welcome
This blog documents the Perambulator project during my stay in Huntly throughout May 2014. It also includes a record of Perambulator New York, September 2018. Occasional updates on the wider project also find… Continue reading
New article! She walked to sculpt, interlope, wrap, lick and squeeze into space.
Claire Hind and I have published a new article in the journal ‘Green Letters’ based on a creative research exchange that we undertook in the Covid-19 lockdown of early 2021. Claire and I… Continue reading
Everyday choreography: the pram walk
While making the Pram Naps series of images with Ruby as a baby I thought a lot about the everyday performances that walking with the pram prompts. I have been trying to capture… Continue reading
Perambulator talk at Bath Spa University
On Wednesday 5th June 2019 I gave a talk for the Creative Corporealities Research Group at Bath Spa University on the Perambulator Project. This was a great opportunity to pull together an overview… Continue reading
Fort Greene and Long Island City 17th September
It’s my last day in New York and I travel to Fort Greene for a meeting. I consider the bus, but decide that folding the pram is more trouble than carrying up and… Continue reading
Long Island City 15th September
A small group meets at Flux Factory on Saturday morning for a walk around the neighbourhood. Straight away talk turns to how awkward it is to cross New York City with a stroller… Continue reading
Pram carrying in NYC
Getting in and out of the subway in New York City is a feat of strength. Astrid is still quite small and light, and I can lift the pram with her in it… Continue reading
Lower Manhattan 16th September
After the creative energy of my first few days; feeling invincible, strong, capable, I am now seriously tired. I start to look at the subway map for stations with disability access – and… Continue reading
Perambulator New York
Perambulator NewYork City 13th – 17th September 2018 In 2014 I spent a month walking in the Scottish town of Huntly (pop. 4800) with my baby daughter in the pram. It is a… Continue reading
Long Island City and Dutch Kills 14th September
I meet Bibi Calderaro at Flux factory in Queens to go for a walk together. We are multi tasking – checking my route for the walk tomorrow, and also walking Chris Green’s ‘Radically… Continue reading
Greenwich Village/Washington Park, 14th September
We head into Manhattan to meet up with a friend who is working in Greenwich Village. I arrive early, thinking that we’ll have a walk around the neighbourhood first. We come out of… Continue reading
