Looking for the magic in the everyday through TS Eliot a walk in Margate on March  24th 2018.

Walking with The Waste Land- An edited Photo diary of "A Treasure Trail". 

Thank you to all who joined, participated and contributed to make this such a memorable walk.


Our next walk  'Sound and Sway' on May 5th, details  : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-and-sway-tickets-43611967569


With thanks to Anastasia Miller-Kurakin  for photography.

Walking with The Waste Land Photo-Diary - 'Mud Walking'

 On Friday the 23rd of February, members from the walking group Walking with The Waste Land and their friends conducted a walk from the Sportsman Car Park in Seasalter, near Whitstable, in Kent.

On this walk we walked to “ Mick’s post” and then experimented with some low tide mud walking, using knots in ropes to record the experience. 

We then returned to Mick’s post where we read a few poetry lines and tied a  knotted rope to Mick’s post in a symbolic ritual of the celebration of Terminus :  http://terminaliafestival.org 

Mick’s post is a white post in Seasalter which has been erected near the sea wall to indicate the boundary for the digging of bait in the estuary.

" 'Terminalia' is such a fascinating, Pagan but completely obvious concept. liminality is a subject that has always fascinated me and also the idea of the process of changing and shift shaping. Did you know that the word 'Weird' originally meant Becoming?

it is also entirely appropriate to the concept of using Myth in the modern world, not just because of the classical references but also because in fact you are crossing boundaries through time and space  -one man all men, one woman all women, one stone all stones.

O and of course the time of year and the shifting from winter into spring."    

 Judy Dermott

The Mythic Method and the essence of Modernity,  as I understand it does not mean returning to the past but giving an understanding to the present. Through this walk and it’s connections with Terminus the Roman God who ruled over boundaries we pushed the boundaries of walking and discovered it wasn't easy!

" Instead of narrative method, we may now use the mythic method. It is, I seriously believe, a step toward making the modern world possible for art.”

T.S. Eliot, from Ulysses, Order and Myth (1923)

Join us on our next walk in Margate on March 24th at 2 pm

"Stories from Walking with The Waste Land" 

meeting at The Turner Contemporary in the lobby.

Snapshots ending 2017 and a sneaky peek at projects in 2018

                               Walking San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 2017      

I have been working on several projects which will continue into 2018 including:

1. A commission with A.N.D. #my creative school 

I have been working with 10 artists selected by
A New Direction  (A.N.D.)

It has been a wonderful experience so far working with a talented group of people, bringing creativity into the delivery of the program. I am looking forward to 2018 when we will be delivering our catalyst projects in collaboration with our chosen schools.

My project is to develop a Creative Manifesto, through a Feast of Ideas.



A collaboration in "By Our own hand"a project with Richard Grayson at Matts Gallery. I have met some wonderfully creative artists and makers. 

'a mano' by hand.

it will be interesting to see how these all get put together.

In January 2018, The Horsebridge Centre in Whitstable is opening with a new approach to curating it's gallery spaces. 

Their first exhibition of the year curated by Mirka Kotulicova is titled 'LivingRoom' ands explores the idea that art is not and should not  always be comfortable. 

I will be exhibiting two pieces 'Cocoon' , a collaborative piece made with the Spanish artist Ignacio Cañete Sanchez and the second piece asks for participation on wall paper, 'Drawing Room' . 

The exhibition opens on the 13th of January.

In February 2018 Journey with The Waste Land opens at The Turner Contemporary and I'm looking forward to Walking with The Waste Land as a part of it. I hope that some of you can join us as we explore connections between Margate, TS Eliot's poem and the exhibition through walks that we devised over the last three years.

 We will be walking with our shamanic Varas (Poles) and taking you on our journey.

The Margate Bookie  also returns in May with a celebration of poetry.

I will be organising a walk with poetry titled Rhythm and Sway.

 In June  I am planning  a walk for the opening event of the Sculpture in the City Program 2018.

Hoping for some sunshine!










I am also organising a collaborative project as part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival Fringe, in May 2018 with Thread and Word.






A work with a focus on migration

 asylum / exile








I am enjoying the process, exploring  the connections between all these strands working and collaborating with different groups.Thanking them for all their support and friendship and looking forward to developing the ideas and connections further in 2018.

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

#Thread and Word : A walking poem written during the Art Festival XOXO @OXO #Tribe17   

we walked and experienced our surroundings  with a pack of instructional cards, ropes and ribbons. 

These are the words that resulted from the walk .

Taking with us some great experiences of Tribe17 with thanks to Javier Melian and the team at CHROM-ART.org         

Listen to the river .......

with Sonia Overall. Andrea Coltman. Travis Moore Carlie Xuan Muriel Hang DamianTomczyk Luca_London Travis Moore

Narrow grass

                                                                      Sad

lost

And found

Eight                             space

Breeze

FUN   

            Scattered Yoga Textures                         
Eclectic
River peripherals
Weave direction
Pace
Respite          Blue narrative. Cynic,

Real?

Switch. Ephemeral

STRAINED Breeze 

SILENCE

Monochromatic

Salient

CROUCHED

Counter collection
WALK PACE. OOPS.
AIR

Paradise OBSTRUCTIVE

ENLIGHT, UNWANTED, FLAWS

Sturdy ,Hypocrite

Primordial

UNFIT

Distance.

MORBID

First true love is forever                  

Happy

To be strong

LUCA

weernošê NAZAWSZE

New life

SMIERČ

Wiz ystre ma slói konies

              

                                                         Hurry anyone          CHASE
                                                                                                      HARD, White, door. 

                                                                                           Bandit Leaf TANGO.


With love to you all, its great to collaborate, 
 Elspeth (Billie) Penfold.