WAP24 by WAP

WAP24/WALKING AS PRACTIVE Exposition developed by individual artists with in the framework of WAP24. JUNE EDITION: John Schuerman, co-curator/lead walker SEPTEMBER EDITION: Antonia Aitken, co-curator/lead walker The walking scene in Sweden is in the forming or resurfacing. The purpose with this process-based program is to invite (inter)national artists to further this development together with a core-group connected to Björkö Konstnod/BKN. WAP methodology of fieldworks and share sessions are carried out to locate and entangle structures, narratives and forces via the intersection of the arts and walking. The curatorial framework opens up for participating artists to influence the direction and leaned towards new materialism, ie rethinking dualisms through a non-hierarchal approach. Reviewing the development (share sessions, walks, and work made available to public), ”Spaces of Anticipation” is the theme for WAP24. We also foresee that after WAP24 the platform could continue to focus on aspects of artistic research at the cusp of walking and the arts. In 2023 the focus was on "Attentive Walking"

Unpacking SPACES OF ANTICIPATION - online

Date: TBA Sept

Venue: BKN, Kamchatka

Program

Moderator/presenting: Antonia Aitken

Discussants/presenting: Elisabeth Billander and Hayley Whelan or Hazel May.

Organizer: Antonia Aitken & Anna Viola Hallberg with ABF Norrtälje

WALKING AS MAPPING

Date: Sept 7th

Time: @ 5 pm

Venue BKN yard

Program

Hazel Mei has a deep passion for exploring the intersection of art, design, and environmental studies, she employs walking, mapping, and embodied technology as integral tools for research and creation.

Her artwork delves into the realms of space, time, materiality, and bodily experiences through maps, drawings, moving images, and mixed media works. Her teaching spans accredited undergraduate and postgraduate landscape architecture programs at Edinburgh College of Art, where she actively contribute to teach and develop critical communication and representation methods. Her landscape design background lends insight into the anthropological, phenomenological, and digital dimensions of contemporary landscape design, enriching her creative process.
Her works have been showcased in publications and exhibitions, including China Creative Design Yearbook (2013), Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibitions (2020-2021), and Studio Magazine 20 'Heretic' (2021).

During the residency, Hazel aims to advance her ongoing project, "Echoes of Island(s)," exploring archipelagos' isolation, interconnection, group dynamics, and the intricate interplay between land and sea. Immersed in the Stockholm Archipelago's unique setting, she plans to document her walks through mapping and scanning, drawing Björkö for later interpretation.
In addition to her personal exploration, she would hold a walking-drawing workshop about archipelagos. Participants will engage with the metaphorical dimensions of the archipelago through guided walking-drawing activities, fostering interactive discussions and collaborative drawing sessions to deepen understanding of the complex relationships shaping island landscapes.

Organizer: Hazel Mei and BKN with ABF Norrtälje

REFRACTION WALK

Date: TBD (Sep 20 sunset @ 18:57 pm)

WALK might be combined with walk on the 18th.

Sept 22 is the day of the fall equinox (beginning of fall) or höstdagjämning in Swedish. >>>

The word equilux is used to describe the day on which day and night are equaly long.

The equilux happens a few to several days after the fall equinox.

Refraction happens in the fall a few days after the equinox. On the day of an equinox, there is slightly more day than night. That’s because the sun is a disk, not a point of light, and because Earth’s atmosphere refracts (bends) sunlight.

Also it is dependant up on latitude BKN is @59th North and 19 East

Latin. equi (meaning 'equal', nox (meaning 'night').

In physics, refraction is the redirection of a wave as it passes from one medium to another.

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg with ABF Norrtälje

Date: Sept 17th

Time:Part 1 17:00-18.15, Part 2 break, 18:30 -

Part 1 BKN, Kamchatka + online

Share Session Konst och grannskap/art and community focus Björkö (BKN art walk 2025)

Focusing on Björkö, art and community. Artists and others are welcome to join in person or via video. For those of you attending at BKN we will be in "Kamchatka Lounge for Artists and other Stranded people". Also via zoom.

Part 2

At 18.30 (swe time we join a wider discussion arranged by Walk Listen Create) >>>

Walking as a Community based art practice – WALC opening seminar.

Ami has been in contact with the group so they are expecting us. AV has zoom link in calendar

Art reaches its full potential when it engages with societal issues, empowering communities beyond traditional art’s focus on objects and images. In this context, the artist acts as a community member, sharing personal experiences. Landscape, Place, and Space are crucial in shaping communal and nomadic practices. Europe’s rural communities, facing abandonment and destruction, can be revitalized through community-based art, with walking as a key practice.

