A series of free monthly urban art walks over a period of one year.

As part of our latest Your Space Or Mine project, we appointed performance and walking artist Alisa Oleva as Artist in Residence, commissioned to work from BUILDHOLLYWOOD’s creative space, The CarWash, in Shoreditch.

“Each month I will host a walk which will start at The CarWash venue and then venture into the surrounding neighbourhood. Every walk will have a different theme, exploring the everyday, sensorial ways of engaging with the city, sounds, textures, memories and histories, emotional map-making, and the politics of public space” – Alisa Oleva.

Where does the city take you? Where do you turn next? Who walks these streets? What’s the sound of your own footsteps? Who owns the city? What’s here, and what do we wish was still here? Where do you find yourself now? These are the questions that Alisa explored on her experimental urban walks.

Over the past 12 months, Alisa’s walks have offered an act of collective close looking and reimagining – opening up spaces we don’t usually notice to make visible different ways of being in, and thinking about, the city.

To celebrate the end of our WALK series, we will be hosting a final Gathering event on the 20th July, which is an opportunity for past participants and for those who are curious to come together to celebrate over walking, sharing food, map making and conversations. The BUILDHOLLYWOOD CarWash has been the starting and finishing point of each event and we are excited to host the final Gathering at this space once again. Please RSVP at the link below to secure your place.