What:WaystoWander,BusPass,GuidetoGettingLost(Artworks)When:Monday11th–Sunday17thJuly11am-6pm

Where:UtopiaTreasury

JennieSavage,GuidetoGettingLost,2015

GoforawalkwithextractsfromClareQualmannandClaireHind’sbookWaystoWander,spendanhour,oraday,travellingonAmySharrocks’BusPass,giveyourselfupto JennieSavage’saudiowalkGuidetoGettingLost.

Free–nobookingrequiredWhat:AnIntimateTourofBreasts(Walk)When:Wednesday13thJuly11am–2pm

Where:MeetattheUtopiaTreasury

ClaireCollison,Hmm..Whattowear?2015

Writer,artistandbreastcancersurvivor,ClaireCollisonistourguideon'Anintimatetourofbreasts,athree-hourwalktakinginhighstreetandhighart,tearoomsandfittingrooms.Participantswillbeexploringthemythologiesandcommodificationofbreaststhroughouthistorytothepresentday.Engaginginconversationsandactivitiesenroute,theywillbeunravellingtheimplicationsofthisonhowwomenfeelabouttheirownbreasts.ArtistinResidenceattheWomen'sArtLibrary.

Free–bookingessential

What:TheWalkingReadingGrouponParticipation:Utopia(Walk)When:Saturday16thJuly11am–2pm Where:MeetattheUtopiaTreasury

TheWalkingReadingGroup,May2013,photoSaioaOlmo

TheWalkingReadingGroup(AniaBas,SimoneMair,LydiaAshman),runningsince2013,isaprojectthatfacilitatesknowledgeexchangeinanintimateanddynamicwaythroughdiscussingtextswhilstwalkingtogether.Inthisreadinggroupthetableisbrokenupbythestreetandthedominantvoiceisreplacedwiththesoundofconversationpartnerstalkingsimultaneously.Anyonecanparticipateandthewalksarefreetoattend.Textswillbeprovidedinadvance.

Free–advancebookingessential–emailwalkingreadinggroup@gmail.com

What:Wikipediaedit-a-thon(workshop)When:16thJuly&17thJuly11am–6pm Where:UtopiaTreasury

photoClareQualmann,2016

Wikipediaisanimportantrepositoryofsharedknowledge,withitspagesrankingtopingooglesearches.Butlessthan10%ofitscontributorsidentifyasfemale,resultinginskewedcontentandgenderbias.Theseworkshopsessionsseektoaddressthisgendergap.Dropinfor20minutesortwohours,improvethepageofafavouriteartist,orcreateonefromscratch.BasedontherhizomaticArt+Feminismmodel.

Free–dropin–pleasebringalaptop.What:LiveArtDevelopmentAgency’sStudyRoom:SpecialEditiononWalkingWomen

When:16thJuly&17thJuly11am–6pm Where:UtopiaTreasury

Photo:LADAstudyRoomatTheWhiteBuilding

TheLiveArtDevelopmentAgency(LADA)istheworld’sleadingorganisationforLiveArt,producingspecializedprojects,opportunities,resources&publicationsforthosewhomake,watch,research,study,teach,produce,present,writeaboutandarchiveLiveArt,andcreatingconditionsinwhichdiversity,innovationandriskincontemporaryculturecanthrive.LADA’sstudyroomisauniqueopenaccessresearchlibrary,representedherewithaspecialcollectionofresourcesonWalkingWomen.

Free–dropin

What:WalkingArtists'PechaKuchapresentationspart1(Talks)RomanyReagan,NusaPavko,HelenBillinghurst,NimmiNaidoo,NathaniaHartley,CeliaJohnson,BarbaraDeanWhen:16thJuly11.30–12.30 Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

photoHelenBillinghurst,2016

Thediversityofcontemporaryartspracticesrelatedtowalkingisdemonstratedinthesequickfireartists'talks.Usingaudio,video,performance,mixedmedia,painting,drawing,movement,wearabletechnology,knitting,dance,poetryandwritingartistsexplorewalkingingraveyards,walkingwithchildren,walkinghome,walkingandlistening,walkingandpublicspace,thepoliticsofwalking,walkingandrevolution,walkingandenvironment,walkingonborders,riskandbelonging.

