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Babak Fakhamzadeh •

Co-founder of walk · listen · create
(Netherlands / Iran / Brazil)

Founder Marŝarto23 shortlisted Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS23 shortlisted
Babak was working in ICT4D before it had a name (2001), and never really left it. Now, he can help you to get lost.

Babak brought photomarathons to Africa (2007) and won the Highway Africa new media award (2007).
He is the only three-time winner of the UN World Summit Awards; in 2012, 2017, and 2021.
In 2016, together with Agência Pública, he won, and was a runner up for, the Prêmio Jornalístico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos. In 2017, he cooperated on work which was nominated for the Gabriel García Márquez award, and the Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo.

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  • Curated news

    How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known | Open Culture

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    · 6 Jan, 2024
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  • Roelant Meijer•

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    I visualize walks in photos, text and books.

    Marŝarto23 shortlisted
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  • Walking Piece SWS24

    Radio Walk with Paul Haley, Photographer

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    · Since 2023
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  • Sophie Burger

    Sophie Burger

    writer, producer, founder of the audio walk platform Storydive (Germany)

    SWS Grand Jury 2024
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  • Walking Writers' Salon

    The Common with Phil Smith

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    · 2024-01-09 19:00
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    January 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Colossal

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    · 2 Jan, 2024
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    Podcast: Nightwalking with Bianca Giaever – Atlas Obscura

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    · 29 Dec, 2023
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    Alison Neighbour

    Artist: installations, performances, walks, live encounters

    Award winner Marŝarto23 shortlisted
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    Walking Leicester’s new Richard III trail – 530 years in the making | Leicester holidays | The Guardian

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    · 20 Dec, 2023
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    It’s the best walking art of 2023!

    https://wlc.zone/4vn
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    · 17 Dec, 2023
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    Paddington’s Walking Man and Standing Man

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    · 16 Dec, 2023
  • Walking Piece

    Following Piece

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    The Ten List: Walk as Art | Glasstire

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    · 12 Dec, 2023
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    Audiowalk-Award 2024

    https://wlc.zone/4v8
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    · 12 Dec, 2023
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    In Motion – Sound and Music

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    · 12 Dec, 2023
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    Shakuhachi player, composer, and teacher.

    SWS Grand Jury 2024
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    Award winner SWS Grand Jury 2024
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    Walking Along Shanghai’s Art Deco Lanes: A Guide for ‘Flâneurs’ – WWD

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 7 Dec, 2023
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    “Reflections on Crooked Walking” brings joy back to the theatre | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 7 Dec, 2023
  • Post Marŝarto23

    Introducing this year’s outstanding walking art

    https://wlc.zone/4u2
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    · 6 Dec, 2023