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The Unyielding Waterland
We arrive in Emmadorp and walk towards the imposing long dike that embraces the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe like an ancient boundary. Once we reach the top, near Emmahaven, a panorama unfolds that truly reveals the immense scale of this tidal landscape. The horizon seems endless. In the distance, we see a group of walkers
Walking between Worlds. Made of Walking Prosperpolder : walking a landscape
Walking Between Worlds reflects on Made of Walking Prosperpolder as an evolving walking arts practice. Through walks, performances and dialogue, it explores how artists, communities and landscapes co-create long-term ecological and social relationships.
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Participate in the Made of Walking Residency & Lab
Made of Walking – Prosperpolder | 11–17 September 2026, Belgium. A week of walking, art, ecology, care and exchange on the Belgian-Dutch border. Join artists and partners from across Europe. Free participation. Apply by 15 August.
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Wandering as a way of attaining knowledge beyond the material world
That maybe a Sufi quote about dervishes, the whirling kind, of which I read about in To the Lake by Kapka Kassabova: “A precept of dervishism is renouncing possessions, surrendering to the Road.” The subtitle of her book is “A Journey of War and Peace” and, as she writes of her travels along the shores
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To Walk Your Life: Between History and the Present
Our journey, in early July 2026, to Fort Liefkenshoek with Marc Dhaenens, Anna Maria Mestdagh, and me is, to say the least, sobering. The route leads us through a landscape of container terminals, towering loading cranes, bridges, chemical plants, and an almost endless network of roads crowded with heavy trucks moving in every direction. Everything
The bag beneath the seat
You’re flying low-cost and don’t want to pay for checked luggage. You’re allowed one bag, 25 × 40 × 10 cm, small enough to fit under the seat in front of you, and everything you take must earn its place: every piece has to be both essential to you and acceptable by airport security. You’re
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Following Walter Benjamin
The Contemporary Creation Centre Nau Côclea and the Museu Memorial de l’Exili (Exile Memorial Museum) invite artists to apply for the Walter Benjamin Creation Grant 2026. For thirteen years, the Walter Benjamin Route has invited artists to engage with questions of memory, borders, exile, critical history and the act of walking itself. Artists are asked
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A Metre of Blue: Mnemosyne and the Art of Distilling a Walk
It was around five in the morning on the shores of Lake Prespa in Northern Greece when I first encountered Ridha Dhib: a figure moving slowly along the water’s edge, a walking stick in hand, conversing with a strange, synthetic voice coming from a small red speaker clipped to his hip. The lake was still,
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Between Clay, Farmland and History
During the first two editions of Made Of Walking by The Milena principle (2015 and 2016, Delphi, Greece), we had the opportunity to meet two remarkable walking artists: the Dutch artist Ienke Kastelein and the Greek artist Katerina Drakopoulou. Through numerous international projects, their artistic practices have become widely recognized within the field of walking
Yumari! The Festival of Hospitality as a Ritual of Renewal
This article is available in French and Spanish. On May 30, Gigacircus presented the Festival of Hospitality in Villefagnan, bringing to a meaningful close the French hosting phase of the WALC project, Walking Arts & Local Communities. Before the dinner concert held in the village community hall, more than eighty residents took part in an
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Shadowy Figures
Here in the northern hemisphere we have just enjoyed the longest day, more daylight than at any other time of the year. We have been having quite a heatwave too, the early mornings and late evenings have been a relief as temperatures have dropped, and wonderful shadows have been revealed. To inject a bit of
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Villefagnan: May, 2026
We arrived in the flatlands of the Charente in the last days of May, carrying laptops, agendas, PowerPoints about our deliverables, European acronyms and all the fragile optimism required to believe that human beings from five countries can agree on anything. It was a heatwave. Our nostrils tingled with the whiff of ammonia rising from
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Fragments from Walk the Line
Since finishing the work, I’ve been thinking about why I keep walking along this abandoned rail line and realised it is not about how I made the work, but the layers of history I gathered in local archives and how those stories need to be kept alive
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Smugglers’ Run Heritage Trail
Smugglers Run is a one-of-a-kind cultural trail on Mudeford Quay (Dorset, UK). The trail includes 16 publicly-accessible signs that incorporate text, illustrations, models, rubbings, and audio re-enactments of the real-life smugglers of Christchurch.
Tree or False?
Devised by Andrew Stuck of the Museum of London, this walkshop became a regular event as part of the Mayor of London’s London Tree Week, and subsequent Urban Tree Festivals. Everyone has heard ‘an old wives’ tale’ about a certain tree species, some of which have a layer of truth within them, others are downright
• Weaving Wellbeing into Neighbourhoods
Rethinking Cities presents a Weaving Wellbeing Walkshops. The Walkshop (mobile workshop) involve a 90 minute walkabout with prompts to engage participants in discussion and observation, followed by an hour long debriefing session with local experts during which shared learning is encouraged. You’ll explore how an existing neighbourhood can be refurbished to promote residents’ wellbeing and
• At the Last Stop, Walking
The walking takes place in the village Beljakovce, northern North Macedonia, at the final stop of an unfinished railway meant to connect the country with Bulgaria (Corridor VIII). Despite three decades of construction, the line remains incomplete.
