Walking for me is a way of having relaxed for brain. However, while walking it is much easier to think about something from a new angle.

Walking allows me to see how similar shapes are used in architecture and I often think about how it would be possible to replace the shape of some objects while maintaining their functionality. Or create a new character that included into surrounding.

Zhuk Antonina Group E

I was inspired by Bella's poem because it reminded me of how sometimes I walk down the street and sort of connect two realities: real streets, buildings and surroundings and fictional characters (sketch illustrate this).
I think it possible to use in my major like combination of two reality in picture or animation.

Tesra v.d Bogert
Group E

Sanne ter Haar
Group E

1.
I've been walking a lot the past year. Mostly because I was at home a lot. I go on a walk to move and think. When I'm alone I like to listen to music. But when I walk with a friend or mom I use it to catch up. I also like to Picknick during walks.

2.
I Was inspired by the spagettiwalk from Tesra.

3.
I combined my own interest and the inspiration in
this visual with steps.

4
An Map I made from some Derives

Alex Basic
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Inspired by Yejin's digital journey I wanted to show the journey we are forced to take, forced by the fact we had to deal with Trump himself. The text representing him is his Wikipedia page while the text around is articles incriminating him for various things.

Beyza Demirci, 1010432 Group E

Bella Kreeft wrote something about her reflections and when I was reading her text, I felt very close. The way she experienced the walking is very similar within my interest. It sounds very positive, open minded and peaceful. I can imagine what she was feeling like and the way she also visualizes herself in another surrounding. Especially how she focusses on the sounds of the birds explains why I can make the connection within my own experiences.

Diana Ionita, group E
For me, walking is not about the movement of the feet, but about the surrounding environment.
I particularly enjoy postcards that advertise cities or natural attractions, so I sketched one for Rotterdam, where I currently live.

Poster Interest in walking
Boy Aubert
Class E
Assignment 7.A

Interest in walking research slide
Boy Aubert
Class E
Assignment 7.B

Ems van den Brink, 1001331, group E

1. I always walk with my dog and walking is a routine for me. I never listen to music while walking because there is always someone with me, a friend or my dog. After a walk I feel satisfied.

2. The collection that Bella made inspired me.

3. She gave me inspiration to look around more while walking and she gave me the idea that you can use something that irritates you as an inspiration.

4. My major is art education. Therefore, I decided to make an assignment. This assignment is based on the lessons of the past two weeks and is also inspired by Bella her collection. Her collection has given me the idea to take inspiration from things that annoy you.

I also think that a clear explanation is important for students in order to understand an assignment and this is also a teacher's job. When I was younger I always liked it when there were visuals in an explanation, that's why I displayed it this way.

Carin Bejenaru
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Group E
1. Lately I haven't been walking as much. However, in the past I used to walk to meditate, relax, and connect to myself.
2. Boy Aubert's collection of seven objects is inspiring to me because of its aesthetic & togetherness.
3. The collection is a little abstract and abstract stuff always makes me want to analyse it deeper, much like I do when I start thinking about something while I take walks.

Zóra Bencsik
Group E

I realized that since I have a bike I haven't been on a walk.
Now that I've been walking again I noticed that I already observe my surroundings and look out for details.

I choose Bella's poems because I like the phrasing of the titles and because I find it funny was she literally writes down sounds.

My other choice was Chris' photos. I love zoomed in images because you actually need to think for a moment to figure out what you are looking at.

I like the way both of them played with my senses.

Bella Kreeft
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Group E

THE BUILDING THAT TAKES YOU ALONG.THEY CALL IT A PROMENADE. A WALING ROUTE THROUGH THE BUILDING.

A DESIGN FOR THE NEW KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM BY HUIGH VAN DONSELAAR. SPATIAL DESIGN.

SEE THE FILM: https://youtu.be/LHCLxjh1rCw

When I walk it's usually around my neighborhood so I like to focus on surrounding if something's new or changed. I also like to look at the ground in case I would find some money. One time I found a coin on the ground and I crouched to grab the coin and it was glued. I got pranked by someone so I do it less now.

