Geert Vermeire is a poet, artist, curator, and cultural producer specializing in walking arts, sound art, and locative media. With a nomadic practice spanning Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Brazil, his recent work has centered on ecological intelligence, participatory walking art, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Since 2019, Vermeire has co-directed the biannual International Walking Arts Encounters/Conferences in Prespa, Greece, which has brought together over 600 artists and researchers. This event fosters artistic exchange through walking, sound, and locative media in the ecologically significant Prespa region. Building on this, he co-founded the Walking Arts and Relational Geographies Encounter in Catalonia in 2022, now preparing for its third edition in 2026.
This goes along with co-organizing The Walking Body, an annual international workshop and artist’s meeting on the arts of walking in Guimarães, Portugal, now in its 6th edition. This collaboration also led to the 2020 International conference *Fluid Bodies / Drifting Spaces* in Guimarães, further expanding the discourse on walking as an artistic practice.
In 2019, Vermeire co-founded walk listen create, a global platform for walking artists. That same year, he launched Locative Media Supercluster, an educational platform exploring collaborative mapping and media walks in response to planetary crises. This initiative has led to partnerships with King’s College London, the University of Canberra, and COP27 in Egypt, among others.
Since 2024, he has been the artistic co-coordinator of the EU-funded Walking Arts and Local Communities (WALC) project (2024-2027). This initiative, spanning five countries, is establishing an International Center for Walking Arts, connecting European residencies, workshops, and exhibitions while integrating locative media and online learning.
From 2025 to 2026, Vermeire is curating the Yamuri project (France/Mexico), an immersive sound art installation inspired by the walking rituals of the Rarámuri people and Antonin Artaud, promoting artistic exchange between France and Mexico.
Throughout his recent work, Vermeire has remained deeply engaged in ecological, technological, and community-based artistic practices, expanding the role of walking and sound as tools for learning, activism, and artistic innovation. His interdisciplinary collaborations continue to shape the evolving landscape of locative media and walking arts worldwide.