LTAW #24 at Zuccotti Park, Wall street

It's fascinating to walk through Zuccotti Park into this com-munity of diverse people who peacefully demand social and economic equality.

Little by little the park is transformed into a village of a sort, there is even a library. The place is now cramped with tents. Because of the sky scrapers surrounding the park there is very little sun.
I hope for the safety of the protesters.
As I was getting ready to start the walk a group of people gathered to participate in a workshop on Radical Economics 101

The walk ended with a wonderful encounter with the knitting grandmother

What about you, where did you take the walk from? if you have any footage please send them, to me via You sent it (at no cost to you).

Thank you so much for your support and participation.

Bise mc

LTAW #24 will take place 11/6/11 at 11am

Join us from anywhere in the world for Let’s take a walk #24

Sunday 11/6 at 11 am EST
LTAW #1 started on the NYC Marathon 2009 day along Central Park. Now 2 years later I will conduct

LTAW # 24 in Zuccotti Park the center of the Occupy Wall Street Movement were people have been demanding social and economic equality since early September.

I hope that you will follow & participate, as always you can do so from anywhere in the world.

Please bring your camera & follow my walking directions on Twitter
Looking forward to sharing this walk; walking together apart.

Bise

marie christine / mcayer

LTAW #23 took place at Les Salaisons

La Nuit Blanche was fantastic but my favorite place was of course Laurent Quenehen's gallery Les Salaison in Romainsville featuring a group show of art and performances.

As part of this event had the pure pleasure of conducting Let's Take a Walk#23.
A big thank you to Anne-Marie Toffolo who was the town crier & Monsieur Mail.et the drummer as well as the help of Laurent and Julie. I did encountered tech difficulties but if you received the tweets thanks to my friend Valerie who not only took fantastic photos, but also called in the direction to Paul my tweet master.
If you followed the walk and filmed/photographed your journey please send them to me via You Send It
Until the next walk,
Love from Paris
Marie Christine

photo by Valerie Planchez

LTAW will take place in Paris Saturday 10/1 at 7.30pm local time

Let’s take a walk #23 will take place Saturday October 1st as part of
La Nuit Blache in Paris along side a very exciting program of Lauren Quenehen's Art Space Les Salaisons
Please tune in and follow me on Twitter the walk/performance is schedule to start at 7.30pm (19h30)
Please see the time zone to find out what time it will be were you are.

Let’s Take a Walk
Interactive Performance/Installation
Let’s Take a Walk uses the phenomenon of Twitter so that participants all over the world can join in a “group walk.”
remember to film your journey, the various footage will becomes a video installation showing the experience of our group walking in different places but moving synchronized through the same footprints.
Walking together, apart. Exploring ideas of isolation and community, calling to mind both guided tour groups and flaneur wanderings.
Looking forward to share this walk with you.
Invite a friend, a lover, an enemy, a stranger to join you.
Please scroll down and select a month on blog archive to see details on past walks.
Thank you
marie christine

the 22nd walk took place in the jungle

Our trip in Belize was fantastic, so good to be exploring wondrous places in the world. LTAW #22 took place in mid air as Taliana and I were rappelling over the caves and cliffs of the aptly named "The Black Hole"

LTAW this time without internet connection

Let’s take a walk #22 will take place Saturday August 20th at 11am Belize time I’ll be in the jungle without any internet connection, so if you remember, please simply take one photo of where you are on that day, around that time... I'll be thinking of you.

At some point I'll be diving as well bise mc

Beside walking...

Going around New York City by bike & rollerblades is becoming the best way around beside walking thanks to the amazing bike passes.

LTAW #22 will take place in the jungle or on a beach... either in Belize or in Guatemala, I'll keep you informed, (if there is any internet connection) ...

Bise mc

How to send me your footage

Hello everyone

LTAW #21 took place as part of the 20th year anniversary of Art Omi

Thank you for taking the walk. Despite the poor internet connection you did get a few of the tweets. More directions were given out such as say something nice to someone, point camera up etc, your walk was brief but I hope that you enjoyed it.

A special thank you to Valentina Luccardi, Nostra Nosratian & Mark Salvatus for performing the tasks of the town crier, the drummer and the twitter master during the performance.

To send your footage please go to http://dropbox.yousendit.com/MarieChristineKatz924487

I greatly appreciate your support and participation.

Bise mc

Let's take a walk #21 at Art Omi

Hello everyone

LTAW#21 will take place on the ground of Art OMI Sunday 7/17 at 2pm EST where I am privileged to be a resident alongside a wonderful group of artists from all over the world.

A fantastic place to conduct a walk: it will be presented as a performance and you can join us from anywhere in the world via Twitter Please remember to film or photograph your journey. Hope you can share the experience either at Art Omi or where ever you are...

Invite a friend, a lover, an enemy, a stranger to join you...

Let's take a walk #20 in the Ramble

Let's take a walk took place in the Ramble, the wildest spot I know off in New York City.

I hope that despite the tech difficulties, yes I should have replaced the damaged screen on my I phone, you were able to follow and be part of the journey.

If you have any footage of your walk please send them to me via you send it

So wonderful to have this amazing place right in the center of Manhattan, I wonder where you took your walk.

Bise mc

Let's take a walk #20

Hello everyone

In honor of a friend who loved walking,
Let’s take a walk #20 will take place Saturday June 18th at 11am EST from what I believe to be a place as close to wilderness as can be found in New York City.

I hope that you can join us via Twitter

Bise

mc

Let’s Take a Walk uses the phenomenon of Twitter so that participants all over the world can join in a “group walk.”
On scheduled times, participants (located in various locations throughout the world) would receive “tweet” messages, providing a series of walking/viewing directions to follow my path through a specific site. Requesting that they film their journey, the various footage becomes a video installation showing the experience of our group walking in different places but moving synchronized through the same footprints.