Yejin Woo (1006225)
Group E

Malin Dolena Brady
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Zhuk Antonina Group E

Walking is in a way like taking a shower or riding a train.
It gives me the possibility to let go/go drift (derive).
It means some sort of conscious meditation that everyone can create or decorate in his own wishes.
While the body is busy with the easy, but quite fundamental occupation the mind is all free and has the space to give emotions its place and bring order in that field of chaotic thoughts.
Next to that it has more practical and physical arguments that are speaking for itself:
fresh air, movement exploring etc.

I really liked this postcard for several reasons:
1. It plays with the format of a "normal" vacation postcard. Normally postcards show a beautiful landscape of city, this one kinda does the same but in a way more aestethic and mysterious way
2. The picture is mesmerizing and is inviting to go on a walk to explore this industrial scene that you know but also you dont
3. Really nice crusty aesthetic, I really enjoy watching it :)

I made this digital postcard which basically has the same "meaning" or effect on me

Maps are there to know where you are and to know where you have to go. But looking at the theory of derive, this is something you do not need. The point is to walk without a destination, without a planned route, without a motive and so without a map. So I wondered how can I make a tool to support this psychogeographical view of the theory of derive? What you need is a direction, but what is important that you decide that from your own psychological preferences. But this can be hard, how do you know which direction you want to go.
With visualising something, in a way, you are making a choice for the viewer. You as a designer are deciding the look. So how to keep this visualisation open so the decision lays with the viewer. And that it does offer help to start or do this derive.
I got inspired by the derive app, which I think is a great concept. But what I struggle with is that this is an app. For a while now I try to use my phone as little as possible. And certainly when I want to go for a walk to get better connected with the city and my surroundings, I believe a phone can be a big distraction. Sand so for me to really follow the theory of derive and become more aware of the psychogeographical effects, I would want to leave my phone at home.
In the app the instructions are really direct, so for example”Go right” or “find …”. I wanted to create something more focusing on the person, so the directions variate between different people so you still follow directions of your own interest.(questions such as “after (your age x 3) steps straight on, take the first left” or “do you like the day or the night better? (For day left, for night right)” or “Where do you think Africa is? Walk that direction” etc.
So I made this miniature “flip” booklet (to bring in your pocket), you can randomly open a page and it gives you a direction/instruction. To create your own derive.
I kept the design really basic and minimalistic. Because, as I said, I believe by making more visuals you are already making choices for the viewer or maybe influencing them in some way. I also did this because im not used to work minimalistic, and I got inspired by Sanne’s drawing, which has a minimalistic vibe, because of the black and white.
I did the booklet in dutch because I like the title: “ff flaneren”
-Sarah Zwerus Group E

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Alex Holdorp
E

Stussy and Graffiti

Daisy Hoogwerf
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group E

Walking always opens me up in a away. I get inspired again, it wakes me up a bit and clears my head. Art has the same affect on me and so do these parts of the site. They make me want to make something and make me smile.

Chris Nelck 0999485

Kian Peter
E
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AHLAM KHAWAM (E)

Walk for me is relaxation, calmness, more awareness, it is a way to express my freedom.
The walk is very basic for us as humans and essential to exchanging things with nature and surrounding.
through looking at people , observe the surrounding.

Flora Lamy
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Class E


My topic of interest was walking as a way of exploring and gathering new sources of inspiration. Because of the lockdown I have been feeling a bit uninspired, there are not a lot of opportunities to get inspired or discover new things. For me walking was something fresh that helped with that. When I go somewhere I normally always use the same routes, but when you're walking just for the sake of walking you end up walking a lot of different ways and discovering unexpected things.

Beyza Demirci
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Group E

The course made me think about how to bring my art outside of my room. I made this little snowman outside yesterday, that I would usually make in ceramics. I'm definitely going to keep thinking about this from now on.

This is my slide, with the screenshots from hotglue and explanations

This is my outcome. Its a poster made using some of the photographs I took while out walking last week. This practice gave me the idea to make my own project based on some photographs my father took when he visited Rotterdam many years ago. Last week, I started going out to the locations I could recognise from the photos and taking my own photographs around those parts of the city. This was really fun because it got me to explore parts of the city I never went to before. The photos I used for this poster are from those walks.

