Two things I’ve enjoyed lately are these:
The latest post of the Hailstone Haiku Group in Japan is here.
Justin Hopper’s interview with the walking artist Hamish Fulton, conducted on a walk of course, which is an excellent introduction to Fulton’s practice and ethos, available here. I found him to be engaging, likeable, wise and persuasive, altogether a fine combination. Hopper’s Uncanny Landscapes podcasts are invariably excellent listening, because his guests are interesting and he himself is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable questioner, so it’s well worth subscribing and listening to his back catalogue.
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Enjoyed the podcast and have a little bit left to finish.
I hadn’t heard of Fulton though a friend of mine who works, rather fittingly, as a rights-of-way officer, had.
I liked that he answered “I don’t know” to a couple of the questions. It’s refreshing to hear an artist say that, like they’re acknowledging there’s still a lot for them to explore about themselves if they chose to.
I wonder what he thinks of that high profile breakup walk by Marina Abramović and partner along the Great Wall of China – whether there’s any overlap of philosophy or not, though I suppose that was more about relationships than the walk itself.
I’ve subscribed to the ‘cast and I’ll check some others out once I’ve finished this one.
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Hi Dave, yes, I liked Fulton’s humility and his ‘leave no trace’ principle. Hopper’s book The Old Weird Albion is a goodish read too – albeit that he seems to be (literally) going over ground which Belloc, Chesterton and others covered a century and more ago.
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