The launch of Walking Cities: London, edited by Jaspar Joseph-Lester, Simon King, Amy Blier-Carruthers and Roberto Bottazzi, and published by Camberwell Press.

Through bringing together a new interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians, human geographers and philosophers Walking Cities: London considers how urban walking informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are best accessed through the act of walking. Ultimately, Walking Cities: London seeks to understand the wider significance of changing geographies to generate critical questions and creative perspectives for navigating the social and political impact of rapid urban change.

The launch features contributions from four of the contributors to the book: Sean Ashton, Douglas Murphy, Rosana Antoli and Peter Sheppard Skærved.

Programme:

6.30pm Arrival and drinks

7pm Jaspar Joseph-Lester: Introduction

7.10pm Sean Ashton: Reading from 'Point to Point' and 'Public Notice'

7.20pm Douglas Murphy: Discussion of his text 'London has to Continually Refresh its Offer’ with Roberto Bottazzi

7.40pm Rosana Antoli: a reading performance relating to her work in the book, ‘Walkative: A Choreography of Resistance’ followed by a discussion with Simon King

8pm Peter Sheppard Skærved: Performance of music from his text 'Practise Walk' with Amy Blier-Carruthers

8.30pm Drinks