Clare Qualmann is a British

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ist based in London, UK. She is a senior lecturer in performing arts at the

University of East London , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

and also teaches at

London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City ...

Career

Qualmann's work uses a range of participatory methods to explore the routines and narratives of everyday life. A large body of her work focuses on the practice of walking as a way to interrogate the familiarity of place and has been described as “a kind of anti-

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”. Qualmann is a member of

walkwalkwalk Walkwalkwalk (2005–2010) is a British artist collective consisting of Gail Burton, Serena Korda and Clare Qualmann. Based in London, their work focuses on their own routine walks in the Bethnal Green neighborhood of East London, as well as overlo ...

with Gail Burton and

Serena Korda Serena Korda (born 1979) is a British visual artist. She has made work across a number of disciplines including performance, sculpture, ceramics and public art. Her work is interactive and encourages people to explore everyday rituals found from ...

, who practice "'an archaeology of the familiar and forgotten," organising public walks through familiar places deemed marginal or overlooked. As a solo artist Qualmann has further developed her walking practice. Qualmann is a founding member of the international

Walking Artists Network The Walking Artists Network (WAN) is an international network dedicated to walking as a critical and artistic practice; it reflects the growth and increased interest in walking art. It is based at the University of East London's Centre for Perfor ...

, created in 2007. Through the network Qualmann has organised numerous walking research events and exhibitions, including the Step by Step seminar series at the University of East London, the footwork research group, and ''Where To? Towards the Future Steps of Walking'' at Falmouth University with Misha Myers.

Selected exhibitions

* ''Collect Transform Repeat'' (2007) Michael West Gallery, Isle of Wight * ''Spinning Stories'' (2008), with Emily Butterworth and The Woman’s Library ** on the role of, and places associated, with laundry in women’s lives. * ''Untitled (''Pencil on cotton handkerchief) (2009), ''Flash Company ,'' Cecil Sharp House, London * ''Perambulator'' (2014),

Deveron Arts Deveron Projects, formerly Deveron Arts, is a United Kingdom arts organisation based in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland that hosts international artists from a variety of disciplines to collaborate with the town community. Deveron Projects follo ...

Walking Institute, Huntly * ''East End Jam'' (2015), Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Legacy Development Corporation * ''Chinese Whispers'' (2015), part of Exeter University’s ''Gossip and Nonsense.''

With walk walk walk

* ''Chip Shop Tour of E8'' (2007), ''E8- The'' ''Heart of Hackney'', Transition Gallery, London * ''Nightwalks'' (2008), ''Stories from the Exeter Archive'' * ''walk walk walk'' (2013), ''Walk On: 40 Years of Walking,'' Pitshangar Manor Gallery, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, mac Birmingham, Plymouth City Museum and Gallery * ''walk walk walk: stories from the Bethnal Green archive'' (2010), a permanent installation in the Bethnal Green Old Town Hall.

Selected publications

* Clare Qualmann and Claire Hind (eds.) (2015) ''Ways to Wander.'' Axminster: Triarchy. * Gail Burton, Serena Korda, and Clare Qualmann (2009) ''Walkwalkwalk: Stories from the Exeter Archive''. London: Site Projects. * Elizabeth LeMoine, Clare Qualmann and Susan Skingle (2006) ''Collect Transform Repeat''. London: Site Projects.

References

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