The project hopes to explore the connection between the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way and the landscape it’s pilgrims walk. The North Wales Pilgrim’s Way/Taith Pererin Gogledd Cymru begins in Basingwerk and ends on Bardsey Island. It is a walking route of over 130 miles across the length of North Wales which dates back to the
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Launch Event / TESTING_GROUND: Issue 02
JOURNAL Jens Haendeler and Alex Ioannou have been guest editors and contributors of the forthcoming TESTING-GROUND journal issue 02: Other Sides. The second issue of TESTING-GROUND journal will be launched on Thursday 27 June at the University of Greenwich as part of the London Festival of Architecture. To find out more details about the event follow the link
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EXTINCTION REBELLION: The Reproduction of Space
Today’s call for the occupation of major junctions and public spaces in London (and around the world) saw protesters flood the streets. The possibility was opened, the crack was made, for individuals to make history – to allow for a new category of public space to emerge: a category that describes public space not as
TESTING_GROUND: Issue 02 Other Sides
JOURNAL Jens Haendeler and Alex Ioannou will be guest editors of the forthcoming TESTING-GROUND journal issue 02: Other Sides TESTING-GROUND: journal of landscapes, cities and territories, published at the University of Greenwich, is open for contributions for its second issue, Other Sides. ‘What resides on the other side can cause fear, concern, intrigue, delight and fascination. Neighbouring and
THIN PLACES: Thinking about Heaven and Earth
LINKED EXPLORATION A surreal adventure had by @gawanmac that entangles you with its fantastic photography and language! Follow the link below! I saw this on an OS map and couldn't not investigate. A place of worship symbol in the middle of bloody nowhere on the edge of a wood. It was a foggy, atmospheric day up
THIN PLACES: Exploring the Slender Divisions Separating Heaven and Earth
PROJECT IN THE BOOKS “Thin places,” the Celts call this space, Both seen and unseen, Where the door between the world And the next is cracked open for a moment And the light is not all on the other side. God shaped space. Holy. 1 1 Sharlande Sledge, “Thin Places.” Nonpublished TEAM MEMBERS Alex Ioannou Jens
LIMINAL SPACE: Interpreting Socially Produced Spaces
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