This is Walkspace

Walkspace is a collective of writers and artists in the West Midlands who are intrigued by walking in all its forms.

From gentle strolls to hardcore psychogeography, group walks to solo explorations, Walkspace covers the interesting, weird edges of the humble perambulation. There are no right or wrong ways to go for a walk but there are definitely ways to make them curious and enlightening.

We launched in February 2020, shut down for the pandemic and are gradually finding our feet again. We hope you'll join us and get involved!

Extreme Noticing under Lockdown is a presentation we gave in September to the 4th World Congress on Psychogeography and serves as a good introduction to where we're coming from.

Current Projects

A Figure Walks is Megan Henebury's exploration of Birmingham's River Rea which Walkspace is helping to document.

Mapping Stirchley is an attempt to document all the overlooked things we noticed during our lockdown walks. Contributions are welcome from anyone who walks in the Birmingham suburb of Stirchley and the map will be used for future walking exploits.

Recent Posts

Walking news, walking reports, walking inspiration…
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  A Figure Walks – the grand old face of the plateauNovember 26, 2020
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  Take a walk on the wild sideNovember 23, 2020
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  Walk with Craig across JapanNovember 2, 2020
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  A Figure Walks – day 4October 31, 2020
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  Walk your neighbourhood skull this HalloweenOctober 28, 2020
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  A Figure Walks – days 2 and 3October 20, 2020
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  A Figure Walks – day oneOctober 12, 2020
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  New Film: A Suburban ExplorationOctober 10, 2020
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  People we found at 4WCOPOctober 7, 2020
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  A Figure Walks – the Rea in OctoberOctober 4, 2020
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  Stirchley Soundwalk for Ten Acres of SoundSeptember 29, 2020
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  Randonautica WalkshopSeptember 28, 2020
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  Q&A with durational walker Paul TaylorSeptember 24, 2020
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  Walking MindfullySeptember 22, 2020
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  Drawing Attention Re-run!September 9, 2020
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  Walkspace at the 4WCOPSeptember 3, 2020
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  Drawing Attention: A Walking Drawing WorkshopJuly 19, 2020
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  A walk around a closing supermarketJuly 12, 2020
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  A metaphysical treasure huntJuly 6, 2020
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  Staying focused, keeping on trackJune 23, 2020
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  A survey of suburban garage blocksJune 23, 2020
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  Sound walk SeptemberJune 22, 2020
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  A tour of Stirchley's delights for the Summer SolsticeJune 21, 2020
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  A non-essential walkJune 15, 2020

Get Involved

Walkspace are currently a collective of between three and six, depending how you count, but we're very keen to expand. If you're organising a walk or have written something about walking that you think would fit here, drop us a line!

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