Can the new be experienced in all its dizzying and excessive newness, or do we continuously fall back on the crutches of familiarity, no matter how inept or even obsolete? Is it inevitable that we carry the burdens—of our familiar selves, homes and not-quite-homes, cities and lives—when we walk the path that can lead anywhere because we haven’t walked it ever before? … Continue reading Talking places →

My new research project, Wilding the Smart City, is now in full swing, with two 45 minute sound walks being … More

Walking can be a means of co-creative design practice in transforming landscapes. The explorative walks through Osnabrück´s Green Fingers triggered arguments on conflicting objectives on how to create a climate-resilient city – all embedded in and inspired by a co-creative atmosphere of walking together. And the walks through the western parts of Munich’s greenbelt allowed […]

Il y a des lieux où l’on peut sereinement s’assoir sur un banc, entouré de mille friandises sonores, qui nous font nous sentir investis par et dans le monde. Il y en a d’autres, plus instables, où des marchands de cigarettes et autres produits, nous harcèlent, et où l’on sent le pugilat, toujours prêt à … Continuer à lire ... "Points d’ouïe, lieux, moments et ressentis d’écoutes"

It’s a spring of flashing back to an era that popped. When the Pop Art of the late, great, one-of-a-kind genius Andy Warhol changed the world. Source: “Chasing Andy Warhol” theatrical walking tour brings story of late icon back to life – CBS New York

walkplacedistancetime – April’s episode is “No 2: no trace”  in the waters of a Northumberland River https://extra.resonance.fm In the river my walking is primarily an act of walking as touching. The senses that predominantly guide my movement along the bank … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to read this book since it appeared two years ago. One sign of that desire is the fact that I’ve ended up with two copies (e-mail me your address if you’d like the spare). Nevertheless, what with school and work I haven’t found the opportunity—until now, when I find myself in a … Continue reading Helen Billinghurst and Phil Smith (writing as Crab and Bee), The Pattern: A Fictioning →

Vision is often regarded as first among the human senses, as our eyes are the way most of us come to know the world. However, vision has its limits. Australian Field Recordist, Lawrence English – check out his Songs of the Living  recordings. Source: Listening to everything: How sound reveals an unseen world

Behind the scenes of Horatio Clare‘s Sound Walk over the four nation’s highest peaks Source: BBC Radio 3 – Sound Walk – How we made a wintry Four Peaks Sound Walk

Rough QuarterHard to find this coulee, unless you really know where you're going. It is almost silent here, and warm, and sculptural. It feels old.Location: not too far from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, AlbertaLength: 2 kmCompanions: TomDate: 26 March, 2022 [...]

Towards Re-Enchantment: Place and Its Meanings is an important publication of writing about place in Britain, according to David Cooper and Rachel Lichtenstein, who contend that the book creates a literary map of England, Scotland, and Wales, and is part of the shift from thinking about space to thinking about place in the UK (1-2). I got … Continue reading Towards Re-Enchantment: Place and Its Meanings, eds. Gareth Evans and Di Robson →

Check out the latest community post from one of your neighbors. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.) Source: Mar 29 | “Rat In the Kitchen” NYC Art Walk Experience | New York City, NY Patch

Singaporeans value convenience, and there are vending machines all over the place. A couple weeks ago, I decided to put their products to the test. Source: A Walking Tour of Singapore’s Wild Vending-Machine Culture: Photos

Sunshine, a light breeze, birds in the trees, the blood flowing — a simple walk can work wonders.Arizona State University’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation is proposing “wellness Source: Walking in Phoenix | ASU News

Suspend your belief! Moises Monterrubio, 26, and Daniel Monterrubio, 23, led friends and collaborators who spent six days stringing the line across the complex terrain below, which involved rappelling from cliffs and hanging 1,000 feet in the air. “The dangerous part was actually getting the line across, not walking the line itself,” Source: 2 Brothers

When an amble in the city becomes an exercise in listening to our surroundings. Source: Soundwalking – what our ears can tell us about the places we live in | Sound of Life

In Krasnodar – a Russian city like no other – a conceptual “so-called art group” called Kiuss is staging urban interventions to make the familiar strange Source: The art of occupying Krasnodar: The Russian art rebels making us look again – TOPIA Magazine

A middle-aged white woman misidentified in a white space is not a big deal, but what if you lost your head? Fiona Cullinan paints herself grey to shine a spotlight on surveillance and get us talking – and ‘weird walking’ Source: How to disappear: Meet Birmingham’s invisible woman – TOPIA Magazine

Meditation bluff, LethbridgeThe best after work walk, with river and dog. Location: Meditation Bluff, Pavan Park, LethbridgeLength: 3 kmCompanions: Troy & RoseDate: 22 March, 2022 [...]

Visit the Gort River Sound Walk created by young musicians at Coole Music & Arts. Source: Gort River Geolocated Sound Walk Created by Young Musicians | News | Arts in Education