InspiralLondon 48hr explorations of London National Park City 21/22 July
Joining with movement the city's hidden geometries
InspiralLondon's new website launched. July 14 https://www.inspirallondon.com/
A revolution's here - InspiralLondon new map and trail - easily accessible with a few flicks of the thumb. For London as National Park City Inspiral, you can follow our progress and join us along the 48 hour relay walk - virtually or actually. Become a pioneer, one of the first urban explorers, adventurers and excursionists to see the city anew as it passes into a new state of Parkfullness. You can find all our latest events here.
Inspiral Night/Day Relay July 21-22
One week to go before we celebrate London as National Park City Week – InspiralLondon hosts a 48 hour relay walk of London’s spiralling Metropolitan Trail by journeying along the inspiral. Together we observe and record the flora and fauna found along the trail by night and by day; recording green spaces – especially overlooked hotspots of bio-diversity; the urban forest and street trees; traces of past nightlife and the city through the daily cycle, from dusk to dawn, from dawn to dusk.- by adding your eyes, ears and feet to our unique festival of on the ground mapping of the city, by night and by day – you will also provide your own unique set of data, memories and observations to add to our ongoing ground mapping.
The opening night event of InspiralLondon Night/Day Relay of London as a City Park include a midnight walk spiraling anticlockwise out from Kings Cross Square – encountering the nightlife of human and of animal – exploring the nocturnal urban ecology. Where associate artists - Birgitta Hosea and Rachel Gomme join InspiralLondon Director Charlie, to introduce the 300-mile trail – sharing its pioneering spirit, to map and experience the whole of London and its hinterlands from Kings Cross to Gravesend. See here for details or booking.
NightWalking and Inspiral on Resonance FM You can listen to Inspiral Director Charlie Fox discuss nightwalking and the overall concept of InspiralLondon Metropolitan Trail here
Special Midnight Walks 20/21 July
For Friday 20 July midnight walk, you are invited to reclaim the night together with – dotdotdash – artist Birgitta Hosea’s collaborative light action; be introduced to street tree twinning with artist Rachel Gomme and explore the urban forest canopy by night with counterproductions. Instructions, maps and guidance provided on the night. Meet at the Spindle Sculpture on Kings Cross Square from 11.45pm Friday 20 July to start walk from 12 midnight.
For Saturday 21 July midnight walk - Night Time Tree Top - join us for spiral anticlockwise nocturnal explorations - from Battersea towards Camberwell - stopping at Stockwell around 2am. During this unique midnight walk you will be invited to join in the lantern displays while being introduced to 21stC Beautification Committee Tree Tops campaign. Instructions, maps and guidance provided on the night.
see https://inspirallondon.com/
