Sorrel Muggridge and Laura Nanni collaborative art projects

Laura and I are in the process of devising two new projects and as part of that we have been reflecting on our collaborations to date. So we have decided to share this relection here.
Our project is in its early stages but our process for this work is being heavery impacted by our new time difference of 8hrs. Laura in Banff myself in Norfolk....

"This is the last leg of our journey.
This has been our attempt to feel distance, to know it, to be able to hold on to it and really feel it.
The distance we are working with is equal to 100th of the way to the moon.

Over the course of September-November, we are presenting our latest project: '2360 Miles Travelled Hand to Heart', as part of DISTANCE, a mobile festival featured in three locations this year: Riga, London and Newcastle.
Our ambition is to physicalize the distance between these three locations: 3789km. So in Riga, accompanied by audio of Laura's steps in Toronto, I measured out a scaled-down version of this distance in rope. Each metre (roughly the distance of our hand...

I am packing my bags for Riga where our journey officially begins. I wanted to say thank you to all the brilliant people who have generously donated rope for this new artwork.
Thank you to Ivan in Yorkshire for the retired theatre rope. Thank you to Holly from number 83, and Holly's dad who raided his shed. Thank you to Celia and the retired garden swing. Thank you for the donations from Canada and the beautiful coil of practice...