Tesra v.d Bogert
Group E

1- Walking - slow movement - moving island - captivity & movement
2- "the ocean is screaming through rushing cars"
3- Mother Oceania - Oneness - Love & Home
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R. Shobani

Alice Petronzio
Group E
My inspiration

Group D

Manon Richard
Group D

I walk a lot, almost everyday, around the city or other places, during my walk I always look up at the building looking for inspiration but also to understand the architecture of the city, I sometime play a game with myself where I have to guess the year of construction of houses. I look for shapes, colours, curves, materials, texture, smell, light and feelings in the environment I am in while walking.

Lucy van den Boogaard
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group D

My interest in walking:
My interest in walking isn’t as big as others I guess, but one thing I love about walking in nature, is all the animals that cross your path. Their sounds, the way they look, they’re all different. I grew up on the water so seeing ducks float on the water gives me a very nostalgic feel.

Carla Demonte
1011985 Group D

My major is spatial
design so I 'll focus
on architecture and
spaces in general.
These are my interests
in walking too.
You can explore so
much while strolling
around, especially in
a city like Rotterdam.

this isn't my work but I immediately thought of these types of visuals, while thinking of some kind of connection between my interest in walking and Daniel's work

Artist inspo : Mychael Barratt

As a final outcome I investigated my observations and feelings during my recent walks. First I created the red line which is a combination of my 5 walks from last week, onto this I added the black line which is the train station really important for me because it's one of my main landmark, I also added the metro lines I use ( orange and green line ) and the tram lines I use ( pink and purple line ). From my memory I drew little sketches of objects, houses, shapes and other things that stroke me during my walk. The last step was to show my feelings which I did through blocks of colours which demonstrate how my emotions change depending on the area, environment and atmosphere, investigating how I feel in a space.

Justinas Prekeris
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Group D

1. Walking for me is a great way to broaden my frame of reference. If I was in a rush from A to B, my goal would be to reach my destination but walking without a goal helps me notice things in my surroundings that I did not notice before. Noticing different textures, materials, colors, and combinations inspires me to use them in my artworks.

2. I got inspired by Daisy Hoogwerf (group E) and the way she froze the flower together with the message, you have to wait until ice will melt so you can read it. I found the pictures as a really pleasing photography piece.

3. The relation between my walking experience and source of inspiration would be using materials from surroundings/nature and implying it in my work. I am studying graphic design, in my opinion, the pictures Daisy made creates this interesting effect on the message and flower itself. I could see people making that type of effect using the software, but this is made using natural resources. I see myself using analog resources more from now on in a way of scanning it and then manipulating using the software to achieve further experimentation.


The goal now is to take a walk, collect different materials/textures/colors and any resources I can find outside, and create an artwork out of it.

My piece of art as a result of combining our two ideas - Burning off the trees along the path of your past.

Karya Anliak
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Group D

Interest: While we walk there are many things we think about.
Different things all in a flow coming to our mind. I found that flow of thoughts interesting. Different thoughts coming and going. One pops out then another one and it goes on.

Inspriation: Zoe had a one line work of some kind of a story which I found similiar to flow on the thoughts. One line connected to each other and going on. A continuing line.All connected in some way but so many different things at the same time. Just like we see things while we are walking and think about maybe them or maybe other things.
On Rosalie's work I really liked the story and the expression she used. There is a great stroyline and very kind of romantic.

Major: I study graphic design so I thought I could make a poster connecting the one line idea with Rosaline's poem.

In my final work, from the inspriations I got I made this poster. A one line work(inspired by Zoe) and Rosaline's poem while she walked combined. Some of the elements in the poem are written in one sentence to give the sense of flowing, thinking and going on during the walk. On top corner Gowiththeflow writing is with no spaces because of the flowing meaning.The storyline is drawn with a one line accordingly to the poem.

At first I had gotten inspired from a work from Group E
and a Group D. I also got inspired from artists and their work below.

The poster below I have designed is inspired Ems van den Brink's sign boards and Zoe's one line work. Also some artists I made research about.We think and our braingoes with a flow of thoughts while we are walking. We think about the things around us and many other else things. So I made this 'Go with the flow' poster based on the things and ways go on in our heads and flowing in the thoughts while we walk.

