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A Walk of 4,342 Steps

November 9, 2010 by Nicholas Hedges

The video-based performance piece I want to make involves my walking around the exercise yard – in this case for about an hour. The ‘Walk of 4,342 Steps’ refers to a walk I did on 31st October (the first walk in a series of 9 made during the residency) and the final video will comprise my walking with details of the walk read out over the top.

The following stills are taken from the video.

Video Work

Video Work

Video Work

Video Work

Video Work

As I walked, and as I felt my body tense up and stiffen (in particular my jaw for some reason) I found myself listening to the sounds from outside, coming through the bars in the ceiling. Again this seemed to illustrate my work, as regards the idea of the constrained walk being analogous to history’s relationship with the past, where the wider past can only be ‘glimpsed’ to some degree through the bars.

Filed Under: Artist in Residence Tagged With: A Line Drawn In Water, Artist in Residence, Australia, Everydayness, Family Hedges, Family History, Hedges, Lines, Stephen Hedges, Stitchwork, Video, Walk, Walks

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