Uncertain Eastside – A Canal from Pete Ashton on Vimeo.
On Sunday afternoon, after my last stint on Rhubarb Radio’s Sunday Local show, I joined Nikki Pugh and the sizable gang she’d recruited on an Eastside Walk along the area’s boundary, which she’s been wandering repeatedly around with GPS devices for the last few weeks.
But there were no GPS devices this time. This walk was dedicated to taking the time to explore, examine and record our discoveries in whatever way we saw fit. I particularly liked Pete Ashton’s film and photo hybrids (with his homemade Flip/camera contraption). Here he is in action getting the shots in the film above:
I’d been contacted the previous week by Katy, an art student at Birmingham City University working with found objects, so thought I’d collect some items for the DiGpuss shop to pass onto her. Here are the things I found – my favorite item was the double pushchair, which became a useful receptacle to collect and carry the finds in.
Catch what caught the other walkers’ imaginations on the Uncertain Eastside pool on Flickr.
Although I’ve given up presenting Sunday Local regularly (I’ve decided to stick with what they taught me in school and make Sunday a much-needed Day of Rest), Michael Grimes is carrying it onwards and upwards and will be presenting it this Sunday with Pete Ashton. So tune into Rhubarb Radio 12-2pm!
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