Author Archives: Holly Rumble

Thanks to Yoko Ishiguro for her live translation, Forest Fringe for inviting me to TPAM, British Council for funding the visit, and staff at Steep Slope Studio and BankART Studio NYK for all their help over the week.

110 locations! Every street walked. Many pins lost forever. I finished at just after 5pm today, by walking towards World Porters along the Kishamichi Promenade. I found three great locations on that, due to the wooden boards: The main problem … Continue reading →

It was raining today, which usually affects this project: water on the pavement stops the pins from jumping back up and resonating. However, I did find 5 extra locations today, bringing the total up to 75. I’ve also had my … Continue reading →

  Only 6 extra locations today (bringing the grand total to 70) because I had to spend my time making this:   I mainly explored the area around Zou-no-hana Park: it was very quiet, as I expected, but I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Well that was exhausting! I’ve been walking for 6 hours around the parts of the city that sit at the edges of my map. The plan is that the areas closest to BankART Studio should be easier for other people … Continue reading →

I began sketching a 2m version of my map onto a white wall in the BankART Studio today, in anticipation of publicly annotating it with my locations. For the time being, they are recorded on this map, with the area … Continue reading →

This is the area I covered in one hour this afternoon. It was limited by the fact that I lost all four of the pins that I took out with me. Note to self: be less optimistic tomorrow, and take … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in my hotel room on Monday morning, comparing my map to the official TPAM map. So far it’s reasonably accurate, and certainly adequate for marking pin dropping locations. My hotel is just in the bottom left hand corner, … Continue reading →

In February 2013 I will be surveying the streets of Yokohama, and presenting my findings in a performance lecture as part of Forest Fringe at TPAM. http://www.tpam.or.jp/showing/internationalshowcase/674/?lang=en I am currently wondering if carrying a large box of pins in my luggage … Continue reading →

Here are two photos from Friday’s presentation: