Socially engaged artist Ian Nesbitt’s practice spans filmmaking, writing, broadcasting and walking. In 2022, he completed a pilgrimage on foot along the Old Way, a recently unearthed Mediaeval pilgrim route from Southampton to Canterbury, passing close by St. Leonards-on-Sea. For Transmitter, he presents a performance reading of a selection of his writing based on the experience, enhanced by slides and field recordings, inviting the audience into a state of deep listening. He says:

“The work of the pilgrimage has been to take me out of my daily existence over a period of time long enough to witness in myself an unfurling transition towards an understanding of what it means to be human amongst the growing debris of collapsing systems, ecologies and environments; a field experiment in how to become fugitive from a culture in which speed is the overriding factor. It is a place and a practice to hold the relationship between ancient and modern, to consider the shift towards a more ancient future, and to explore the question of how to honour our entanglement with the more-than-human world, that we might better inhabit this ancient future to come.” 

Ian is also a founder member of Radio Commons. 
http://iannesbitt.co.uk/

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