Several artists left displaced by the coronavirus pandemic have taken over the windows of coffee shops and bars in the Flemish city of Mechelen, effectively turning the entire city into an urban art g Source: ‘It beats aimless walking’: Mechelen’s streets become covid art gallery

The capital is home to hundreds of works of public art, from vibrant murals to large-scale installations and sculptures — and many of the best are to be found in the city’s eastern neighbourhoods. Source: A walking tour of east London’s best public art | National Geographic

I was drawn to Sandy Grande’s essay “Refusing the Settler Society of the Spectacle” for the same reasons I was interested in Natalie Baloy’s “Spectacles and Spectres: Settler Colonial Spaces in Vancouver”: both promise an application of Guy Debord’s book The Society of the Spectacle to issues around settler colonialism, and Debord’s book is a … Continue reading Sandy Grande, “Refusing the Settler Society of the Spectacle” →

I came to anthropologist Natalie J.K. Baloy’s essay, “Spectacles and Spectres: Settler Colonial Spaces in Vancouver,” through Michelle Daigle’s essay, “The Spectacle of Reconciliation: On (the) Unsettling Responsibilities to Indigenous Peoples in the Academy,” and given the importance of notions of spectacle (drawn from French theorist and psychogeographer Guy Debord) in the literature on walking, … Continue reading Natalie J.K. Baloy, “Spectacles and Spectres: Settler Colonial Spaces in Vancouver” →

We're very pleased to announce the winners and honourable mentions of the Sound Walk September 2020 Awards.

Choctaw theatre scholar Bethany Hughes’s essay, “Guesting on Indigenous Land: Plimoth Plantation, Land Acknowledgment, and Decolonial Practice,” is something I turned up searching the university library’s database for writing about land acknowledgments. “This essay thinks toward how we as scholars, artists, educators, and humans can live better on Indigenous land by overriding our entrainment to … Continue reading Bethany Hughes, “Guesting on Indigenous Land: Plimoth Plantation, Land Acknowledgment, and Decolonial Praxis” →

 A walk in Inwood Hill Park.The days following the holidays and the first of the year make a good time to check in on life in the winter forest. I have a forest just down the street from me in Inwood Hill Park in Northern Manhattan. There, a vast ...

Day 11 was going to be a 15 kilometre walk. We are a long way from the benign, pristine and photogenic landscapes and iconic vistas of the tourist brochures. On a mild, dry winters day we walked through Murnpeowie Station, over stony plains, had lunch at Mundawatana Creek, then walked across a gibber plain and […]

Deuxième point d’ouïe de la série « garée ». Un banc dans une gare routière de Lyon, quartier de Vaise, 9e arrondissement. Environ 18H30. Une petite heure de pause sur un banc habituel, dont environ 12 minutes d’enregistrement. Prise de son brute, field recording sans aucunes retouches. Voix, moteurs, bips, langues, enfant rechignant à apprendre sa leçon … Continuer à lire ... "Point d’ouïe, série gare #2"

THE NIGHT THAT YOU STOPPED ACTING/LA NOCHE QUE DEJASTE DE ACTUARBY ANABELLA LENZU LA MAMA MOVES! DANCE FESTIVAL PRESENTS Tuesday, JANUARY 19 Wednesday, JANUARY 20 AT 7PM (EDT- NYC Time) ONLINEHTTP://LAMAMA.ORG/MOVES/  THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL PRESENTS Friday, JANUARY 29 @ 9PM (EDT- NYC Time) ONLINEhttps://www.theexponentialfestival.org/thenightthatyoustoppedacting The night that you stopped acting/ La noche que dejaste de actuar, confronts the absurdity and irony of life, while […]

Lieux : Près de chez vous, ou loin, ou très loin, en ville… Temporalité : Quand l’envie vous en prend, pour une durée indéterminée, ou déterminée Publics : En solitaire ou en groupe Actions : Se procurer une carte de la ville, ou suivre un itinéraire géolocalisé sur son smartphoneSe noter, au préalable, une liste … Continuer à lire ... "Partition de PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible N°20 « géographie sonore oulipienne »"

On Day 10 walking we left the Terrapinna Gorge and Tors, turned away from and the ephemeral Hamilton Creek and started to make our way north to the end point of the northern Flinders Ranges. We were over half way to Mt Hopeless. It was sunny with a blue sky and the odd cloud. The […]

The art of sound walking is slowly, but surely, moving out of its niche, and more into the mainstream. This, underscored by an amazing commission that, if you’re based in the UK, is waiting for you.

Conf’Errance Causerie marchée Organiser une Conf’Errance ? Une Conf’Errance, comme son nom l’indique, c’est arpenter de concert un lieu C’est l’écouter C’est échanger autour de différentes thématiques C’est faire sortir le débat hors des murs pour le frotter au terrain Discussions en marche  Paysage sonore Parcours sonore Écologie sonore Création sonore Cartographie sonore Géographie sonore Rapports … Continuer à lire ... "Conf’Errance, causerie marchée"

WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #9-#13 Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert Wallingford to Cholsey Sunday March the 15th Beware the Ides of March – but I’m a long way from the tidal reach...

Booze Run and Tree ShadowsAfter a day of working from home, we set out for a late afternoon walk to Andrew Hilton wine store. Some downtown meandering took us to Nakagama's Japanese food store and the Trianon Gallery too. The sun slid in sideways, until it finally went down well past five o'clock.  Appreciating the longer days, although we still got home in the dark. Location: Lethbridge downtown, around town, and back, AlbertaLength: 6 kmCompanions: TomDate: 8 January 2021 [...]

Le jeu des séries Dans ces temps bien empêchés, j’accroche des pans d’écoute ici et là, comme des repères qui scandent un travail en manque de terrain, en manque de mouvement. La récurrence des séries apporte du grain à moudre pour offrir un espace sonore, et plus globalement sensible, qui le sortirait d’un territoire aujourd’hui … Continuer à lire ... "Points d’ouïe, le jeu des séries"

Coulee Loop, LethbridgeThe wind has not relented yet this year, so I keep walking in the wind.  Some people say it's purifying, this wind, but for me it's irritating and it gives me headaches.  The wind is what Lethbridge and this corner of Alberta are famous for. With the wind comes warmer temperatures, so the trails are a mix of ice and mud today, as I head down to the river, along the valley to Fort Whoop-up, back up the hill at the Galt Museum, and downtown where I have a few erran [...]

Publics : Groupe jusqu’à 20/25 personnes Lieux : Plutôt urbains, ou péri-urbains Temporalité : 1 à 2h, jour ou nuit Actions : Visiter de l’oreille un quartier en rénovation, ou possédant des friches industrielles, des zones habitations, ou industrielles, ou les deux… Le « guide d’écoutes imaginaires » emmène le groupe vers des lieux préalablement choisis, ou … Continuer à lire ... "Partition de PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible N° 19 « Les sons imaginaires »"

Valentin Shchanovich came up with a way to raise money for a mechanism that will help him walk. Source: Disabled teen raises money for exoskeleton with Ebru art: ‘My dream is to learn to walk’