9 Words Podcasts: Motion
On a Walk - image by Dee Patel
MOTION – Daniella Turbin
In this podcast we learn about artist Daniella Turbin’s practice. Does walking somewhere change your relationship to that space?
“It was good to talk to someone with a shared history of Wolverhampton, although from different decades. Some things remain the same, whilst others evolve. Will the ‘Man on the Horse’ still be referred to as the ‘Man on the Horse’ by future youth subcultures in decades to come?” Bobby Tiwana
Duncan Grimley & Daniella Turbin Wolverhampton On Foot
Daniella Turbin & Bobby Tiwana the Studio
Extracts from the podcast
“It’s like, the feeling of being somewhere and the feeling of a place but it's hard to put it into words…That feeling that you get in a certain place.”
“I try to take pictures where you can look for like a narrative in it. It's like, I want people to have to… look for the story of, like an empty landscape… and look for clues of things that might have happened.”
“Probably less birds in like the rain and the wind. And then more towards the summer you'll see like more plants and things like coming up through the cracks in the pavements.”
“I was talking with this group that were talking more about like the nightlife in Wolverhampton in the 90s. And I was surprised about this because, I was just like young in the 90s. But apparently Wolverhampton was the place to come, rather than Birmingham.”
“I find it easier to speak to people when I'm walking. But I just feel like you get to actually know a place when you're walking.”
“The work’s called S09198. And that’s the grid reference for the centre of Wolverhampton.”
“I see a lot of gloves on the floor. I remember one in Manchester and near it there was brick. It was calling for me to move the brick to the glove and I did, and then I photographed it.”
“I think it is probably about my experience, of like walking through the landscape.”
Download the transcript of the podcast here.
Motion Credits
Artist Daniella Turbin
Presented and produced by Bobby Tiwana
Sound design, engineering and editing by Duncan Grimley
Commissioned by Creative Black Country
Funded by Arts Council England
Supported by Wolverhampton Arts & Culture and Paycare.
Want to learn more about Daniella’s project?
You can watch the video here with Daniella and read an interview here. You can also see images from the walks here.
Rainy Walk - image by Dee Patel
Gloved hand and brick