Slow Walker - A monumental and existential AR experience. Now playing at Sergels Torg in Stockholm. 

Tardigrades are microscopic survivors, capable of resisting extreme temperatures, from the absolute freezing point to extreme heat. They survive in space and can remain frozen for thirty years, resist vacuum and radiation through a chemical kind of suspended animation. Yet they are highly sensitive to climate change, when their environments are threatened due to a rise in temperatures in their natural habitats, wetlands and moss. They are resilient fighters in a microscopic format. Monumental, yet ephemeral creatures floating between life and death; as a symbol, as mystical beings, and as sculptural objects in their own.

The Slow Walker project by Peder Bjurman, aims to place microscopic tardigrades as gigantic AR-objects in city squares around the world, and make them visually present using geo-fencing and smartphones. The colossally enhanced creatures measure about 25×75 meters, and move extremely slowly through the square, grazing and interacting with the audience as they come closer.

To experience Slow Walker, download the app Promenad in AppStore or Google Play. Select Slow Walker and follow the instructions in the app. 

Runtime: 20 minutes 
Languange: English
Location: Sergels Torg 
Price: 49 SEK

Concept, text and direction: Peder Bjurman
Music: Abul Mogard
Voice over: Anne Ingemann, Fany Álvarez
Developed by: DVA Creative Technology Studio
Produced by: FMR Produktion
Thanks to Ingemar Jönsson / University of Kristianstad
Supported by the Swedish Arts Council and The Swedish Arts Grants committee

First presented at the Otherworldly Festival in Uppsala, Sweden, November 2023.

Slow Walker on tour: 
L.E.V Festival Madrid 2024 & Gijon
Now or Never Melbourne 2024
Maintenant festival Rennes 2024
Sergels Torg, Stockholm 2025