Participants in this four-hour walking tour around Halifax were requested to remain silent throughout the duration of the evening, and to only communicate through texting (or not at all). Excursions to various points of interest in the downtown area took place, followed by a walk to the top of the fortress of citadel hill, and then finally drinks at a neighbourhood pub.
walking and talking and not saying anything was presented as part of “Tracing the City, Interventions in Public Space”, a conference organized by Dalhousie Art Gallery and NSCAD University.” 2014
D’Arcy Wilson writes about walking and talking and not saying anything in C Magazine Issue 121 “Walking”
Eryn Foster is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator and arts worker based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax (Nova Scotia)