Project Pedestrian

Category: Resources

  • Text Walking

    Text Walking

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    Mark Wihak
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    Among the influences on Project Pedestrian is the Text Walking project of Calgary-based artist Baco Ohama, where she gathers text found while walking (signs, graffiti, posters) and uses them as sources for poetry, artist books, postcards, and videos. Baco and I met in the early 1990s in Montreal when we were both doing MFAs at…

  • She Walks

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    Mark Wihak
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    Zoe Tehrani is the person behind the website She walks in England, an excellent source of information about walking, with details about routes, tips (e.g. 11 Tips For Hiking In The Rain And Wet Weather), and a blog. She also has an entertaining Instagram feed and a YouTube channel, which chronicle her walks.

  • Wanderlust

    Wanderlust

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    Mark Wihak
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    The American writer Rebecca Solnit‘s 2001 Wanderlust: A History of Walking is an essential book for anyone interested in thinking about walking. “Where does it start? Muscles tense. One leg a pillar, holding the body upright between the earth and sky. The other a pendulum, swinging from behind. Heel touches down.” Wanderlust is wide-ranging and…