Seven Paces
2003, Hamish Fulton
Rolandseck – Leinpfad / Rhinekilometer 640
About the work
“No walk, no art” says Hamish Fulton, who sees himself as an artist who walks.
As one of the most prominent representatives of land art, Fulton undertook his longest hike to date for the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, from 11 September to 13 November 2002. He set off from Bilbao, hiked across Spain and France, and reached Lake Toma in Switzerland, one of the sources of the Rhine, and hiked from there along the Rhine through Germany to the Hook of Holland, where the river flows into the North
Sea. He covered 2,838 kilometres in two months, with only two days off to rest.
To commemorate this remarkable hike, he created his first public art work: seven paces. This rather inconspicuous, cast-iron sculpture, seven paces long, is embedded in the towpath along the Rhine near the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck.
About the artist
Hamish Fulton born 1946 in London, lives and works in Canterbury, Kent, UK