ANTONIA AITKEN, NAHELLI CHAVOYA, HAYLEY WHELAN, REBEKAH DEAN, KARIN BRYGGER,, MARINA PUGINA, INGA MANTICAS, ANNA VIOLA HALLBERG, AMI SKÅNBERG
ATTENTATIVE WALKING - sharing strategies on proximity through artistic expressions
WAP - exploring and sharing strategies on proximity through artistic expressions in the field of walking practices through the configuration of a transformative, dynamic space for art, engaging with life and nature. Critical and poetic explorations, influenced by the immediate surroundings where the forest meets the sea - wayfinding in The Northern Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. Each artist made their individual exposition. This WAP exposition can be seen as inspiration for walkers and walkers to be..
Keywords: walking, asymmetry, entanglement, beyond violence, not-knowing, desire, nature, responsibility, deep listening, close seeing, territory, contested sites.
Departure: HAYLEY WHELAN, NAHELLI CHAVOYA, ANTONIA AITKEN, ANNELAURE VERNET, CECILIA LAGERSTRÖM
Arrival: GERHARD KOWALD, JORDAN ROWE, FERNANDA BRANCO, ANNA MIKUSKOVA, ALEX HAWTHORN, BENEDICTE DAHM
Departure: CECILIA HEDLUND, CLIFF ANDRADE
Arrival: DIANNE REID, HEATHER/HEY THERE KAPPLOW, AURIKE QUINTELIER
Departure: JAMES CUNNINGHAM, JORDAN ROWE, GERHARD KOWALD, DIANE REID, HEATHER/HEY THERE KAPPLOW
Arrival: JUANMA GONZALES,
Also in house: DEREK OLIVER, EKATERINA SISFONES, ANTANAS JACINEVICHUS, ALEKSEY SHCHIGALEV, MARINA PUGINA, AMI SKÅNBERG, ANNA VIOLA HALLBERG
Program name: AiR BKN "WALKING AS PRACTICE"/WAP
Hosting venue: BKN/Björkö Konstnod (artist run not for profit)
Location: Björkö in Northern Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
Duration: 1 month, 1 or 2 weeks
Curators: Anna Viola Hallberg & Ami Skånberg
PUBLIC DISSEMINATION
Works were publicly shared post program
November 23: Granit Dreams in Limerick, Ireland, Malaise at Bunker Ulmenwall Bielefeld, Germany
December 3: Suriashi for Björkö as BKN ART WALK, WAP23 Program presentation and Walking with Locals at Medborgarhuset, Björkö, Sweden
Program name: AiR BKN "WALKING AS PRACTICE"/WAP
Hosting venue: BKN/Björkö Konstnod (artist run not for profit)
Location: Björkö in Northern Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
Duration: 1 month, 1 or 2 weeks
Curators: Anna Viola Hallberg & Ami Skånberg
