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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 11 MIN

Pushing Through the City

from Photography and Walking · host Philippe Guillaume. Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.

In 1992, Gabriel Orozco rolled a sphere of plasticine through the streets of New York City.As it moved, the surface gathered dust, stones, fragments of metal, cracks, and countless traces left behind by contact with the city itself. The work, titled Yielding Stone, exists somewhere between sculpture, performance, walking, and process.This episode explores how the sphere functions as a record of movement. Rather than representing the city, it allows the city to leave physical impressions behind through friction, pressure, and continual contact. The walk becomes visible on the surface of the object itself.The episode also considers the relationship between Yielding Stone and photography. Like a photographic surface receiving an exposure, the sphere remains open to transformation. What accumulates are traces, residues, and marks produced through movement across space and time.Yielding Stone invites us to think differently about orientation, walking, and the body in the city. Here, walking is not simply observation. It becomes a way of producing a surface on which the world can write itself.Related images and references:photographyandwalking.comEn 1992, Gabriel Orozco a fait rouler une sphère de pâte à modeler dans les rues de New York.Au fil de son déplacement, la surface de la sphère a accumulé poussière, pierres, fragments de métal, fissures et innombrables traces laissées par le contact avec la ville. L’œuvre, intitulée Yielding Stone, se situe à la croisée de la sculpture, de la performance, de la marche et du processus.Cet épisode explore la manière dont la sphère agit comme un enregistrement du mouvement. Plutôt que de représenter la ville, elle permet à celle-ci de laisser des empreintes physiques à travers la friction, la pression et le contact continu. La marche devient visible à même la surface de l’objet.L’épisode s’intéresse également à la relation entre Yielding Stone et la photographie. Comme une surface photographique recevant une exposition, la sphère demeure ouverte à la transformation. Ce qui s’y accumule est fait de traces, de résidus et de marques produites par le mouvement dans l’espace et le temps.Yielding Stone nous invite à penser autrement l’orientation, la marche et le corps dans la ville. Ici, marcher n’est pas simplement observer. C’est produire une surface sur laquelle le monde peut laisser son empreinte.Images et références liées à l’épisode :photographyandwalking.com 

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In 1992, Gabriel Orozco rolled a sphere of plasticine through the streets of New York City. As it moved, the surface gathered dust, stones, fragments of metal, cracks, and countless traces left behind by contact with the city itself. The work, titled Yielding Stone, exists somewhere between sculpture, performance, walking, and process. This episode explores how the sphere functions as a record of movement. Rather than representing the city, it allows the city to leave physical impressions beh...

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