Walking
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Walksy Walking App
A new walking app conceived by Art Walk’s founder, Rosy Naylor, was launched with a led-walk around Portobello’s changing urban environment during May 2021. ‘Walksy.’ (or Walk & See) offers a creative way to record the observations we see and hear as we walk, whilst browsing walks other users have shared. The App enables a…
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Footprint
During 2019 five artists were commissioned to develop walking and cycling routes that explored local, everyday landscapes and neighbourhoods: Chris Dooks, Alec Finlay, Deirdre Macleod, Holger Mohaupt and Suzie Parry. Map design: David Lemm. Above images: Alec Finlay (published text in LandMark Newspaper publication), Deirdre Macleod Cul De Sac walk, Suzanne Parry sound walk.
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Festoon
Created by artist Deirdre Macleod, Festoon invited participants to walk slowly in a line, carrying portable lighted frames around the darker spaces of Portobello during the 2018 Art Walk Porty Pleasure Ground programme – spaces that can be lost after dark, to create a walking illumination. Festoon involved two performative walks around Portobello involving the…
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Line Walk Mindful Walking