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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  The 90km commuteApril 5, 2021
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  Stirchley walk series 1: High Street HighlightsMarch 28, 2021
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  Birmingham Dazzle WalkMarch 21, 2021
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  The WalkMarch 16, 2021
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  SOUNDwalk: B37February 28, 2021
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  The Severn Way – animation by Daniella TurbinFebruary 28, 2021
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  One Hour / One Mile Mindful Photo WalkFebruary 5, 2021
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  Move For Mind – a walking filmJanuary 25, 2021
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  Crimbo Limbo lake visitJanuary 3, 2021
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  A Walk and Talk With Nyla Naseer (Video)December 30, 2020
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  A full moon night hike in the snowDecember 29, 2020
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  Art and walking – a book extractDecember 17, 2020
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  Winter Solstice Sunrise RitualDecember 15, 2020
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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

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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