A while back, Christine asked me if I’d give a talk on walking to the students in her creative technologies course. They’re working on something called #3citylink–you can check it out on Facebook–that will link them with art schools in Coventry, U.K., and Gyumri, Armenia. They’re in groups and they’re supposed to make something–from the number of film students in the class, I’m assuming (perhaps wrongly) that most of them will make videos–about this city.

So, this morning I gave the class a short talk about three ways that walking might intersect with their projects. It might help dissolve any creative blocks they might experience–studies have shown that walking is good for creativity. It could be used as a form of research–a way of getting to know the city where they live. And, like the work of Richard Long or Janet Cardiff, it could become the basis of an art project in its own right. Then we went for a six-kilometre walk. What a great way to spend a beautiful Indian summer morning! I wonder what kind of work they’re going to end up making, and if walking will play any part of it.