Way Beyond

Articulate project space to host comprehensive national survey of Australian Walking Art

Articulate project space in Leichardt, Sydney will host a walking art exhibition from 10 February to 3 March 2024. This exhibition brings together artworks inspired by walking from 20 artists across Australia for whom walking is central to their creative practices.

Opening on 10 February 2024 at 2pm, the exhibition titled Way Beyond, is a comprehensive survey exhibition by Australian Walking Artists and is the first exhibition for the national network formed in mid-2023.

Co-convenor of Australian Walking Artists (AWA), Molly Wagner says the assembled works and walks highlight the rich diversity of creative walking practice within the Australian Walking Artists network.

“We’re putting one foot in front of the other, literally and metaphorically, in rural, urban, and suburban landscapes, to inspire hope.”

Exhibition works include drawings, sculptural installations, textile works, videos, soundscapes, publications, and photographs. Walking events, ‘walkshops’, and artist’s talks will be offered as part of the public program during the exhibition.

The artists in Way Beyond include: Leonie Andrews (ACT), Tracey Benson (QLD), Renata Buziak (QLD), Helle Cook (QLD) Mick Douglas (VIC), Kim V. Goldsmith (NSW), Annelies Jahn (NSW), Lisa Jones (NSW), Linda Knight (VIC), Bruce Mowson (VIC), Ainslie Murray (NSW), Sue Pedley (NSW), Perdita Phillips (WA), Anke Stäcker (NSW), Rochelle Summerfield (NSW), Bianca Tainsh (QLD), Amy Tsilemanis (VIC), Nicole Voevodin-Cash (QLD), Molly Wagner (NSW), and Leanne Wicks (NSW).

Way Beyond sets an historical precedent in Australia as being the most comprehensive exhibition of Australian Walking Artists to date. Not since the 2018 Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking, curated by Jane Denison and Sharne Wolff, has the spotlight been on what is more widely recognised internationally as a significant act to create artworks and address the topics of our times.

Molly Wagner and fellow AWA convenor, Kim V. Goldsmith have been actively involved with the international walking creatives network, Walk Listen Create, and are keen to find more artists in Australia interested in the intersection of artmaking and human terrestrial movement.

Australian Walking Artists will also exhibit Way Beyond at the Wayout Artspace in Kandos, NSW, later in 2024, where interactions with and conversations about walking art will continue.

Media contacts: Molly Wagner 0415 456 014 auswalkingartists@gmail.com OR
Kim V. Goldsmith 0419 439 923 kvgoldsmith.creative@gmail.com