I’ve had a busy week end preparing for Wednesday’s walk, Walking in the Footsteps of the Huguenots as part of the exhibition @The Republic of Brexitopia at Espacio Gallery. The walk will start from Espacio at 1 pm. For more […]
Walking in the Footsteps of the Huguenots Exploring the past, considering the present and recording our thoughts about Post Brexit Britain. I am organising a collaborative walk for the Republic of Brexitopia exhibition which is being organised by Degrees of […]
A PHOTO DIARY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS FOR WALKING WITH THE WASTE LAND AT THE MARGATE BOOKIE 2017. Walking with the Waste Land is a community group which is part of a wider project at the Turner Contemporary exploring visual […]
A walk in July A collaborative walk on July 12th with the Garden Gate Community Project and Walking with The Waste Land in Cliftonville, Margate. A photo diary of a series of walks which we began in April. this […]
A JUNE WALK – THINKING ABOUT PROJECTIVE VERSE ,with The Garden Gate community project in Margate. Sadly, I’ve just realised, having written this blog…I forgot to publish! Am now writing the blog for July’s walk….Hope you enjoy this enough to want […]
We walked last Friday from Dundas Street Gallery to Inverleith House, in the Royal Botanical Gardens. Here a photo diary of readings and a task based intervention with rope by Naomi Garriock. Ropes and knots are an important part of […]
A Wander on Friday July 7th from Dundas Street Gallery to Inverleith house Edinburgh 2pm – 4pm An artist led walk by Elspeth Penfold inspired by Cecilia Vicuña’s poem ‘Hilo y Palabra’ Includes participative interventions by artists: Nicola […]
ThreadandWord ‘LISTENING WITH OUR EYES’ ‘it is difficult to be responsible to an environment, if we have not first listened in to find out who is present’ J.E. Skinner. Our research for the walk with #ThreadandWord, with its links to […]
A few weeks ago I had a surprise walk with Jonathan Skinner, professor of eco poetry at Warwick University. Jonathan also happens to be a friend of Cecilia Vicuña’s which is another project I am working on #ThreadandWord. Jonathan took […]
Walking with the Waste Land Creating new encounters through walking. April : The Garden Gate to Northdown Park. We have just started a series of exploratory walks following a route from the Garden Gate in Margate through Northdown House gardens […]
“Let’s Talk about Vivienne” A walk , by the Walking with the Waste Land group at the Turner Contemporary. Saturday March 11th. A Photo Diary, creating new encounters. A performance by Jill Rock at Turner Contemporary Invoking Vivienne, through the […]
AN INTRODUCTION I started the group Walking with the Waste Land assisted and encouraged by research curator Trish Scott to use walking as a research tool as a part of the wider Research Group A Journey with The Waste Land, […]
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) ‘Let’s talk about Vivienne’ An Artist Led Walk by Elspeth Penfold with Turner Contemporary ‘Walking the Wasteland’ Research Group Saturday March 11th 2017 11.00 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Meet: Turner […]
Thread and Word – an introduction. The walk is part of a programme of events organised at Espacio Gallery as part of the Threads exhibition curated by the Artists’ Pool. This exhibition brings together artists from varied creative practices, backgrounds, […]
I am now considering new elements and development of the project. For details about one of my new projects: The walks will also continue to develop around Walking with The Waste Land and will include guest walkers to take a […]
An explanation about Quipus and how they fit in with Walking
An explanation An introduction to my use of Quipus, Ropes and Knots as a way of documenting walks
