paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
[Play the soundscape at https://soundcloud.com/user-967764987/megwalker-arctic-circle-soundscape to experience the sculpture's audio self] My world has become too small. I gather some close friends. We climb in a movable nest and head up the Dempster. The gravel ribbon. See: the blessing and the curse of roads. The blessing and the curse of machines. The blessing and the… Continue reading Comfort zone (for Arts in the Park)
Best email I've had in months: Dan Sokolowski, from the Dawson City International Short Film Festival, asked if he could use my submitted watercolour for the 2021 Festival poster. I'm thrilled! Especially because DCISFF has been a big part of Dawson City becoming home for me over the past decade-plus. Here's the final poster. The… Continue reading Dawson Film Fest poster dawgs
"Comfort Zone" is a documentary soundscape, sculpture, and text built from multiple visits to several metres of space where the arctic circle crosses the Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory. Audio link below. Sculpture photos on home page. My world has become too small. I gather some close friends. We climb in a movable nest and head… Continue reading arctic circle
The field recording that generated this painting came from taking a friend's old, blind dog, Katie, on many walks. The specific walk I recorded and worked from was in deep winter. That memory came back as I laid brushstrokes for the rhythms of our footsteps. We walked by the river almost every time, so those… Continue reading bell for a blind dog
[This project closed / went offline in August 2021, as we came to the end of our funding]The Long Walk Collective - Bo Yeung, Georgia Hammond, and me (Meg Walker) - is so excited and proud to announce that the Plant Encounters online publication is live! What: "Plant Encounters" is an online multimedia publication at… Continue reading Plant Encounters is live!
after a two year pause, keeping The Ice Cubicle archived so all these images & interviews were not lost, there are still moments now & again when i see something that needs to be added to this collection. this blog was originally a year-long project, but took a bit longer, running from may ’09 to… Continue reading ice = rebirth
For a while there it seemed the "spring fever vs ice" competition was over. The Yukon River broke weeks ago, and it's hot enough in the daytime to get a slight sunburn, as I found out yesterday. But I had to drive between Dawson City and Whitehorse twice in the past two weeks, and as… Continue reading spring breakup: a swimming tale
The wait is over. It's been more of a melt-off than a break-up this spring 2010, but the Yukon River is running again. The ice broke its grip at 3:12 a.m. this morning, according to Joyce Cayley, speaking on CFYT Radio on behalf of IODE. The annual Ice Guessing Contest is over. But what's the… Continue reading dawson ice guessing contest: it’s all over
Almost as good as a helicopter: the website http://www.mammothmapping.com provides fodder for spring break-up obsession with photos taken from the Sunnydale Lookout, south and west of Dawson City. In other words, from the "other" side of the Yukon River, providing views currently unavailable to any of us in town unless we hire air transportation. Here's… Continue reading almost as good as a helicopter
Today, again I walked along the Yukon from town to the Yukon-Klondike confluence and all the way to the bridge that goes over the Klondike. All clear (well, silty) running water at the bridge. And a moment of stillness at the confluence. 1 point goes to spring fever for keeping everything under control and managing… Continue reading spring fever 2: ice 2 – momentary truce
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