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“We are walkers into the local. We are dreamers into the global”

artist’s note (April 2020)

“We are poems upon the sea. We are steps upon the soil”

artist’s note (April 2020)

Concept

On 25/4/2020 (during COVID-19) several artists and writers conducted synchronised walks across several cities and countryside of Europe (UK, Scotland, Greece); sharing viewpoints and earpoints through mobile chat software. It was a creative collaboration which produced different artworks under the umbrella project Ground Works (initiated by K. Portman) along with Select Arts non-profit foundation (UK). Bill Psarras was among the invited participating artists and -38.250714, - 157914178 (We are walkers into the local / We are dreamers into the global) forms a work at the intersections of conceptual art, digital art. Having as starting platform the shape of walking performance, it is an intervention to the virtual environment of Google Earth by planting at the opposite side of the Earth a new imaginary island stemming from the shape of artist’s walk; a small cut out piece of real land planted in the midst of the Pacific Ocean. Inspired by the local, the global and the dynamic glocal experience; Walking Island has a series of artistic outputs (digital images, maps, poetry and video).

Description

Remote participatory walking, digital intervention, digital image, text, GPS data

Technical: HD digital images / digital prints

Year: 2020

Credits

Concept – Creation: Bill Psarras

Available

Documentation video: https://vimeo.com/416368961

Project: http://groundworks.org.uk/wp/artists/bill-psarras/

Invited / part of

The work has been invited to be part of Ground Works project (UK) supported by Arts Council England and Select Arts platform

©2020 Bill Psarras