practice | August 13: Finding the Axis Mundi on the High Line

Threading space and time with my body: this is the essence of my somatic practice.

On August 13 my geospatial coordinates at sunset were 40.75417, -74.0057. My body prayer was interacting with the sun geometry.

Practice site and excerpts from my walk, whose length was approximately 5.75 miles

camminando & vernissage | A White Equinox Night in New York

Urban snowscape: Broadway, at 71st Street

The March equinox 2015, which is also the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, is greeted by snow in New York, as the latest of the multitude of snowstorms hitting the Northeast extends to springtime. White is color du jour, overpowering the darkness of the night with the snow-laced trees of the New York urban grid streetscapes.

White is also the dominant color of "Cyclicscape", Mariko Mori exhibition which opened at Sean Kelly, in this snow dominated evening. The opening also included a performance in collaboration with composer Ken Ikeda. Excerpts from the press release state the intent of the work:

Cyclicscape will present ten new sculptures exploring Mori’s interest in Möbius forms and the endless universe of new physics theory. Variously called “ekpyrotic” or “cyclic” cosmology, this theory posits that the universe did not begin from one singular “Big Bang” but that our cosmos is filled with continuously repeating cycles of evolution, including possible parallel universes and an ever-expanding formation of new galaxies and planets.
     In Cyclicscape, Mori’s sculptural works play with the infinite loop of the Möbius strip as a visualization of our universe’s never-ending renewal of invisible energy. Futuristic and ethereal, the large-scale aluminum and stainless steel works seem to transcend their physical matter. With no beginning, middle, or end, the forms symbolize an eternal cycle of existence — of nature and the universe in perpetual motion.
    Inspired by nature’s invisible energy, the eight computer-generated photo-paintings in the exhibition are based on drawings Mori made in front of the ocean on Okinawa Island. Focused on a microscopic cosmos we can only imagine, Mori’s swirling particles and rotating atoms seem to radiate a phenomenal light and electricity. From the primal particle to the multiverse, Cyclicscape deepens Mori’s ongoing investigation into the interconnectedness of all things and a belief in a fundamental symbiosis between art and technology.

Mariko Mori

Sculptural explorations of the Möbius strip, in aluminum and fiberglass

Computer generated photo paintings

Images from the performance, with composer Ken Ikeda at the synthesizer

Walk Length: 7.25 km

camminando | My Geospatial Self: Italy, November 5-19

I have been keeping a chronological geospatial journal of my fifteen days  in Italy. Below are some of my recorded walks, which have totaled about 95 kilometers. The total of unrecorded walks is about 45km. I recorded about 915 views

Milano, November 5

Roma, November 7

Roma, November 8

Roma, November 9

Roma, November 9

Roma, November 10

Roma, November 11

Pisa, November 12

Pisa, November 13

Roma, November 14

Roma, November 16

Roma, November 17

Montecatini Terme, November 18

Firenze, November 18

Milano, November 19

camminando | Milan, November 5

My first of a long series of nocturnal walks took place in a rainy Milan, between Medieval churches and fashion infused Renaissance palaces. The urban fabric feels like an interior space, breathing design contemporary, modern, and ancient, at every corner.

Total Walk Lemght: 10.5km