Wednesday, March 05, 2008

peripatetic

AN ARTWORK CANNOT RE-PRESENT THE EXPERIENCE OF A WALK
THE TEXTS ARE FACTS FOR THE WALKER AND FICTION FOR EVERYONE ELSE
THE FLOW OF TIME AND THE RHYTHMS OF A WALK
AN OBJECT CANNOT COMPETE WITH AN EXPERIENCE
WALKS ARE LIKE CLOUDS THEY COME AND GO
MY ART AKNOWLEDGES THE ELEMENT OF TIME, THE TIME OF MY LIFE-IN RELATION TO THE SYN MOON AND STARS
EACH WALK MARKS THE FLOW OF TIME BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH
ABSENT-I DO NOT BRING 'THE LANDSCAPE' INTO THE GALLERY AND THE WALK ITSELF IS A PAST EVENT
INDOORS AND OUTDOORS-A NOTEBOOK IS MY STUDIO
THERE ARE NO WORDS IN NATURE
quotes by Hamish Fulton






'The picture made during a walk is a single slice selected and isolated from a larger whole. In this way the photograph functions as a metonym for the walk, just as the walk functions as a metonym for a wider, more encompassing view of life lived as the walk is made.'Andrew Wilson on Humish Fulton

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