This Summer, Elastic City (one of my recently launched projects), is giving walks throughout New York City. But these are not your typical tourist walks. These walks are led by artists. Todd Shalom, the founder of Elastic City, realized the idea while suffering from altitude sickness in Cusco, Peru.

The walks intend to make its audience active participants in an ongoing poetic exchange with the places we live in and visit. Artists are commissioned by Elastic City to create their own walks. These walks tend to focus less on providing factual information and more on heightening our awareness, exploring our senses and making new group rituals in dialogue with public space in the city.

The walks have been featured in TimeoutNY, WNYC, Wallstreet Journal, Gothamist, and other publications.

To listen Todd talk about the walks on WNYC, click here, or hit play on the player below

Browse the walks listing and rediscover New York.

Here are a few links:

COME OUT AND PLAY
http://www.comeoutandplay.org/blog/

MIT LAB
http://www.projectnml.org/exemplars/07biggames/#

Jane McGonigal
http://www.avantgame.com/

Frank Lantz
http://gothamist.com/2004/05/04/frank_lantz_game_designerteacher.php

Area Code
http://www.playareacode.com/

Conflux
http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2007/

Eric Paulos
http://www.paulos.net/

Julian Bleecker
http://www.techkwondo.com/