The other SID project I have become involved with arose out of a conversation with the actor Toby Jones about Wiliam Blake’s many many references in his work to ‘feet’ and walking and being anchored to the earth, as well as Blake’s capacity to see angels and other ‘visions’ as he walked about town.

I liked very much the idea of helping Toby to recreate or replay this idea of walking around town and unlocking ‘visions’ as he walked along a particular path. So I’ve already mapped out 3 Blake Walks for him, and started generating rather abstract media to put in his way.

Using geotags and smart mobile devices it should be possible to put *a lot* of media in Toby’s way as he walks – movies, sounds, images and texts; and it doesn’t have to be media made within in the landscape, but could be ‘alien’ media that has then been attached to a specific location on one of the three online maps.

In this way we could all supply Toby with ‘visions’ as he walks – things to see and hear and read that I make sure Toby encounters at exactly the right time and place by playing or displaying them to him on an iphone or a 3G enabled mini notebook; or perhaps we can also leave some kind of paper/poster trail for him to pick up…

It’ll be Toby’s task then to respond creatively to what happens to him on each of the 3 Blakewalks. Initially we think he will respond in writing, producing some form of text or book of his own. But since we will also be filming with Flip cameras and recording the walks in as many ways as possible, I sense that a rather beautiful psychogeographic multimedia performance piece could be another possible output.

For now, I am still plotting out the 3 Walks and generating my own media as I walk the paths just to find out how this feels and discover what it is possible logistically in terms of filming, snapping, writing, mapping and posting in real time out in the field.

It’s an incredibly stimulating experience that I am enjoying immensely. Already I’ve spewed out a couple of strange little muvees (using the Flip software) that have some interesting qualities. Here’s the one from the first walk:

And here’s the one from the second:

If you’re interested in coming on one of the walks, or more simply contributing a piece of media for Toby to encounter, just follow @L_O_S on Twitter for news or keep an eye on the blog