Free–dropin

When:16thJuly1-2pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

AmySharrocks,ButterShoes,CinematographerIrisLong

Ashortfilmprogrammeincluding:Pause(AmySharrocks,2004);Karen'sBreadShoes(KarenElaineSpencer,2002);Weareallsolucky(HelenBillinghurst,2013);FromTokyo(MikyoungJunPearce,2012),TerrainsVagues(walkwalkwalk,2009),MissedaTrick(AmyMcKenny,2013);ButterShoes(AmySharrocks,2013);Roadworks(MonaHatoum,1985);FanfareforCrossingtheRoad(Ann-MarieLeQuesne,2011);WalkaMileinherVeil(YasmeenSabri,2016)

Free–dropinWhat:WalkingArtists'PechaKuchapresentationspart2(Artists’Talks)TheDemolitionProject,LucyFurlong,IditNathan,AmiraHanafi,RachelGomme,AileenHarvey,MaggieO'Neill,LizziePhilpsWhen:16thJuly2-3pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

LizziePhilps,MaternityLeaves

Thediversityofcontemporaryartspracticesrelatedtowalkingisdemonstratedinthesequickfireartists'talks.Usingaudio,video,performance,mixedmedia,painting,drawing,movement,wearabletechnology,knitting,dance,poetryandwritingartistsexplorewalkingingraveyards,walkingwithchildren,walkinghome,walkingandlistening,walkingandpublicspace,thepoliticsofwalking,walkingandrevolution,walkingandenvironment,walkingonborders,riskandbelonging.

Free–dropin

What:UrbanSprawl(Artists’Talks)AmySharrocks,ClareQualmann&JennieSavagewithAnnaMinton&DeeHeddon

When:16thJuly3.30-5pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

walkwalkwalk,NightWalkMidsummer,2006photoClareQualmann

ArtistsAmySharrocks,ClareQualmannandJennieSavagepresenttheirwalkingpractices,joinedindiscussionbyscholarsDeeHeddonandAnnaMinton.Thissessionwilltouchonissuesofpublicspace:ownershipandintervention,riskanddaring.Walkingasapoliticalmodeofstorytellingandstorymaking.WorksbythecontributorsareincludedintheUtopiaTreasuryexhibition;BusPass(Sharrocks),AGuidetoGettingLost(Savage),andWaystoWander(Qualmann),andareavailabletoaudiencememberstoparticipateinbeforeorafterthetalk.

Free–arriveearlytoensureentry What:KubraKhademi(Screeninganddiscussion)

When:16thJuly5-6pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

KubraKhademi,TheEternalTrial,FilmStill,2015

In2015AfghanartistKubraKhademimadeaperformanceintheformofashortwalkthroughthestreetsofKabul.Garbedinspeciallymadebodyarmour,Khademisoughttohighlighttheeverydayharassmentandsexualassaultofwomeninpublicspace.Thefurorethatfollowedputtheartist'slifeindanger,leadingtoherexileinFrance.LoisKeidan,directoroftheLiveArtDevelopmentAgencypresentsaseriesoftheartist'sshortfilms-includingArmor,theKabulwalk-anddiscussesKhademi'swork.Subjecttotravelapprovalsthissessionwillbeconductedinthepresenceoftheartist,inconversationwithKeidan.

Free–bookingrequired

TheWalkingLibraryforWomenWalking(Walk)

When:16thJuly6-8pm&17thJuly11-1pm

Where:meetintheUtopiaTreasury

DeeHeddonandMishaMyers,TheWalkingLibrary,2013,photoLukeAllen

TheWalkingLibraryisanongoingartprojectcreatedbyDeeHeddonandMishaMyers,thatseekstobringtogetherwalkingandbooks–walking,reading,reflecting,writing.EachWalkingLibrarycreatedrespondstothecontextofitswalking.Eachwalkchangestheshape–thecontentandtheactions–ofthelibrary.ForWALKINGWOMENwehavedevelopedTheWalkingLibraryforWalkingWomen,filledwithdonationsofbookssuggestedasgoodtocarry.Joinusaswewalkthisparticularlibraryalongthesuffragettes'marchingroute,sharingreadingsalongtheway.

Free–arriveearlyasspaceislimitedWhat:WalkingArtists'PechaKuchapresentationspart3(Artists’Talks)UnaLee,ReginaSebald,AmyMcKenny,SiobhanO'Neill,ZoeBenbow,HelenClarke,SilviaKrupinskaWhen:17thJuly11.30-12.30 ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

ReginaSebald,Burden,2015

Thediversityofcontemporaryartspracticesrelatedtowalkingisdemonstratedinthesequickfireartists'talks.Usingaudio,video,performance,mixedmedia,painting,drawing,movement,wearabletechnology,knitting,dance,poetryandwritingtheseartistsexplorewalkingingraveyards,walkingwithchildren,walkinghome,walkingandlistening,walkingandpublicspace,thepoliticsofwalking,walkingandrevolution,walkingandenvironment,walkingonborders,walkingasriskandwalkingasbelonging.

