VAA Nida Art Colonies artist in residence Nastja Säde Rönkkö is inviting you to the "Walking Tours". This is a project which will consider the nature of tourism and the subjective experience of remoteness in relation to contemporary network culture's rapidly evolving role in the dissemination and experience of the event.
The walks will use the language of tourism, yet rather than guiding somebody into experience of a place, the walks will seek to become reflections of subjective observations shared by two strangers. Every tour is for one participant only, and the participation is on first come first served basis. Each walk will start and finish at Nida Art Colony, the meeting place will be in front of the office. Upon registration, further email will be send with instructions for each specific walk.
Within the context of the theme of of the walk, participants of the walk will engage into conversations about the area, its history, personal experience of the space, romantic/postromantic notion of wilderness/remoteness, ecological crisis etc.
Scheduled walks:
10th walk “Wish You Were Here Tour”
When: 8th of July, 6-10 pm
Duration: app. 4 hours
What: subjective experience of landscape/space/remoteness, longing, solitude, freedom, romantic/post-romantic condition, personal memories, collective memory, critical tourism
11th “Altered Senses Night Swim”
When: 9th of July, 1-3 am
Duration: app. 2 hours
What: hierarchy of senses, altered senses, romantic/post romantic condition, otherness, mystery of the sea, stories of the sea, critical tourism, ecological crises, Baltic sea, sea creatures, fishing, ships, navigation, directions from waves/swells
12th walk “Lets Get Lost Together”
When: 12th of July from 2pm
Duration: unknown
Themes: wandering, site-specificity, intuition, trust, manmade hierarchy of senses,
the act of looking/seeing, perception/interpretation of nature, virtual reality vs. actual/tactile reality, collective memory.
13th walk “Women Who Run with the Wolves”
When: 15th of July, 1-3 pm
Duration: app. 2 hours
What: hierarchy of senses, altered senses, romantic/post romantic condition, otherness, intuition, feminism, narratives, feral children, hierarchy of senses, altered senses
14th walk “No Man's Land”
When: 20th of July, 1-3 pm
Duration: app. 2 hours
What: liminal spaces, hierarchy of senses, altered senses, subjective experience of landscape/space/remoteness, history of Nida, borders, conflict, war, landscape as a human construction, ruins, personal memories, collective memory, critical tourism, decay
15th walk “The Secret Life of Plants”
When: 22nd of July, 1-3 pm
Duration: app. 2 hours
What: plants as ecological sentinels, nature, food, history of Nida, personal memory, collective memory, healing, narratives, critical tourism, wandering, natural medicine, plant mysteries, perception/interpretation of nature, virtual reality vs. actual reality
16th walk “24 Hours”
When: 23-24th of July, 12am-12am
Duration: 24 hours
What: subjective experience of landscape/space/remoteness, freedom, history of Nida, narratives, romantic/post-romantic condition, personal memories, collective memory, critical tourism, liminal spaces, hierarchy of senses, altered senses, wilderness, remoteness, sleep deprivation, personal limits, stories of the sea, ecological crises, Baltic sea, fishing, ships, navigation, directions from waves/swells
17th walk “Fading Memories”
When: 26th of July, 1-3 pm
Duration: app. 2 hours
What: subjective experience of landscape/space/remoteness, longing, solitude, freedom, history of Nida, narratives, romantic/post-romantic condition, personal memories, collective memory, critical tourism
18th walk “The Real Tourist Tour”
When: 27th of July, 2-5pm
Duration: app. 3 hours
What: subjective experience of landscape/space/remoteness, freedom, history of Nida, narratives, romantic/post-romantic condition, personal memories, remoteness, critical tourism
