WAP24 by WAP

WAP24/WALKING AS PRACTIVE Exposition developed by individual artists with in the framework of WAP24. JUNE EDITION: John Schuerman, co-curator/lead walker SEPTEMBER EDITION: Antonia Aitken, co-curator/lead walker The walking scene in Sweden is in the forming or resurfacing. The purpose with this process-based program is to invite (inter)national artists to further this development together with a core-group connected to Björkö Konstnod/BKN. WAP methodology of fieldworks and share sessions are carried out to locate and entangle structures, narratives and forces via the intersection of the arts and walking. The curatorial framework opens up for participating artists to influence the direction and leaned towards new materialism, ie rethinking dualisms through a non-hierarchal approach. Reviewing the development (share sessions, walks, and work made available to public), ”Spaces of Anticipation” is the theme for WAP24. We also foresee that after WAP24 the platform could continue to focus on aspects of artistic research at the cusp of walking and the arts. In 2023 the focus was on "Attentive Walking"

PARTICIPANTS

june edition WAP24 ---------------------------

january - december (various durations)

REBEKAH DEAN (uk)

JANICE JENSEN (de)
JUANMA GONZALÉS (es/se)
BERG DUO (se)

Artists (2-6 weeks)

JOHN SCHUERMAN (us)

BERNADITA BENNETT (cl/de)

CLIFF ANDRADE (pt/uk)

MING MING (cn)

SHI TOU (cn)

VINCENT STANGL (at)

FREDDIE MARIA TETZLAFF (de)

BERG DUO (se)

Guest Walkers June Edition

JUANMA GONZÁLEZ (es/se)

LENA GEMZÖE (se)

JOLENE MOK (hk)

MARINA PUGINA (ru)

HELEN HEDENSJÖ (se)

Artists (2-6 weeks)

ANTONIA AITKEN (au)

HAYLEY WHELAN (uk)

ARBA BEKTESH (al)

HAZEL MEI (gb-sct/cn)

ELISABETH BILANDER (se)
HELEN EDLING (se)

BERG DUO (se)

MING MING (cn)

SHI TOU (cn)

Guest Walkers September Edition

MARINA PUGINA (ru)

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WAP24

WAP is a process-based program, where we delve into each others’ knowledges and things we encounter with-in artistic research of methodologies in serach of spaces of anticipation. Artists lived and work together and side by side during 2024. The Program is divided in to three editions: June, September and Session (the rest of the year). It unfolds both as public programs and share sessions for participating artists.

WAP is about exploring and sharing strategies on proximity through artistic expressions in the field of walking practices through the configuration of a transformative, dynamic space for art, engaging with life and nature. Critical and poetic explorations, influenced by the immediate surroundings - wayfinding.

WAP24 June edition co-curator John Schuerman (us) >>>

WAP24 September edition co-curator: Antonia Aitken (au) >>>

The walking scene in Sweden is in the forming or resurfacing. The purpose with this process-based program hosts (inter)national artists to further this development together with a core-group connected to Björkö Konstnod/BKN. WAP methodology of fieldworks and share sessions are carried out to locate and entangle structures, narratives and forces via the intersection of the arts and walking. Artistic research on Spaces of Anticipation through walking as practice unfolds with WAP24.

The hosting context is BKN/Björkö Konstnod a artist residency on Björkö. The venue for the first two years is a rural art node called BKN in the Northern Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden.

The instagators of WAP are artists Ami Skånberg and Anna Viola Hallberg, aka Berg Duo.

THIS EXPOSITION IS UNFOLDING DAY BY DAY as artists add more and more to the exposition. Linked participants have started the process of developing their presentations.
COME BACK OFTEN AND BE PART OF THE ARTISTIC RESEARCH on WALKING AS ARTISTIC PRACTICE. The exposition will continue to unfold between May and October 2024.

TIPS: Zoom out on your browser to get over view and then in to read specific texts.

JUNE EDITION / SEPTEMBER EDITION / CURATORIAL TEXTS / SETTING

"Vilken fin och magisk dag vi fick. Ni höll det så proffsigt. Intressanta samtal med spännande personer. Flera oväntade och starka moment. Och så himlen, marken dofterna och rytmen. Tack!" Deltagare vid "Gå med oss", 21 maj

PUBLIC PROGRAMS & SHARE SESSIONS FOR WAP24

WALKS, ARTIST PRESENTATIONS, OPEN STUDIOS

You find more detailed infomation under PUBLIC PROGRAM in top menue.

WAP23 >>>

WAP 23 -- Attentative Walking, sharing strategies on proximity through artistic expressions. Took place in Sept-Nov 2023 at Björkö in Sweden.

HOSTING VENUE

JUNE EDITION CO-CURATOR/LEAD WALKER

John Schuerman is an environmental artist and independent curator. His artwork reflects his deep interest in nature both human and nonhuman. His aesthetic style and social consciousness formed as he grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin. His primary art practices are Walking and Drawing, which he uses to examine his community’s physical and psychic landscapes. As a curator he’s produced over 30 exhibitions across the Midwest on topics that address current concerns in our collective psyche.

SEPTEMBER EDITION CO-CURATOR/LEAD WALKER

Antonia Aitken based in lutruwita /Tasmania, Australia since 2014:
Through a combination of field research and studio based practice, my work is investigating social and environmental questions about how we engage with and interpret our relationships with place in a contemporary Australian context. How do we explore the complex and entangled imprint of settler colonialism and attempt to build ethical dialogue with the land and its communities?

The exposition is set out to present individual artist's endeavours presented in chapters by each artist. The methodology is based in SHARE SESSIONS (participating artists only) and PUBLIC PROGRAMS. It concludes the dissemination of WAP24, where each artist presents their own exposition. In addition to framework by curators as welll as concluding texts, each page holds the image WAP24, which brings you back to the baseline page.

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