trash and the reminders above the treeline that, as green and wild as it is in that pocket, you are in one of the fastest-growing cities in America, and the city wants to eat every pocket of wildness that has somehow been allowed to persist in its margins.
This was an excellent read for me especially since I recently got introduced to the process of Documented Walks which you have captured quite succinctly while reflecting on your own journey.
Thank you! I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't heard of Documented Walks as a specific practice, but now I am already reading up on it and I can see it will be quite a rewarding rabbit hole—it looks like there is a ton of interesting stuff out there in that vein.
Oh haven't we all been there!? It is an interesting side of scholarship to see how we independently produce ideas cum theories and then find out that there are tons of existing research on said subject! Documented Walks is a subset of Land Art/Earthworks genre of art with folks like Richard Long and Hamish Fulton having made definitive contributions to further research on the process--psychogeography. I am excited for all that you will unpack. I mean, when I saw the title of this section "Field Notes," I actually thought you were a walking artist and immediately subscribed to read more about your process. I still look forward to this.
Not to worry, it is a fairly new subject for me so no critiquing here yet, not for another five years-ha! A great read would be Lucy Lippard's "Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society." Ok, I will stop rambling now.
This is great! I know all about psychogeography, as I discussed a bit last week, and this project is very much in conversation with that. And Documented Walks is a good alternate term for what psychogeography is essentially about. I shall check out Long, Fulton and Lippard, and appreciate the recommendations.
*And now I am reading about these so-called "walking artists" and my mind is blown. I did not appreciate that, separate from psychogeography, there was this grouping of artists coming out of varied backgrounds, from land art to sculpture to conceptual art, using the walk as the medium. Thank you!
It is so beautiful to read this from you. I only got introduced to this medium via a class I'm currently taking called Art, Environment and Place.
I shared the link to our conversation and your article with my professor who is a scholar and repository of Land Art practices. She is also an artist, herself. I am glad you feel this way about the subject because it is how I feel too -- and I still come back to the fact that you just getting to know there is a whole field of study on what has come out of your subconscious, is reaffirming because I recently found myself in the same boat. Anyway, here is to many more delightful encounters with new knowledge!
This was an excellent read for me especially since I recently got introduced to the process of Documented Walks which you have captured quite succinctly while reflecting on your own journey.
Thank you! I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't heard of Documented Walks as a specific practice, but now I am already reading up on it and I can see it will be quite a rewarding rabbit hole—it looks like there is a ton of interesting stuff out there in that vein.
Oh haven't we all been there!? It is an interesting side of scholarship to see how we independently produce ideas cum theories and then find out that there are tons of existing research on said subject! Documented Walks is a subset of Land Art/Earthworks genre of art with folks like Richard Long and Hamish Fulton having made definitive contributions to further research on the process--psychogeography. I am excited for all that you will unpack. I mean, when I saw the title of this section "Field Notes," I actually thought you were a walking artist and immediately subscribed to read more about your process. I still look forward to this.
Not to worry, it is a fairly new subject for me so no critiquing here yet, not for another five years-ha! A great read would be Lucy Lippard's "Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society." Ok, I will stop rambling now.
This is great! I know all about psychogeography, as I discussed a bit last week, and this project is very much in conversation with that. And Documented Walks is a good alternate term for what psychogeography is essentially about. I shall check out Long, Fulton and Lippard, and appreciate the recommendations.
*And now I am reading about these so-called "walking artists" and my mind is blown. I did not appreciate that, separate from psychogeography, there was this grouping of artists coming out of varied backgrounds, from land art to sculpture to conceptual art, using the walk as the medium. Thank you!
It is so beautiful to read this from you. I only got introduced to this medium via a class I'm currently taking called Art, Environment and Place.
I shared the link to our conversation and your article with my professor who is a scholar and repository of Land Art practices. She is also an artist, herself. I am glad you feel this way about the subject because it is how I feel too -- and I still come back to the fact that you just getting to know there is a whole field of study on what has come out of your subconscious, is reaffirming because I recently found myself in the same boat. Anyway, here is to many more delightful encounters with new knowledge!
Thank you! 🙏
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