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Hola! Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla represented the United States of America at the Venice Biennale 2011. One of the works, "Track and Field" featured a massive 60-ton overturned military tank that has been repurposed by superimposing a functioning treadmill above its right track. An athlete affiliated with USA Track & Field—the national governing body for track & field, long-distance running, and race walking—runs on the treadmill at regularly scheduled intervals throughout the exhibition. Look more here: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/02/136897424/a-tank-an-organ-and-smart-power-at-the-venice-biennale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ilIg607tYs Best! 2015-10-23 6:46 GMT-03:00 Blake Morris <[log in to unmask]>: > Is anyone aware of works of art where the audience is asked to experience > the art by walking on a treadmill? I know artists like Nauman and Piscator > have used treadmills in video or performance walking, but I am wondering if > anyone has ever experienced an art piece by walking on a treadmill. > > Part of my curiosity stems from the assertion that walking on a treadmill > has the same creative benefits of walking outside, as argued in Oppezzo, > M., & Schwartz, D. L. (2014) ‘Give your ideas some legs: The positive > effect of walking on creative thinking’, in *Journal of Experimental > Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition*, 40(4), pp. 1142-1152. > > I am also wondering if moving through the landscape is a core resource in > walking art and how treadmill walking art might counter this. > > Any responses, thoughts, or leads on artists working in this way would be > much appreciated. > > FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending a > message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond > to everyone. > > To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan > FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond to everyone. To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan