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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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    Walking as a Question : towards the walking arts encounters/conference in Prespa, July 2021

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    · 2021-03-17 18:00
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    AZMARI: Erythro’Poïesie – Listening to the “foreigner who comes”

    https://wlc.zone/1u7
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    · 2021-03-09 19:00
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  • Walking Piece

    Watch out!

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    · Since 2014
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    Welcoming new SWS board members

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 25 Feb, 2021
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  • walk · listen · café

    To move as a caravan; to walk, live, create, and discover together

    https://wlc.zone/10w
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    · 2021-03-23 19:00
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  • Curated news

    Brooklyn Botanic Garden launches sound walks for meditation

    Andrew Stuck•
    · 16 Feb, 2021
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  • Curated news

    Stand and Be Counted Theatre announce an audio walk adventure for families this lockdown half-term.

    Andrew Stuck•
    · 16 Feb, 2021
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  • Curated news

    Plans for ‘largest ever art exhibition’ in front windows unveiled – The Irish News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 29 Jan, 2021
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    Working towards a platform that democratises storytelling

    https://wlc.zone/1u6
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    · 2021-02-23 19:00
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    SWS20: Winners’ reactions

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    · 28 Jan, 2021
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  • Walking Event

    Walking Narratives

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    · https://sono... · 26 - 28 Feb, 2021
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  • Post

    Touched by sound in Munich

    Mathis Nitschke
    · 19 Feb, 2020
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  • Post

    A DIY toolkit for digital sound walks

    Geert Vermeire•
    · 21 Jan, 2021
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    Get commissioned a series of sound walks for nearly 80000 pounds

    Babak Fakhamzadeh•
    · 8 Jan, 2021
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  • Post SWS20

    Sound Walk September 2020 Awards winners and honourable mentions

    https://wlc.zone/hp
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    Geert Vermeire•
    · 14 Jan, 2021
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    Situationist practice in southwest China

    https://wlc.zone/1u5
    Vera van de Nieuwenhof
    Luo Fei
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    · 2021-02-09 16:00
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  • Book

    Guidebook for an Armchair Pilgrimage

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  • Post

    New year, new site

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    · 3 Jan, 2021
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    Drifting through sounds and the outer world, finding oneself

    https://wlc.zone/1u4
    La Pesch
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    · 2021-01-12 19:00