Karya Anliak
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Group D

Katrina Krieke
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Group D

The black line is the map from my place to the central station. I made a poster with the spaces that I come along every time I walk to the central station. I find this way the nicest even though its not the fastest. Its the small things on this walk that make me happy and catch my interests.

Rosalie van Wetten
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Group D

Why I walk

there are many things I enjoy about walking. One things my mind always wanders towards are the many buildings around a city or town. I like watching the houses and imagining what kind of people may live in all those different houses. Is the big villa-like building in the centre of town inhabited by a single rich man with a big mustache and a cane, or is it inhabited by college students who all have one room and share the big living space that way? I may never know. Another thing I like about buildings is what it says about a population as a whole. The way things are build says something about the area, you can derive a lot about a place just from the architecture alone. In The Netherlands, many houses have triangle-shaped roofs, which has to do with the rainy weather we have. This has been the case for a long time, but nowadays, more and more buildings are build with flat roofs, because we now have the technology to get rid of the rain without having our roofs collapse during a storm. I like how this change in time is reflected in architecture in this way. whether a house burns down and gets replaced with a new one, or an old church gets broken down and replaced with a brand new apartment complex, changes in cities are inevitable, the same way changes in humans are inevitable. I think this aspect of a city is really interesting.






Inspiration:

I really enjoy this Poem.
The way the change of time is described through
the change in surroundings really speaks to me.
It has a very nostalgic feel to it.
Like he isn't just missing the old neighbourhood,
but also the sense of childhood, like a longing to
return to self you used to be, but were forced to change
out of. Like he is missing something that is long gone.
this really inspired me.

Eva Vlieger
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Group D
my interest in walking is mainly as a way to escape my room for a bit and for some lockdown exercise. The fresh air and visual stimuli inspire and motivate me. Inspiration and motivation are typically less blocked after a quick walk and fresh air
I was inspired by this map and the way he showed locations just using store signs and landmarks because that's how I visualize maps and remember my routes. I also liked the illustrative doodle style of Zoes work.

Major: My major is Animation.

I feel like animation may be a good way to express the essance of walking
to start with the obvious, you can make a character do the movement through a walk cycle.
But you can also use the things surrounding walking to make an animation.
a journey usually envovles walking. This journey can be expressed through animation.
the thoughts and feelings surrounding walking, can be visualised through animation.
In this way, walking as a research method is a good combination with the medium of animation.





Outcome:
I really liked the poem,
and it inspired me to think about
the change in surroundings.
My grandfather had a hobby
of collecting old images of
his hometowown,
He was part of a sort of
hobby club which collectively
brought out a book
with many old images
of what the town
was like 100 years ago.
The awareness of the
change in surroundings
and buildings reminded me of this book.
I was thinking I may be able to use these pictures,
and then take new picture of the same
places from the same angles to compare
the way the town has changed.
I may be able to make this into a video of sorts,
In that way connecting it to my
major through the moving images.

THIS IS THE END RESULT:
https://youtu.be/xRdybLZMkm0

Iris Bos 098485 group d

i went on a walk again and wrote down what i really like about it. for me its either having a deep concversation with someone or completely wonder off on my own.

from there on i looked on hot glue for inspiration. the following down below were a moodboard kind of inspiration to what wandering off feels for me.

from there on i sketched some trees as for me they are the centre point of my interest while walking and visually reminds me of the hotglue inspiration.

drawing the trees it reminded me of mondriaans developing work, how he went from a tree to the famous lines and composition. and to keep in touch with wondering off i put some Tolkien inspirat6ion aswell since i feel like its in touch with my Major aswell.

to link this all to my maj, which is Animtion, i quick sketched some scenes or backgrounds.

Meintje Bastemeijer
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Group D

Because my major is Fine Art and Design Teacher Training, I decided to make an assignment for art students or another creative study. In the assignment the students will be introduced to 'Mail Art' and improving their own work through inspiration from others. Which is what Social Practice is about in my opinion.

