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Keisha Thompson: Poetry Walking Routes

Keisha Thompson: Poetry Walking Routes

Keisha Thompson was the recipient of the 2023/2024 YSP/Laureate Fund Residency supported by the T. S. Eliot Foundation, which was made possible by YSP Trustee and Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage.

Throughout the year of her residency, Keisha spent time in the Park walking, wandering and writing. She has curated a series of self-guided poetry walks for visitors to experience while at the Park. Choose between four guided routes around the park, each with a different distance, duration and direction, all curated to encourage your mind and your body to wander.

Listen below, or download the Bloomberg App to listen while you explore the park.

Walking Route 1

Time: 20 min

Difficulty level: Easy, fairly flat and open

Distance: 1.35km

Start point: YSP Learning Centre (map reference H10)

  1. Nigel Hall: Crossing (map reference H9) - Ode to the Afro Comb

  2. Kimsooja: A Needle Woman (map reference H9) - A Small Chart

  3. Peter Randall-Page: Mind Walk (map reference G8) - Fractal Poem

  4. Mikayel Ohanianyan: Diario (map reference G8) -Jaume Plensa – Wilsis Un-Informed

  5. Sol LeWitt: 123454321 (map reference H7) - Tankas for Andre

  6. Heather Peak and Ivan Morrison: Silence – Alone in a World of Wounds (map reference H7) - What About Zero?

Walking Route 2

Time: 20 mins

Difficulty Level: Easy, Very flat and open

Distance: 1.35km

Start point: The Weston (map reference B8)

  1. Damien Hirst: Virgin Mother (map reference C8) - Virgin Mother Un-Informed

  2. David Nash: Black Mound (map reference D8) - Can I Call You Flora?
  3. Gavin Turk: Oeuvre (map reference F8) - Derive

  4. Tom Friedman: Hazmat Love (map reference G8) - Gold Foil

  5. Lucy & Jorge Orta: Gazing Ball (map reference H7) - What About Zero?

Walking Route 3

Time: 45 mins

Difficulty Level: Adventurous – 47m elevation, walking through livestock areas

Distance: 2.37 km

Start point: Dam Bridge (map reference D8)

  1. Hemali Bhuta: Speed Breakers (map reference D6) - Speedbreaker Un-Informed

  2. Jaume Plensa: Wilsis (map reference G7) - Wilsis Un-Informed

  3. Lucy & Jorge Orta: Diana (map reference G6) - A Small Library of Proofs

  4. Thomas J Price: Network (map reference H7) - Can I Call You Flora?

  5. Shell Grotto (map reference I6) - What About Zero?

Walking Route 4

Time: 17 mins

Difficulty Level: Easy, slight elevations

Distance: 1.31 km

Start point: Camellia House (map reference H9)

  1. Ursula von Rydingsvard: Damski Czepek (map reference H9) - A Small Chart

  2. Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford: Further Afield (map reference I7) - Derive

  3. Greek Temple (map reference J7) - A Small Library of Proofs

  4. Antony Gormley: One and Other (map reference J7) Gold Foil

  5. Tania Kovats: Ravine (map reference K7) - A Chart Reimagined