In celebration of the ancient Roman god Terminus, god of boundaries, whose festival is 23rd February … I walked the shoreline of my imaginary lockdown island – Contención Island (https://martinpeccles.com/other-sound-works/contencion-island/). Although I’ve waked this in sections before, I have never … Continue reading →

This Argentinian artist doubles up crumpled and pristine photographs of the same places to create evocative landscapes expressing the fragility of the natural environment Source: Topographies of Fragility – Photographs and text by Ingrid Weyland | LensCulture

Fancy a walk? Daniella Turbin is mapping Wolverhampton in intimate detail and needs your help.

Thankfully, this year's Terminalia Festival fell on a day that was blessed with bright sunshine, though the wind was still cool and sharp.Previous walks on Terminalia have been: In 2019 a Saigon Citadel Walk and in 2020, a Saigon Canal Walk.This one-da...

Dans les trois derniers projets développés en tout début d’année 2022, une certaine continuité, voire une complémentarité stimulante se dessine incontestablement, pour mon plus grand plaisir.. Le premier, via un Forum des paysagistes sonores, impulsé par PePaSon (Pédagogie des Paysages Sonores) se déroule à Lyon, dans le cadre de la Semaine du son de Unesco. … Continuer à lire ... "Indisciplinarité et continuité stimulantes"

Come and join the award-winning Lithuanian artist Lina Lapelytė  hands-on workshops in March that explore listening as a way of experiencing places, self, and others. During the session the group will be guided through practical exercises that will encourage you to engage more deeply with your aural surroundings. Source: Get involved in SPACE’s next exhibition

Is it just me, or does Terminalia seem to come round earlier each year? Finding myself halfway between Peter Hammill and Henning Wehn, circumstance caused me to celebrate the festival in Scrobbesburh, which was especially exciting as the town was pa...

Pavan Park, LethbridgeIt warmed up to -10 C, so today was good day for a walk after the last few cold, cold days.  Pheasant and deer were feeding side-by-side in a sheltered meadow. The river is freezing over again, and it's hard to remember how the trees looked with leaves. Location: Pavan Park, Lethbridge, AlbertaLength: 3 kmCompanions: TroyDate: 23 February, 2022 [...]

The ever-changing city. Source: Walking Mexico City in the footsteps of Luis Buñuel

After leaving the side gorge with its rock drawings we continued to walk through Mt Chambers Gorge (28th May) with its high orange coloured limestone walls and big river gums during the afternoon. This is Hans Heysen country. Ptilotus or mulla mulla with the purple, pink, silver, and yellow candlestick flowers were growing profusely in […]

Due to be published 22 April 2022 Psychogeography usually refers to radical and artistic ways of walking or to a conflation of psychology with geography. In this unique work, the author makes arguments for considering psychogeography as a way to critique the contemporary world and to consider new ways of studying the interface of human... Continue Reading →

         The slopes are gentler at Swarthmore. Far from my home of Los Angeles and new to the East Coast experience, I remember an especially formative California adventure: backpacking across Catalina Island. I imagine myself rising and falling on Catalina’s rollercoaster mountains again, on a near-pilgrimage. It was fresh, budding spring, universally green, cold in

Top right photo: Cey Adams’ “Love” mural; Photo courtesy of Dumbo BID Dumbo, “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass,” is a highly Instagrammable neighborhood that also happens to boast world-class art and cultural attractions. Once a manufacturing hub full of abandoned warehouses, Dumbo is now a vibrant area that is one of Brooklyn’s biggest draws.

I haven’t been to Fairy Hill for a while–a nagging foot injury has kept my walks shorter than I would like–but I keep thinking and writing about that place. Here is some evidence.

Residencies + Program 06th-19th June NAPOLI Invitation for proposals [deadline 21 March 2022]   International Contemporary Live Arts Fest GIVE RISE TO Human Regeneration Created and Curated by TeatrInGestAzione Artistic Direction – Gesualdi | Trono Dramaturg – Loretta Mesiti   Altofest was born in 2011 as an act of resistance, both artistic and political. The

Berlin has a long history as a vibrant hub for freedom of expression, from landmark art museums showcasing the German contribution to modern art to the… Source: The best places to see street art in Berlin – Lonely Planet

I walk, like many days, around you, out of the garden.

We are delighted to announce that the first ever Walkspace short film night will be taking place this Thursday, 17th February at Artefact in Birmingham. Our collective of walking artists has ballooned since our humble beginnings in early 2020 and this event will showcase some of the moving-image work produced by the membership. Expect hand-drawn […]

New at https://martinpeccles.bandcamp.com is an album based on seven walks in Alaska. A place. Bounded by the Bering Sea and mountains; land lived on and from for generations. Walk, stand, look at, over and across the land; scrub, hill, marsh, … Continue reading →

“This process of going astray, doubling back, regaining the path, sometimes gaining the perspective I was seeking and sometimes not, was exactly what it means to be on a philosopher’s walk; a walk that is open-ended, exploratory, and follows thoughts w...