My walking experience, really grounded my to the notion that walking is the human natural way of experiencing space and this is at the core of my major

Possible Outcome

Group F

Emma Broese van Groenou
Group F
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interest + inspiration + major = ?
(Walking/Forest + Inspiration + Animation)

So I had no idea in mind specifically. As I didn't want to go overboard with animation and such. So.. eventually I decided to reflect on today's class and came to the conclusion.. we need more happiness in our lives. Everyone want's to be good but are scared to hurt others by giving their opinion. Though it was a good discussion. It's still scary. So I used my inspiration and created something.. small... perhaps random. But overall much needed happy vibes and I hope it helps. :D

I hope you all will like it :D

Lara Boon
1F

I drew over this old analoge photo with organic lines.

kirsten van ieperen groep F

my intrest in walking mostly is about being one with nature and it made me relise i needed to take more care of the nature. the i saw bibi`s work , i love that she shared with us how to make paper from recycled paper. and i would like to use this somethimes. also i love the thought of giving something back to nature by putting seeds in the paper that if you put it on the ground it will become flowers.

i have been doing some research on how to make fabric biological like the way i could maybe make some fabric that coul be put back in nature too, i found some recipes of how to use bacterials for making fabric and if i find the right materials i would like to try to make this kind of fabric.

and something i can start with now is to make my own recyled fabric from old clothing pieces i have.

Group F

FAIMA KARIMI - GROUP F

During this exercise I learned to communicate in different ways.
Moreover, I have learned to be more free in your thinking and doing.
Since last year I walk more often. I became more inspired by my own
environment than every time I had to search the internet for inspiration.
I have become more aware of the things that are happening around
me and the life around me, using your eyes. Every walk you take as a person is different,
every hour, every minute, every second the earth, your environment is changing.
I started listening to my thoughts while walking, without thinking, just listening.

























I was inspired by (E) Ahlam Kwaham's 'Poem of 5 Streets'.
For me, walking is looking at how your body reacts,
what actions your body performs, what things it absorbs, what things it sees.
In the Poem of (E) Ahlam Kwaham you can read how his / her body reacted while walking.
It was very interesting to read.

DAVID AVRAM-GROUP F

From my inspiration I created a collage. While walking you see and hear different things.
Things that have their own shape, their own characteristic.
I took several pictures from magazines and then scanned them and incorporated them into my collage.

interest + inspiration +illustration(major) =

I decided to make another route to get lots of random words. So I used a word game called 'syllable link'. Out of those words, I searched them on 3 different searching engines and also got random reference images. So I drew a surrealism illustration with those images.

the result

Yejin Lee
Group F
Illustration

Rijk de Wilde de Ligny

AV

Adam Skotarczak
Group F

Dana Zomer - Group F

Usually when I walk I only enjoy doing it with other people. When I am alone I find myself boredly thinking to myself about fantasy-like stories, putting myself in the shoes of some character I have made while me in the real world is picking away and plucking out leaves from bushes. Having to go on the walk with the talking actually took away from my relaxation as I needed to focus on something for work, it felt like I was doing some strange multitasking.

The work was created by Alice Petronzio from Group E. I really liked the characteristics given to the shapes which related to some exercises I personally did in my Animation major of WDKA, that shapes can be given characteristics through their movement or faces and that we usually interpret emotions through them. My own interests lie in storytelling, and this card immediately gave me ideas of kid books like Felix the Rabbit or Around The World in 80 days. I always think of stories when I walk, mostly about adventure and travel (as that is what I do when walking) and my main way to tell them is usually through animation or imagery in general. Seeing this work on hotglue gave me the realization that the story doesn't just lie there, but that this letter can already open the imagination of oneself.

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Inspiration piece:

making emotions out of shape is what I took as inspiration. Its not a new concept to me seeing I have done similar assignments in my major:

the piece I made was a take from both Alice's postcard and my previous animation work, and also from my letter I sent to Faima. I took the story of when I went out doing the walking assignment and how I didnt quite enjoy it because of the rain. I pictured myself as a stern square. I dont think the face was needed to express this but I wanted to do something in the style of Alice's work.

My letter to Faima: