The School of Pedestrian Culture (SoPC) New Walk

Come along to The School of Pedestrian Culture new walk on Thursday, February 9th!

Developed and facilitated by artist Lucas Priest, The School of Pedestrian Culture (SoPC) is a participant-driven ‘walking classroom’ which interweaves walking and talking with local politics, community resilience, friendships and art. SoPC walks challenge the way participants encounter public places and spaces through facilitated walking routes that reimagine cityscapes and urban histories.

SoPC’s newest walk will explore the complexities of studentification ( the gentrifying processes tied to the increased construction of student housings in University cities) as well as community campaigns in the Bonnington and Leith areas of Edinburgh.

The walk is free but booking is required as limited spaces are available

Details

Thursday February 9th 2023, 2:00pm

Point of Departure

St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral 61 York Pl, Edinburgh EH1 3JD

Alternative point of departure from Travelling Gallery

The Travelling Gallery will be located at Edinburgh College of Art on February 9th from 10-4pm. The bus will be parked outside the Fire Station Building on Lauriston Place. At 1:30 pm curator(s) will be heading to St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral from ECA. Anyone wishing to walk with them is welcome. Please meet at the Travelling Gallery.

Notes to participants

Please note that the walk will take approximately two to three hours with a walking distance of approximately 5 miles, across different types of terrains and varying inclines. The event takes place entirely outdoors and participants are encouraged to dress for the weather and to wear comfortable footwear

Please note that photographs will be taken throughout this event. These may be used by the artist and the CRC to publicise the walk and SoPC/Lucas Priest in different contexts. A release form will be provided on the day to participants to record consent. Please just let the photographer know if you wish to be exempted from the documentation.

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This walk is being delivered in conjunction with Resistance in Residence, an exhibition about community-led struggles for safe, affordable housing in Scotland curated by MScR students of Collection and Curating Practices at the University of Edinburgh in partnership with the Centre for Research Collection and the Travelling Gallery. The exhibition features archival materials, audience responses and contemporary artworks by Winnie Herbstein, Joey Simons, Keira McLean, and Lucas Priest that explore past, present and future community efforts for fair housing conditions.

More information about the exhibition and the Travelling Gallery can be found here

This walk was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh Art Collection as part of the Art Collection’s 2022 ECA Graduate Show Purchase Prize. The commission forms part of wider acquisition of Priest’s work and practice by the Collection.

The University of Edinburgh Art Collection is one of the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections and is managed from the Centre for Research Collections (CRC).

Host or Publisher Travelling Gallery