In late September 2023, eight Walkspace members took part in a micro-residency at the Elan Valley in Wales, the source of Birmingham's drinking water. We undertook our journey in the manner of a pilgrimage, carrying with us a jar of Birmingham tap water to return to its source. We had thought we might respond to […]
Category: Projects
Unherd! Walking the Land
Andrew Howe introduces an exciting Shropshire-based series of walks and gatherings focusing on land justice, deep time, rewilding and more.
On 13 August our Roaming Flags of Bumble Hole project concludes with a colourful musical parade. Come and fly a flag for nature!
Walkspace is happy to announce its next funded project – a celebration of the natural abundance and rich history of Bumble Hole nature reserve
Fancy a walk? Daniella Turbin is mapping Wolverhampton in intimate detail and needs your help.
Walkspace is happy to announce our first funded project – an international walking arts collaboration with Jalan Gembira in Indonesia.Â
New Walkspace member Daniella Turbin has set herself the ambitious target of walking every square of the UK Ordnance Survey Maps. This sixty second animation documents her journey along the course of the River Severn and comprises sixty hand-drawn frames created from photographs taken on a 35mm film camera. "The River Severn runs right the […]
Transcript of a talk given by Megan Henebury about her walking project, A Figure Walks, on November 24th 2020. A Figure Walks: the Rea, and other rivers you can’t see, is an ongoing project applying my walking practice to a psychogeographical investigation of Birmingham's River Rea. The expected results are an essay, a short film, […]
A Figure Walks – day 4
During October we're documenting Megan Henebury's walk along the route of the River Rea, walking in the river itself as much as possible. Pete is following her with a camera and Megan will be producing a film in the new year. All Walkspace posts on this project are here. For the fourth stretch along the Rea, […]
A Figure Walks – days 2 and 3
During October we're documenting Megan Henebury's walk along the route of the River Rea, walking in the river itself as much as possible. Pete is following her with a camera and Megan will be producing a film in the new year. All Walkspace posts on this project are here. Day two of Megan's intra-river walk started […]