FESTIVAL FEATURES | Gayi eld Creative Spaces
We fi nd out more about Pace, the latest venture from Gayfi eld Creative Spaces
18 THE LIST FESTIVAL 13–20 Aug 2015
L aunched by former GP John Ennis, Gayi eld Creative Spaces is interested in where art and design meet health and well-being. This summer, the space has launched a programme focused on walking; ‘Pace’ is designed to track routes around central Edinburgh that locals and visitors can explore on foot. The walks take from 20 minutes to an hour and there are opportunities to join guided sessions throughout the festival (see details below).
Pace has been co-curated by urban historian Anna Feintuck and Ennis, with support from Chris Fleet from the National Library of Scotland. The routes have been placed in a social and historical context, drawing upon the curator’s expert insights into the city’s mapping traditions.
Here, Anna and John outline one of Gayfeld’s routes around the city, starting from Gayi eld Square Gardens and linking the green and creative spaces of East Edinburgh (see map, right).
GAYFIELD SQUARE GARDEN Gayfi eld Creative Spaces Georgian squares in Edinburgh’s New Town are most often the property and in the care of those owning the surrounding buildings. In the case of Gayi eld Square, Edinburgh Corporation assumed custody and management of the ground in 1886 under the powers of the Edinburgh Municipal Police Act of 1879, making it a public space. Our route starts at home in Gayi eld Creative Spaces, just north of Gayi eld Square Garden, at the eastern edge of the New Town, just by the top of Leith Walk. Check out the programme of local and international design collaborations including our annual Making Well commissions, exploring where art and design meet health and well-being. This year Making Well includes a lunchtime walk retracing pathways in Gayi eld Square Garden visible on the Ordnance Survey map of 1876, as well as longer loops. You can i nd the garden walk and the loops south and west at gayi eld.co.uk