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Spaces of Contemplation : Guided Walk and Meditation experience at Gibbons Rent 

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Discover this London Bridge green oasis and immerse your senses in a mindful experience. Mark Mental Health Awareness Week with us!

We invite you to press pause in your day and explore some of London Bridge’s green spaces. Give yourself the treat of an immersive experience, be guided within Gibbons Rent on a meditative participation as you allow Mel Sutton‘s calming voice to guide you through a journey of sensory exploration and imagination.

Writer and meditation teacher Mel was commissioned by Team London Bridge during the pandemic to create immersive experiences along the Low Line, places which can offer both a bustling environment and some hidden quiet green spaces. Encouraged by the desire many felt to convene with nature during lockdown the idea behind this project was to find calm and rejuvenation within the city.

As a legacy and our gift to you, we are delighted to share with our London Bridge community the pieces that Mel created, which you can enjoy in your own time either in the respective places or from the comfort of your home. One was inspired by Gibbons Rent and the other one by St John’s Churchyard. Each audio piece is about 14 minutes long, you can listen to them here.

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10 May, 2022 · 18:00 Africa/Abidjan
10 May, 2022 · 18:00 Africa/Abidjan
10 May, 2022 · 18:00 UTC

Hosted by: Team London Bridge
8 Holyrood Street, London SE1 2EL, UK

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pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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