1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.
I chose "A Manifesto for a New Walking Culture: 'dealing with the city" by Wrights & Sites because I really enjoyed all the different perspectives it gave on walking, especially walking in a city because I am not a big city person.
2. What are the main points of the essay?
The main points of the essay are to walk in a city in different styles and point of views. For example, it talks about four different kinds of walking: The walker as an artist, the walker as writer of the city, walker as playful performer, and disrupted walking as the new designing of the city. The rest of the essay has quotations from other filmmakers and famous people.
3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?
I really liked the point that all of the quotes gave. It tells to go out and get absorbed in the city, no matter what. A city is full of people so you can absorb a persons pace or direction, not stalker like though. They also talked about not following signs and never worry about the weather. I never really thought of completely losing yourself in the city because I have never really absorbed myself in a city before. I think it would be fun to spend a day just walking and looking/hearing things around the city.
