The Rock Tours Around Great Britain 20062007

The Rock Touring Around Great Britain is a performance piece by Chinese artist He Yunchang that involved a walking circumambulation of Great Britain from September 23 2006 to June 14 2007 Starting from the hamlet of Rock Northumberland the artist walked to the nearby town of Boulmer where he selected a rock which he then carried counterclockwise until he returned it to the precise location from which it was taken As the artist commented the work was primarily an attempt to represent the iron will of an individual and the living conditions of his being with simple and pure methods