Author Archives: Holly Rumble

I’ve completed my map, and covered all publicly-accessible outdoor spaces within a 500m radius of Battersea Arts Centre. In total I have walked over 16 miles (about 26km), and have found 265 locations where you can hear a pin drop. … Continue reading →

I’ve walked 8 miles today, all within this 500m radius of Battersea Arts Centre. Hard to imagine you could do that really. I am also aware I need to decide whether to ditch imperial measurements at this stage. The total … Continue reading →

I arrived at lunchtime, so only had an afternoon of pin dropping. However, apart from the main roads this area is remarkably quiet and I have found 79 locations today. I’ve walked about 5.5 miles, and covered a good portion … Continue reading →

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 →