Category Archives: walk

Equinox

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I (along with five others) responded to a provocation to respond to the spring equinox by making a walking artwork. This is the result (showing the six works in a 12 minute video). I hope you enjoy.

Thanks to Kel Portman for instigation and curation.

Ronaigh – on Radiophrenia this coming Sunday

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Radiophrenia – https://radiophrenia.scot/listen/ – 13 April 2025 10:00 am – 11:30 am

July.
40 miles off the top of the Outer Hebrides.
Stand below St Ronan’s church. Walk south on lazy bed corrugations to the low cliffs.
Turn east. Pass two geos. Walk up towards the lighthouse and the east coast peak, to stand above a land-slipped cliff edge.
Walk west onto, along, over the ridge and down the long slope to the west side of the northern peninsula.
Walk onto the rock field. Walk to the end of the peninsula. Walk round the tip and south along the eastern coast to the landing.

Terminalia 2025

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It was great to be able to put my Terminalia work into Kel Portman’s call and be part of this wonderful group of walking artists – here is the final version of the works – enjoy.

Radiophrenia schedule announced

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and now the schedule is announced – https://radiophrenia.scot/schedule/ – lots of amazing radio to listen to, 24 hours a day.

My three pieces are scheduled as follows

Island Suite: movement 1; Beàrnaraigh Beag,     Sunday 27th August, 05:45-08:00

Watershed,                                                           Wednesday 30th August, 07:00-07:30

Island Suite: movement 2; Alnay,                         Sunday 3rd September, 05:45-10:00

Have a listen …

23rd February 2022 … Terminalia

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In celebration of the ancient Roman god Terminus, god of boundaries, whose festival is 23rd February … I walked the shoreline of my imaginary lockdown island – Contención Island (https://martinpeccles.com/other-sound-works/contencion-island/). Although I’ve waked this in sections before, I have never previously walked it in one go.

So, starting at about 05:50 I walked through the dawn and ended at 10:00 – four hours – the length of the shoreline was about 11 miles and the walk total was about 12 once I add in the distance from my house to the shore. Unsurprisingly, there wasn’t much of a dawn chorus along the shoreline in February … and it was quite windy … force 4 to 5 gusting 6 to 7.

I started in the small bay to the southwest and walked clockwise, with the sun; Happy Terminalia.

Alnay – a winter solstice sound work

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WHEN December 20th 15:58 to December 22nd 15:58; a 4h30m sound work running continuously from 24h before to 24h after the winter solstice

WHERE The Arches, Newcastle University campus (this is an outdoor venue – The Arches lead from the area outside the Playhouse and Students Union through to the Quadrangle; what3words location ///flags.inner.hatch)