SWS Awards 2024
The original award discovering the best soundwalks from all over the world.
Up to €1000 for first prize!
Marŝarto Awards 2024
The first and only award recognising walking art from around the globe.
Up to €1000 for first prize!
This event is free for supporting members
From here to there seeking out lost paths with Jack Cornish
Our next event: 2024-05-07 18:00
Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales, however, there are several thousand that have been lost or barricaded over the years. Walking artists and activist, Jack Cornish has dedicated the last five years of his life to walking these forgotten routes.
Stories from your neck of the woods
Announcing the winners of the Neighbourhood Narratives non-fiction writing competition.
Distant places, different memories
Writing competition shortlist announced.
We’re doubling the prize money for our awards
Thanks to you, we’ve reached the first goal of our membership program, which means that we are doubling the prize money for our walking arts awards, the Sound Walk September Awards, and the Marŝarto Awards.
Australian Walking Artists goes ‘Way Beyond’
Molly Wagner and Kim Goldsmith talk about the exhibition ‘Way Beyond’, currently running in Sydney, and hosting work from around 20 Australian walking artists.
WALC – a new future of walking arts
Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, establishing an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts. The project leans strongly on involving local inhabitants, and on engaging with local activists.
5 misconceptions on walking art
I’ll be mostly preaching to the choir, here. Yet, I might also be giving you a helping hand when, the next time, you are asked what the point of this whole ‘walking art’ business is that you partake in. So, here are five misconceptions on walking art, with explanations as to why they are just
The winners of the Marŝarto23 are…
The winners of Marŝarto23 are Monique Besten and Alison Neighbour, both covering pertinent life questions which affect us all.
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Walking Piece
Promenade Provençal
Collecting sound recordings from the diverse landscapes of Provence, in the South of France. This piece invites listeners to immerse themselves in the soundscapes of this unique region.
Walking Piece SWS22
In-between distance
An audio piece recorded in Crete, Greece and in Quebec, Canada.
Free
Walking Piece SWS24
Only Glaciers Know
Discussing the complicated interconnections between human beings and the landscape of Iceland, the piece is designed to be experienced while walking along the Iceland coastline. It is a sonic documentary and poetic fiction of the enchanting island.
Free
Walking Piece SWS23
Lublin Open Form Pavilion of Air / Lubelski Pawilon Powietrza Formy Otwartej
A floating roof of sound at Lublin’s LSM. GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app. Playfully reframes public space as an essential community engagement. 1st of 15 in international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.
Soren Kierkegaard
