Walk The Solar System (2010)
Public / Installation
Despite many a primary school drawing or text book illustration, a true scale model of our Solar System is unfeasible on paper.
To get a sense of its true vastness, you are invited to walk the Solar System.
A walkable scale model has been installed which begins at Kingsland Road in Dalston and finishes in Stamford Hill, London; running along part of one of Britain’s most historic and longest Roman roads. Local shopkeepers at appropriate points on the route are acting as guardians to the planets – hosting models represented by everyday objects, at their correct sizes on this 3.1 km scale.
Those following the trail, or those simply passing by, can pay a visit to the planetary guardians and request to be shown the planet.
Part of the ‘Psychomythic Nature Quest’ Series
Photography by Mark Henderson
Map available here
Dates and Locations :
Exhibited at Royal College of Art, Show two, Kensington Gore SW7 2EU: Friday 25th June – 4th July, open 10 – 8 daily
Model installed at various businesses in Kingsland Road, Stoke Newington High Street and Stamford hill, beginning in E8, from 25th June – 25th July , open 9 – 5 daily.
Nearest station: For the walk -Dalston Junction / Dalston Kingsland
For the exhibition – South Kensington
