The book of -scapes: An articulated drawing of urban, slightly urban, rural and digital walks

The book of -scapes is a proposal for a collective experiment that involves walking and drawing performances that play with the suffix -scapes in a physical and digital geographical context. By wayfinding (Ingold) and mapping space (online and offline) through drawing (O’Rourke), this proposal encourages participants to form articulations between fields, places and technologies. The suffix -scape, brought into the English language from the Dutch word landschap (Makhzoumi and Pungetti), came into view in the art field and expanded into multiple -scapes such as streetscapes, riverscapes, storyscapes, carescapes, soundscapes, skyscapes, dirtscapes and so on (Mattiello). By showcasing the creation of spatial imaginaries and the processes of getting to know and create a sense of place, The book of -scapes hopes to create a collaborative storyworld of the city of Ghent and asks how these artistic practices inform the imaginary of different environments by articulating online and offline landscapes and spatial experiences (Bodenhamer). 

The book of -scapes is a three-hour outdoor creative walkshop. It will consist of two warm-up exercises, the main activity and a final discussion.