Inga Adda: Walk This Way
August 10, 7 PM
Site and prompt for Walk This Way a public art project at Little Bennett Regional Park, Montgomery County, Maryland
Walk This Way is a self-guided, participatory walk in the woods which encourages play, observation, and appreciation for the natural environment in Montgomery County, Maryland. Walking along Kingsley Trail in Little Bennett Regional Park, participants will encounter various prompts, and hypothetical questions posted on signs throughout the trail asking them to examine the natural world.
On the surface, these humorous messages create a positive, novelty experience for the person walking through the area. Upon closer examination, the questions and prompts are designed through the lens of de-centering the human point of view to stimulate consideration of nature outside of its relations or service to humanity. The signs encourage the walker to investigate how human interaction with the natural world has been influenced by these ideas.
This project represents a communion between the local human and ecological community of Montgomery County. In a time of anxiety and unrest, Walk This Way serves as a safe, grounding space, free to the public, and a social-distancing-friendly art experience. Through playful humor and a lighthearted approach, the posted prompts and questions widen the scope of our daily lives through an active interaction with nature and introduce a new perspective of our place within it.
About Inga Adda:
Inga Adda is a fiber-based artist with an emphasis on materiality and experimentation. She received her B.F.A. in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020. Her work spans from performance to photography, textile and sculpture and often explores identity and the body in relation to its environment.