Free–dropinWhat:WalkingArtistsFilmspart2(Screening)When:17thJuly1-2pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

AnnaMacdonald,Walk,2016

Shortfilmprogrammeincluding:ThePilgrimageoftheProdigalDaughter(LizziePhilps,2013);TheRattlingBrookPath(MarleneCreates);NoWoman'sLand(ZooIndigo,2016);Origin(ReginaMagdalenaSebald,2015);Walk(AnnaMacdonald,2016);TiltingatWindmills(JessAllen,2010);RambleswithNature:4cine-poems(SheilaGhelaniandStraybird,2013)Jo,Josephine,GiuseppinaandTracy:Walkingawayfrommyself.(TracyMacKenna,2016)

Free–dropinWhat:WalkingArtists'PechaKuchapresentationspart4(Artists’Talks)KateCorder,KarenTobias-Green,SianGledhill,GözeSaner,HelenSpackman,GiuliaMatera,SoniaOverallWhen:17thJuly2-3pm ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

SianGledhill,Balloons

Thediversityofcontemporaryartspracticesrelatedtowalkingisdemonstratedinthesequickfireartists'talks.Usingaudio,video,performance,mixedmedia,painting,drawing,movement,wearabletechnology,knitting,dance,poetryandwritingtheseartistsexplorewalkingingraveyards,walkingwithchildren,walkinghome,walkingandlistening,walkingandpublicspace,thepoliticsofwalking,walkingandrevolution,walkingandenvironment,walkingonborders,walkingasriskandwalkingasbelonging.

Free–dropinWhat:RuralScapes(Artists’Talks)LouiseAnnWilsonandAlisonLloydwithCathyTurnerandJoNorcup

When:17thJuly3.30-5pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

LouiseAnnWilson,TheGathering,2014,Photo:JoeFildes,NationalTheatreWales

InaconversationfacilitatedbyscholarsCathyTurnerandJoNorcup,AlisonLloydandLouiseAnnWilsonwilldiscusstheirwalkingresearchandpractice.Lloydwillfocusontheinvisiblehistoryofwomenartistswalking,fromthe1960sand1970s-aswellasherownsolitarywalkingpractice.PerformancemakerLouiseAnnWilsonwillspeakaboutherlargescaleworks'Warnscale'and'TheGathering',whichtakeplaceinrurallandscapes.Thediscussionwillconsidertherelationshipbetweenbodyandlandscape,debunkingthemyththatlarge-scale,epicperformancewalksarenecessarilymaleterrain.

Free–arriveearlytoensureentry

What:March(FilmScreening)followedbyclosingdiscussionsAGlasgowWomen'sLibraryandRoyalConservatoireofScotlandFilm.ArtisticDirectorAnnaBirch,Film-maker:MarissaKeatingWhen:17thJuly5-6pm Where:ScreeningRoom,SouthWing

AnnaBirch,MarchofWomen,2015,aGlasgowWomen’sLibraryandRoyalConservatoireScotlandfilm

'March'documentsalargescale,publicperformanceeventMarchofWomentakingtothestreetsofBridgeton,GlasgowontheeveofInternationalWomen'sDay2015.TakingCicelyHamilton'spopularsuffragetteplay'APageantofGreatWomen',asastartingpointthefilmgivesalingeringinsightintopoliticalandsocialexperiencesofwomeninScotlandtoday,andinvitestestamenttothetremendouspowerofacollectivevoice,andthesurprisingresonanceofaplaywrittenoveracenturyagowithourcontemporarysociety.Thefilmwillbefollowedbyaclosingdiscussionthatwilllookattheentireweekend'sevent,ledbycuratorsAmySharrocksandClareQualmannindiscussionwithDeeHeddonandCathyTurner.

Free–bookingrequiredWALKINGWOMENispartofUTOPIA2016UTOPIA2016isfourseasonsofactivitycelebratingthe500thanniversaryofthepublicationofThomasMore’sUtopia.PublishedinLeuveninDecember1516,More’sUtopiapresentedanimaginativeandplayfulvisionoftheworldasitcouldbeatatimeofgreatchange.More’sUtopiaisdeliberatelyambiguous:both“noplace”and“goodplace”,heisclearthatmanyothervisionsforsocietyarepossible.Throughaseriesofexhibitions,events,newcommissions,talksandworkshops,UTOPIA2016willexplorethebroadculturalhistoryoftheideaofutopiaanditsrelevanceto21st-Centurycultural,ecological,andsocialchallengesandopportunities.Theyearcelebratesthepivotalroleoftheartsandcultureincreatingspaceswhereutopiandreamsarepossible.ThroughoutUTOPIA2016peoplefromallwalksoflifewillbeinvitedtoexperimentwithnewwayswemightlive,make,work,playanddream.

UTOPIA2016isacollaborationbetweenthreeneighbours:SomersetHouse,King’sCollegeLondonandtheCourtauldInstituteandGallery,inpartnershipwiththeBritishLibrary,theAHRC,theBritishCouncil,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPolitics,GuardianLiveandVersoandwillalsoengagemanyofthe300pluscreativeorganisations,artistsandmakersresidentatSomersetHouse.

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