Walking with the Waste Land

Walking as research, part of the research group into the Waste Land by TS Eliot, for an exhibition opening at the Turner Contemporary in 2018.

 I hope some of you saved the date and will be able to join me next wednesday.

We will be walking and reflecting on section iv of The Waste Land, "Death by Water". Some of you who came on the first walk will remember that Keith took us to see a house with a blue plaque. I think you might be able to guess where this is going. It will be interesting to hear your views.

Looking forward to seeing you and sharing ideas about the poem, Margate and life in general. Please let me know if you are able to join us, as then we know who to wait for!

Elspeth/Billie

Wednesday March 16th , 2pm Meeting at Nayland Rock Shelter

For more about walking with the Waste Land research:

http://wasteland.onsocialengine.com/post/4798571/walk-4-meanderings-with-footnotes

For more about walking projects:

http://elspeth-billie-penfold.com/walking

Walking and thinking about:




Preparing for "eves and lilliths" at Espacio Gallery. Many thanks to Ana Cockeril who selected the works and is curating the show.

For more about the exhibition:

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/first-thursdays/exhibitions/eves-liliths-an-exploration-of-womens-identity/

                                         

                                                                                                   Unravelling, 2015, weave and ropes

Delighted to have my work shortlisted for the Sun Pier Open contemporary 2016 @ Chatham Dockyard:

For more about walking as research:

http://wasteland.onsocialengine.com/post/4798571/walk-4-meanderings-with-footnotes

http://elspeth-billie-penfold.com/walking

Walk 4

 Margate, meanderings with footnotes. 

miˈandərɪŋ/

adjective

1. 1.
2. following a winding course."meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates"
3. synonyms:
4. winding, windy, zigzag, zigzagging, twisting, turning, curving,serpentine, sinuous, snaking, snaky, twisty, tortuous; (1)
   
   Each person keeps a knotted cord which is said to represent the primal migration, each knot stands for a memory,(2)

In important ceremonies the owner of the cord lets it run through their fingers.(3)

 Le Courbusier introduced the meandering curves.....(4)

an act of following a winding course."ox-bow lagoons left by the river's meanderings"vi

meander vi       I WANDERED lonely as a cloud

          That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

          When all at once I saw a crowd,

          A host, of golden daffodils; (5)

(person: wander)

deambular⇒ vi

for Wordsworth walking was a mode not of traveling,but of being (6)

vagabundear⇒ vi     A wall of Sand, I’ve always wanted to climb and  walk along the bank (7)

callejear⇒ vi

meander vi

(river, etc.: curve, twist) 

(río)

serpentear⇒ vi

Footnotes:

1. Trish

2. Billie/Elspeth

3. Lines - Tim Ingold

4.Carlos

5. Bernadette, reflecting on William Wordsworth

6. Wanderlust,Rebecca Solnit

7. Maggy

Margate ,Walk 4 - Meandering - 
Wednesday February 10th,
 Nayland Rock Shelter meet 2pm
For this walk I propose we meander. 

If you'd like to join the walk please contact me elspethpenfold@yahoo.co.uk

For more information, click on the link below:

http://wasteland.onsocialengine.com/post/4767699/walk-4

Delighted to have my work on the Royal British Sculptors website:http://rbs.org.uk/artists/elspeth-penfold

and looking forward to "Conflict" Protest and commemoration in sculpture RBS fellows event tomorrow.

Walking and Thinking, click on the link :

For more about Walking and Thinking

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27186709

Walking and Thinking

For more about this project please visit my website http://elspeth-billie-penfold.com/

Walking and Thinking

MARGATE

Walk 3  Wednesday January 20th

"You are drawn to the light slow goosestep of the figurative", from Sonia Overall's poem ,"Margate 5th of May". Sums up this walk for me.

We began our walk looking at what was there at the Nayland Rock shelter. We paused to look at  the  shelter as a beautiful space. Wouldn't it be fun to fill those seats and inhabit the space?
We walked along the sea front promenade, we looked at the globe lights spaced at regular intervals and stopped to read extracts from Sonia's "The  Art of Walking".
We decided to walk around the Turner and follow the beach below. We had no idea of how long we'd walked for.
The beach was amazing, the cliff, the tunnel up to the top and wonderful conversations.
Jan said "you'd better tell me when you want to stop as I'll just carry on walking", then invited me back for tea.
The photo I have used is after tea walking back from Jan and Ian's. Such a perfect day.

The walk is just like painting an abstract piece, the what's in front of you ( the figurative) is the platform for the creativity and the art is in the meeting of minds, making connections and sharing the experience.

Can't wait for the next walk!