virtual care lab | synchronise
Sunday, August 16 — 10:00am Pacific Time (18:00 Edinburgh)
Hosted by Stephanie Whitelaw

synchronise is a guided sound walk and online gathering, connecting us to place through synchronised walking and guided creative response to local landscape. Exploring ideas of pilgrimage through interactive, sense-based activity, we engage with inner and outer themes of nature.

Virtually together, we will follow a guided soundwalk through our respective places, each partaking in a pilgrimage and a process of walking - listening - connecting. Journeying singularly through distant spaces held within the same timeframe, the gathering will move through space together, united through movement….a collective pilgrimage. We will then gather together online to share our locative responses, weaving our stories and walking experiences together. The gathering will offer a safe, holding space for inner and outer exploration, writing practice and reflection.

At a time when we occupy smaller areas, with access to less and restrictions in place, we seek an opportunity to engage with our surroundings in a “micro” way. By collectively journeying through locative space we can experience the intimacy of our surroundings together, opening up new dialogues and ways of interacting with our everyday environments.

About the host: Stephanie Whitelaw’s practice endeavours to connect people with place, revealing the threads that run through ourselves and our environment. Walking Arts forms the basis of her work; spanning across installation, sound, participatory art, and text. Eco-therapy is woven through her facilitated works; building safe spaces that encourage a deeper sense of understanding each other and the eco-system which we are a part of. Stephanie is interested in what nature can evoke for us creatively - what it can mirror and unfold. She is currently a member of Rhubaba studios in Edinburgh, and is a co-founder of the female artist collective shared landscapes. The collective seeks to harness creative and environmental processes within the landscape.

virtual care lab is a series of experiments in remote connection, powered by NAVEL. Learn more at virtualcarelab.com or contact virtualcarelab@gmail.com.