Portable projections: analyzing co-created site-specific video walks

The author discusses key findings of a series of video walks developed as part of her practice-based PhD research (2011- 2014). Four video walks were produced for handheld projectors and tested in four different public spaces. The first video walks (The Surface Inside – 2011; I-Walk – 2012) were guided and only one handheld projector was available. The latter (Walk-itch – 2013; (wh)ere land – 2014) were created for multiple handheld projectors, offering participants a co-creative role. On-site observations revealed a shift in participants’ engagement between earlier and later video walks. A three-fold method for analyzing audio- visual documentation also emerged during the research.