has sook yin lee been creepin' our blogs???

on my way to school i listened to the radio and caught a few moments of 'definitely not the opera' on cbc radio 1.  as chance would have it, this particular episode of DNTO was pretty much ALL about our special topics walking class.  glad to have caught a bit of an abridged version of many topics we've discussed term (like the el camino de santiago pilgrimage in northern spain, montreal native jean belliveau's eleven year walk around the world, and emotional/relationship-changing walks with mothers) all here in entertaining radio form:

download the podcast or read all about it:

http://www.cbc.ca/dnto/news-promo/2011/10/20/where-did-your-walk-take-you-oct-29nov-8/    

DEFINITELY take a minute to check out toronto sculptor and performance artist ELINOR WHIDDEN and her many walks.  read her artist statement.  so spectacular!  down with cars!

http://www.elinorwhidden.com/ 

MOUNTAIN MAN performance series: THIS IS OUR COUNTRY - CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2007

(with rear view walking stick)

DROMOMAINIA.  documentation from car-carrying performance in amherst, ny.  car parts, military knapsack frame.  3x2x2 feet.  2005.  

STEEL BELTED SNOWSHOES sculptural object used in the mountain man series.  scavenged tires from the side of the road, snowshoe harnesses, steel.  18x60 inches.  2007.

it's of note that in 2007 elinor whidden attended the WALKING AND ART residency at the banff centre :)