In Göteberg, GermanySweden, next week, 13 artists will be diving into their host city's "skies, earth surfaces, underground and underwater world in order to get a sense of different dimensions of urban life" lived directly—"knowledge production through body, feelings, emotions, subjectivity and the senses. ...vital, 'dirty cosmopolitanism from below.'"

Artists include filmmaker Matthew Buckingham, who showed Play the Story in summer 2008 at the Henry Art Gallery; a Swedish group called The New Beauty Council; and American artist William Pope.L, known for crawling his way up and down Manhattan.

Yes, we have the 4Culture-supported Long Walk, which began last summer and continues this summer in an exploration of what it means to create a community while traipsing from an urban center to a rural outpost. I did it, I dug it, I'm glad it's ongoing. And now for some city exploration, please...