from the publishers at Walkscapes.net: "In his book Walkscapes, Italian architect Francesco Careri aims to define the act of walking as an aesthetic as well as a critical practice. He traces its roots all the way back to prehistoric times, from nomadic men exploring landscapes by foot to modern men experiencing the urban space and architectural landscapes in roaming around cities. Careri also points out how the act of walking was a turning point for three critical movements in the history of art: the passage from Dada to Surrealism, from the Lettrist International to the Situationist International, and from Minimalism Art to Land Art.
Fundamentally, for Careri, the act of walking, regardless of its invisibility of spatial definition, implies the transformation of a place and its meaning : 'The mere physical presence of humans in an unmapped space, as well as the variations of perceptions they register while crossing it, already constitute forms of transformation of the landscape that—without leaving tangible signs—culturally
modify the meaning of space and therefore the space itself.' Whether walking towards a destination or simply wandering around, the act of walking transmits both physical or invisible traces of human activities."
Andrew Weathers recommends Careri's book ("walking as an aesthetic practice")
