an outside space is an audiovisual work documenting the artist’s daily walk on the rural-urban fringe. The walk is a routine developed from the beginning of lockdown in the UK due to Covid-19 and the permitted one-hour daily exercise. An outside space is based on a score from Sophie Stone’s larger project postcard-sized pieces (2020-), which encourages engagement with an activity, and in this instance, an outside space. Sophie’s daily walk is documented through video footage, field recordings, and information such as location (e.g. what3words), weather, temperature, duration, and time.

Documentation​

Location

///repeat.drainage.universe

Date

03/08/2020

04/08/2020

05/08/2020

06/08/2020

07/08/2020

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Time

17:08

12:37

12:56

07:02

08:56

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Duration

00:40:50

00:51:36

00:44:44

00:36:00

00:46:19

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Distance (miles)

1.49

1.39

1.53

1.18

1.20

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Temperature

19°C

21°C

24°C

17°C

24°C

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Weather

Mostly sunny and breezy

Mostly sunny and breezy

Partly sunny and windy

Partly Sunny

Sunny

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Observations

alone, dog walkers, seagulls, grasshoppers, distant traffic, butterflies

together, grasshoppers, dragonflies, a bird of prey, butterflies, rustling leaves, children playing, dog walkers, snake

together, busy, windy, jogger, teenagers cycling, grasshoppers, hot, rustling leaves

alone, still, calm, joggers, bird song, dog walkers, distant traffic, early

together, alone, still, strong sun, grasshoppers, biplane, bird song, distant traffic

For information on the process of the piece, please visit here.