Hipsync : Dianne Reid

Category: Björkö residency

  • Walking into writing

    Walking into writing

    Walking into writing Taking my mind out into the world Dropping into rhythms Then letting a detail interrupt that Taking time Enlarging the present moment Sunlight on shell glitter Unblinking search for surface breach Dog nose on hand   Walking with family Ancestors, community World patterns, tides The progress is populated with footprints Animal, human,…

  • Sunday 29 October

    Sunday 29 October

    Sunday afternoon explore with GoPro Video

  • Solo hike

    Solo hike

    On Friday 27 November I set off on a solo hike cross country on Björkö, Sweden. I wired myself up for sound over the 90 minutes I was walking. This is an edit of the audio down to 19 minutes, with a few still images here and there. Solo hike

  • Experiment #34

    Experiment #34

    Hey There (Heather) Kapplow gave us a provocation this morning called Experiment #34. She had adapted it for Björkö from “Synchronized Travel” in The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel (Lonely Planet Publications 2005). Our group of seven set our alarms for one hour and headed off alone. There were ten instructions to “develop an…

  • Björkö residency begins

    Björkö residency begins

    23 October 2023 Björkö I’m back in Sweden, 11 years on. Four days of planes, trains, buses, and 30 odd kilometres on foot to arrive at Björkö-Arholma skola, my home for the next two weeks. Ami is waiting on the roadside when my bus pulls in and we seal the moment with a selfie. It…

  • Walking as Practice

    Walking as Practice

    In October 2023 I will be one of a number of international artists selected for the “Walking As Practice” residency on Björkö, an island in the Northern Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. The ‘Walking As Practice’ residency is curated by Anna Viola Hallberg & Ami Skånberg under the auspices of BKN, a not for profit organisation. Established…