[7] In late 2007 a small group of artists in central London invited ‘all those who are interested in walking as a critical spatial practice’ to its attend the first meeting of the WAN.
[8] It was further developed when Clare Qualmann and Mark Hunter successfully bid for Arts and Humanities Research Council funding in 2011.
It brought together artists and academics whose work engaged with the practice of walking, including Kubra Khademi, Anna Minton and Sara Wookey.
'[1]:80 The event featured two programmes of work at Somerset House, London and Forest Fringe, Edinburgh.
[14] Artists presenting their work included Jennie Savage, Sharrocks, Deirdre Heddon, Kubra Khademi, Louise Ann Wilson, Rosana Cade, The Walking Reading Group on Participation, Monique Besten and Alison Lloyd.