Walking together apart

Invite a friend, a lover, an enemy, a stranger to join you...

A very lonely, beautiful walk

Let’s take a walk # 19 took place

in the wonderful French Quarter of New Orleans and it was a very, very lonely yet wonderful walk.
Lonely because the e mail invitation I sent you never left my outbox.

Therefore I walked alone.

Next time, next walk...

bise

mc

A very last minute invitation

Let's tak a walk will take place today at noon EST, this is so last minute that I hope you will be able to jump right in, simply follow my walking directions via Twitter

Remember to film or take photos of your journey.

Enjoy and thank you

Bise mc

Une petite escapade...

I had to escape and I did... I left my pillows, my kids, my dogs and my home for four days in New Orleans. I am so happy that I might orchestrate a Walk. This is very last minute but I'll keep you informed. Right now I am off to explore the French Quarter.

Spinning my web

I wish I was inviting you for A Walk but instead, the terrifying emergence of my inner hausfrau, is seriously clashing with my goddess of love and the arts. She has been so busy pulling me into the meander of housekeeping, keeping me home sewing pillows… If only I could take it to the place of Spinning my web instead I am falling into the trap of Domesticity, next mummy dearest...

Thank you for coming to see Unraveling

maquette by Eleonore Dyl

My deepest thanks to all of you who came to see the show, your encouragement and support are deeply appreciated...

"Unraveling" took place at the Kitchen along side the performances of the 6 other The Field residents. It was a wonderful experience for me and "my very talented an dedicated team", I am currently working on editing the videos shot by Joe Nardelli and Peter Richard

"Unraveling"

Enter a universe where your imagination weaves together the threads of a different reality in Marie Christine’s new work "Unraveling”…A dreamlike, visual and theatrical world where reality and imagination merge together and transform the burden of waiting and memories.

co Directed by Marie Christine Katz and Eleonore Dyl

Performed by

Albert Covelli www.albertcovelli.com

Emival Jorge

Marie Christine Katz www.mariechristine.com
Nathalie Michel
Daniel Allen Nelson www.woofnova.org
Valerie Norman Ornstein
Dina Paisner
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan www.jenniferskliasgahan.com

The next step, Unraveling

Some of you might know that since January I am part of a residency program at The Field.
It will cumulate into an evening of 7 short performances at the Kitchen on March 21st at 7.30pm
The Kitchen is at 512 West 19th street

I am extremely luck and grateful to have a wonderful group of people working alongside with me on Unraveling.

Conceived & Written by
Marie Christine Katz
Co directed by Marie Christine Katz & Eleonore Dyl
Props and Set Design by
Marie Christine Katz

Performed by
Albert Covelli
Marie Christine Katz
Nathalie Michel
Daniel Allen Nelson
Valerie Norman Ornstein
Dina Paisner
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan

Thank you for your support.
bise Marie Christine

Let's take a walk #17

I’ll be walking on ice....
Is the sun shining where you are? For you, on the other side of the world, is it a full moon?
Please Invite a friend, a lover, an enemy, a stranger to join you

They are walking side by side with a common purpose

I will conduct a Walk from Indianapolis on Saturday 2/5th at 11am EST please follow me on Twitter for updates. Walk along with me from anywhere in the world. Walking together apart.
Bring a friend, a lover, an enemy, a stranger...

I heard the news today...... In Egypt, Muslims and Christians are walking together for a common cause.
and now?

This time, it did not feel too lonely...

Let's take a walk #16 took place in what seems to be ages ago. I recall the fun of The Three Kings parade.
What surprise, what a pleasure to see my friend Christo just as I was ending the walk.
We kept following the parade together.
My friend went back to Switzerland, leaving behind her some great memories and an amazingly delicious home made Walnut Tart.
For those of you lucky enough to live in Zurich, Christo sells them in the market... Worth looking for.
I might conduct next walk from Indianapolis Looking forward to the next time. Bise mc

Let's Take a Walk Images

Let's Take a Walk. Still from video, 2010. Video shows montage of video footage received by Twitter participants who filmed their walk.

Let’s Take a Walk uses the phenomenon of Twitter so that people all over the world can join in a “group walk.” Requesting that they film their journey, the various footage are then assembled into a video installation showing the experience of our group walking in different places but moving synchronized through the same footprints…

Still from Performance, Let's Take a Walk #9

LTAW #9 featured a new addition to the work, inviting not only participants via Twitter, but also participants gathered from visitors to the Figment Art Festival on Governor’s Island (2010) to walk alongside me during the performance. It also introduced a town crier and drummer that helped lead the procession. I also wore a knitted overskirt that unraveled with each step, leaving a physical trace of our path.

Still from Performance, Let's Take a Walk #9

LTAW #9 featured a new addition to the work, inviting not only participants via Twitter, but also participants gathered from visitors to the Figment Art Festival on Governor’s Island (2010) to walk alongside me during the performance. It also introduced a town crier and drummer that helped lead the procession. I also wore a knitted overskirt that unraveled with each step, leaving a physical trace of our path.

Let's take a walk #16

Happy New Year Everyone

Let’s take a walk #16 will take place this Thursday January 6th at 10.30am EST
By participating in LTAW from anywhere in the world you will be part of the El Museo del Barrio’s Annual Three Kings Parade
To participate simply follow my directions on Twitter http://twitter.com/mcayer on Thursday the 6th of January at 10.30am EST
Remember to film or photograph your journey.
Bring a friend, a lover and enemy a stranger...