The presentation will unfold in three parts, beginning with a discussion featuring curator Lydia Matthews (Athens/New York), artist/researcher Clare Qualmann (Walking Artists Network / University of East London), and nomadic artist Jez Hastings (UK), followed by a roundtable moderated by curator and activist Nina Felshin (US). The roundtable will include WALC partners Clara Gari (Catalonia), Natacha Antao Moutinho (Portugal), Sylvie Marchand (France), Anna Luyten (Belgium), Andrew Stuck (UK), and Yannis Ziogas (Greece).

WOMEN WALKING THE CITY AT NIGHT
Date: Sept 18 th

Time: 21.00, Walking at 9 pm in various timezones

Start: BKN - WALKING EAST

End: BKN

Reading text: Antonia Aitken

Program

As part of Eléonore Ozanne’s global artwork ‘Women walking. The city. At night.. WAP24 paricipates hence we are not located in a city. The paricipation is approved by Elenore Ozanne. "Through art we can dream, vindicate and create a world free of sensations of physical and psychological insecurity." EO.

Clare Qualmann FHEA is the Associate Professor (Reader) in Performance, Co-Programme leader Drama, Applied Theatre and Performance

Programme Development and Enhancement Lead University of East London

Organizer of BKN paricipation: Antonia Aitken

SEPTEMBER EDITION CO-CURATOR/LEAD WALKER

Antonia Aitken based in lutruwita /Tasmania, Australia since 2014. Through a combination of field research and studio based practice my work is investigating social and environmental questions about how we engage with and interpret our relationships with place in a contemporary Australian context. How do we explore the complex and entangled imprint of settler colonialism and attempt to build ethical dialogue with the land and its communities. Aitken was part of WAP23. For WAP24 she is co-curator and lead walker.

WAP CURATORS: Ami Skånberg & Anna Viola Hallberg

PUBLIC PROGRAM

QUARRY WALK

Date: Sept 7th

Time: 10:00

Gather in Kamchatka ready for a walk.

Program

Gathering at BKN to review the day

1) Silent Walk to the lychen plateau

2) Just sitting at the plateau

3) Continue to walk in silence to gravel road

4) At gravel road walk until Ami Skånberg finds the location to do a Suriashi with the group.

5) Walk to the quarry in two groups each finding its own speed. Faster one starts the campfire at the quarry by the waterfront

6) Lunch at the campfire (1 pm)

7) Crarving session lead by Elisabeth Billander

8) Optional walk to Arslajen (old forest and beach)

9) Ming Ming and Shi Tour did prideflag manifestatino for China at the beach

10) Walk back to BKN

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg

A handful of all the WAP24 SEPTEMBER EDITION artists

House walk at BKN by Antonia Aitken, Sept 2024

MORNING WALK

Date: Sept 4th

Time: @ 10 am

Gather in Kamchatka ready for a walk.

Program

Hayley talk about her concept "Morning Walk" followed by a walk to "The Cliff"

Organizer: Hayley Whelan

INTRO WAP

Date: Sept 2nd

Time: 19:30

Gather in Kamchatka

Program

Intro to WAP24

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg and Antonia Aitken

RC INTRO

Date: Sept 3rd

Time: 11:00

Gather in Kamchatka

Program

RC 101

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg

JUNE EDITION by co-curator John Schuerman

Date: Sept 6th

Time: @ 5 pm

Venue: Kamchatka

Program

We start with looking at some of Johns videos and RC. 17.30 John will join us by zoom and talk about projets made during the June Edition as well as his own practice.

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg, Antonia Aitken and John Schuerman

SHARE SESSIONS (not public program)

DINNER + WALK LISTEN CREATE SERIES
Date: Sept 3 rd

Time: 20:00

Gather in Kamchatka

Program

On sound and storytelling in walking pracices intro for WAP context and discussion post live session with WLC.

Live session wth Walk Listen and Create: Sound Walk Ed Coulson and Dawn Matheson >>>

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg & Antonia Aitken

MORNING WALK

Date: Sept 11th

Time:20:00

Gather in Kamchatka ready for a walk.

Program

Hayley talk about her concept "NightWalk" followed by a walk to "The Cliff"

Organizer: Hayley Whelan

Campfire Session Dinner

Date: Sept 7th

Time: @ 7 pm

Venue BKN yard

Program

Post "Walking As Mapping" session and intro to the unpacking of "Spaces of Anticipation"

Organizer: Anna Viola Hallberg

RC LAB

Date: Sept 10th

Time: 13:00

Program

Work side by side and lear from each other and develop individual expositions

MEDITATION WALK

Time: 10th

Program

BKN-Cemetary-BKN

At semitary meditation walk

Organizer: Elisabeth Billander

SHADOW WALK

Date: Sept 1-6

Time/duration: decided with each artist, duration 20min walk.

Program

Hazel Mei does a shadow walk of each artist. This is done as a 3d scan of the live walk. Please see Meis exposition for the outcome of the Shadow Walks.

possibly these two walks will be combined in to one.

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