Understanding the act of walking through a plurality of meanings: as a creative, critical, and reflective gesture; political and artistic; public and private; universal and particular. In this workshop, participants will explore ways of creating through the act of walking, which may be approached as method, process, theme, or object.
Open to a plurality of practices and interpretations associated with walking, this workshop proposes to:
Collectively reflect on how we move through territory.
Deepen knowledge and explore various artistic practices grounded in the act of walking.
Propose and create critical cartographies of urban space.
Develop individual or collective works centered on the act of walking.
The act of walking is an everyday action, at times mechanical and systematic.
But it is also a symbolic gesture, evocative of inquietudes and questioning, with enormous transformative potential—capable of generating places and moments, alternative discourses, and disruptive or revealing actions. From the solitary and introspective stroll to the political and reivindicative march, the possibilities contained within the steps of a walk are endless.
In the words of Rebecca Solnit, “walking is, ideally, the state in which mind, body, and world are aligned, as if they were three characters who finally come together in conversation.” By placing the act of walking at the core of this workshop, we aim to spark new questions; to generate a collective and diverse dynamic that explores alternative paths (physical, symbolic, and artistic); and, above all, to create bodies of work that reflect new ways of seeing the space we inhabit and how we experience it.
References: We will discuss and interweave works and authors as diverse as Francis Alÿs, Sophie Calle, Hasan Elahi, Regina José Galindo, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Bruce Nauman, W. G. Sebald, Rebecca Solnit, Henry David Thoreau, Gus Van Sant, Robert Walser, among many others.
Applications: Candidates must pre-register on the Atelier de Lisboa website and send a portfolio and a biography to atelierdelisboa@gmail.com, after which an interview may be scheduled. Contact Atelier de Lisboa for any clarification.
Price: Monthly payment: 240€ Number of payments: 1