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Communities along the Pilgrim’s trail
Local voices, custodianship and care Every road a pilgrim travels along links them to a community, but what of those communities, how have they evolved, is sacredness bestowed upon them or are they already sacred places? In this episode of the On Pilgrimage series we are exploring how pilgrims and pilgrimage may have created or
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• +1 Artists in the field and by the water
Biological field stations and marine labs are place-based institutions primarily focused on science research, science education, and public engagement with science. In the past few decades, there has been a growing interest among field stations and marine labs to invite artists to participate in artist residency programs, art education, and community arts events. We are delighted
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Women Walking, the City, at Night is an international performance in the form of collective night walks, initiated and curated by artist Eléonore Ozanne. The project began in Seville, Spain, in September 2021 during the night of the Harvest Moon. Since then, it has grown into a global action, with women walking together in different cities
• Absorb Ensemble
A playful participatory walkshop combining somatic practices, chance-based games and collective creative writing. Journey from inner awareness to shared imagination, discovering new ways to connect body, place, others and the stories that emerge betw
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The Unyielding Waterland
We arrive in Emmadorp and walk towards the imposing long dike that embraces the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe like an ancient boundary. Once we reach the top, near Emmahaven, a panorama unfolds that truly reveals the immense scale of this tidal landscape. The horizon seems endless. In the distance, we see a group of walkers
Walking between Worlds. Made of Walking Prosperpolder : walking a landscape
Walking Between Worlds reflects on Made of Walking Prosperpolder as an evolving walking arts practice. Through walks, performances and dialogue, it explores how artists, communities and landscapes co-create long-term ecological and social relationships.
• Wandering as a way of attaining knowledge beyond the material world
That maybe a Sufi quote about dervishes, the whirling kind, of which I read about in To the Lake by Kapka Kassabova: “A precept of dervishism is renouncing possessions, surrendering to the Road.” The subtitle of her book is “A Journey of War and Peace” and, as she writes of her travels along the shores
• To Walk Your Life: Between History and the Present
Our journey, in early July 2026, to Fort Liefkenshoek with Marc Dhaenens, Anna Maria Mestdagh, and me is, to say the least, sobering. The route leads us through a landscape of container terminals, towering loading cranes, bridges, chemical plants, and an almost endless network of roads crowded with heavy trucks moving in every direction. Everything
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Reading Maps – Maps & Travel Routes from Books & Films
Reading Maps plots real-world journeys from classic novels and films – Around the World in 80 Days, Heart of Darkness, James Bond, On the Road – on an interactive atlas. Source: Reading Maps – Maps & Travel Routes from Books & Films
Embark on a musical treasure hunt: Contemporary composers strike a chord with the Sound Walk at Look Park in Florence – Daily Hampshire Gazette
Look Park is full of the sounds of nature and human life — birds chirping, cars passing by. A new sound installation encourages visitors to consider the park in a fresh way through original musical compositions. The Etchings Festival, a celebration of contemporary music, is hosting the Sound Walk, its first-ever outdoor installation, at Look
Swap Paphos for Preston! City features in new book exploring places off the tourist trail – Blog Preston
We invited Lancashire author and travel journalist Chris Moss to explain why he wants us to explore the UK’s bypassed towns Source: Swap Paphos for Preston! City features in new book exploring places off the tourist trail – Blog Preston
TrenAir Residency Program – Trenčín 2026
As part of Trenčín’s European Capital of Culture 2026 programme, TrenAir continues to open the city to international artists seeking time, space, and inspiration for artistic creation, research, and exchange. Following the inspiring collaborations and international connections created through the previous TrenAir open call, Trenčín 2026 is opening a new opportunity for international artists to
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August 2026 eBulletin
In this issue, we talk about lowering speed limits, how we can make streets better for children, and upcoming consultations and events. We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting,...
38. Rob Cowen, The North Road
When I read a review of Rob Cowen’s The North Road in The Guardian last winter, I knew I had to read it. A study of a highway? On foot? Yes! Of course I was interested. My first book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road, covers similar ground (forgive … Continue reading 38. Rob Cowen, The North Road →
• The Unyielding Waterland
We arrive in Emmadorp and walk towards the imposing long dike that embraces the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe like an ancient boundary. Once we reach the top, near Emmahaven, a panorama unfolds that truly reveals the immense scale of this tidal landscape. The horizon seems endless. In the distance, we see a group of walkers
Aller là où, faire là où…
Il faut, ou en tout cas, il est bon que les artistes agissent sur le terrain, de rencontre en rencontre. Remarque sans doute naïve, mais qui, pour moi, a toujours été un des objectifs centraux, motivant des projets à visées pédagogiques, ou a minima, développant une médiation constructive. Pour cela, des rencontres et ateliers avec […]
