The relationship between art and non-competitive sport will be explored by three artist projects in the community.

No Competition is a programme of free events which will run over three months to coincide with celebrations leading up to the London 2012 Olympics as part of Go Kingston 2012.

The projects include commissions from Paul Farrington, Charlie Murphy and Ian Whittlesea, and will take place in various locations across the capital, in Kingston and on the Stanley Picker Gallery website, while the venue is closed for refurbishment.

Farrington will give residents and visitors a chance to uncover a hidden Kingston with a series of cultural walking trails mapped out by his navigation wheel that plots out five enigmatically themed routes starting at the Market House.

The designer, who has worked with the Royal College of Art, Channel 4 and Moby, created the walks to unveil history associated with Kingston including three fishes and Muybridge.

Murphy has recruited 300 gymnasts, dancers and athletes to form a chain of human locomotion that will be presented as a special live performance for Kingston’s International Youth Arts Festival.

The artist has named her project Kingston Big Wheel and incorporates movements inspired by the iconic motion-sequence imagery of Kingston-born Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge.

Whittlesea has commissioned a film and a newly illustrated and annotated edition of the book Mazdaznan Health & Breath Culture by Doctor Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish together with a set of posters depicting Kingston University Art and Design Foundation Course students performing the original martial art exercises.

Free events are running throughout the summer. Visit stanleypickergallery.org for full listings and information.