walk · listen · create – Home of walking artists and artist walkers

SWS Awards 2024

The original award discovering the best soundwalks from all over the world.

Up to €1000 for first prize!

Details · 2023 winners

Marŝarto Awards 2024

The first and only award recognising walking art from around the globe.

Up to €1000 for first prize!

Details · 2023 winners

Submit your work today

This event is free for supporting members

walk · listen · café

New

The Art of Walking

Our next event: 2024-04-23 18:00

We are delighted to have William Sharpe join us as our Café guest. This time last year, his book on The Art of Walking: a history in 100 images was published to wide acclaim. So how did he come to choose which images best represented the art of walking, and what did he choose to leave out, and why?

Post

New

Marŝarto24 SWS24

We’re doubling the prize money for our awards

Thanks to you, we’ve reached the first goal of our membership program, which means that we are doubling the prize money for our walking arts awards, the Sound Walk September Awards, and the Marŝarto Awards.

Post

New

Australian Walking Artists goes ‘Way Beyond’

Molly Wagner and Kim Goldsmith talk about the exhibition ‘Way Beyond’, currently running in Sydney, and hosting work from around 20 Australian walking artists.

Post

New

WALC – a new future of walking arts

Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, establishing an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts. The project leans strongly on involving local inhabitants, and on engaging with local activists.

Post

New

5 misconceptions on walking art

I’ll be mostly preaching to the choir, here. Yet, I might also be giving you a helping hand when, the next time, you are asked what the point of this whole ‘walking art’ business is that you partake in. So, here are five misconceptions on walking art, with explanations as to why they are just

Post Marŝarto23

The winners of the Marŝarto23 are…

The winners of Marŝarto23 are Monique Besten and Alison Neighbour, both covering pertinent life questions which affect us all.

Post Marŝarto23

Exploring the motor city on foot

The collectives Jalan Gembiro, from Indonesia, and Walkspace, from the UK, came together to explore their cities, Yogyakarta and Birmingham, both primarily designed for cars, on foot.

Post

Stories of place from Regional New South Wales

Australian arts organisation, Orana Arts is partnering with walk · listen · create, to offer a prize in the new writing competition, Neighbourhood Narratives – stories around us. An invitation has been extended to creatives, living and working in Regional New South Wales (NSW), to write about Regional NSW—a region being any town, small city or area that falls beyond the major capital cities.

Featured collections

Landscape

445 items

performance

162 items

music

110 items

Soundwalk

236 items

place

328 items

Public Art

159 items

Latest contributions

Check out this walking piece

Check out these walking pieces

Walking Piece

Luis Vuitton Soundwalk

Luis Vuitton and Soundwalk

Louis Vuitton partnered with Soundwalk to produce a series of surreal audio tours that take listeners through the Chinese cities of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

Walking Piece

Soundscape for 400+ step stairwell at Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit’

Walking Piece SWS21

over borders #1

Walking Piece

Hidden Waves

walk · listen · create is a community of 1600+ contributing members

•

Daniella Turbin

Artist/Adventurer (United Kingdom)
Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024
•

Fiona Hesse

Marŝarto Grand Jury 2023 Marŝarto Grand Jury 2024
•

Andrew Stuck

Co-founder of walk · listen · create (United Kingdom)
Founder Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023
•

Blake Morris

(United States)
Marŝarto Grand Jury 2023 Marŝarto Grand Jury 2024
•

Radhika Subramaniam

Marŝarto Grand Jury 2023 Marŝarto Grand Jury 2024
•

Anne Rooschuz
•

Storydive

Audiowalk App (Germany)
•

Kim V. Goldsmith

A storyteller exploring hidden narratives through sound (Australia)
Online Jury 2022 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS Grand Jury 2024 SWS23 shortlisted
•

Joseph Quackenbush
•

Henna Wang

(United States)
SWS Grand Jury 2024
•

Geert Vermeire

co-founder of walk · listen · create (Belgium)
Founder Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024
•

Stefaan van Biesen

Award winner SWS Grand Jury 2024
•

CatherineB

(United Kingdom)
•

Catherine Teeling
•

Foras Na Fuaime
•

Richard White

walking-with, uncomfortable presence, social justice
Online Jury 2023 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS Grand Jury 2024
•

Laonikos Psimikakis Chalkokondylis

Shakuhachi player, composer, and teacher.
SWS Grand Jury 2024
•

Christopher Kaczmarek

Marŝarto23 shortlisted
•

Fred Adam

Online Jury 2024
•

Tamsin Grainger

(United Kingdom)
•

Clara Gari

Walking, cooking, loving, exploring and wine drinking (Spain)
Marŝarto Grand Jury 2023 Marŝarto Grand Jury 2024
•

Molly Wagner

(Australia)
Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024
•

ab8594
•

Anna Kirk-Smith

(United Kingdom)

After a day's walk, everything has twice its usual value.
George Macaulay Trevelyan

Popular now

Curated news

New

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks | Walking | The Guardian

Curated news

New

My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20 | Corsica holidays | The Guardian

Walking Event

Australian Walking Artists Monthly Online Gathering

Curated news

New

A Pembrokeshire coast walk to a warm, welcoming pub | Pembrokeshire holidays | The Guardian

Walking Writers' Salon

New

Finding a Place: creative-critical wanderings in landscape with Anna Burton

Walking Event

New

Street Wisdom In-Person Walkshop in Athens, Greece

New

New

‘I’m a little bit tired’: Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa | Africa | The Guardian

Walking Event

New

Let’s talk: What on Earth is the Soundtrails Academy?

10.

Walking Event

New

Let’s talk: What on Earth is the Soundtrails Academy?

Walk & Read

Most recent posts

The Tour of All Tours

New

The Mud Man: Walking Art in Macao

https://wlc.zone/5m1

· 15 Apr, 2024
POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Point d’ouïe, fabrique de paysages sonores en commun à oTo, Ouvroir des Territoires de l’Ouïe

https://wlc.zone/5m0

· 15 Apr, 2024
Kim V. Goldsmith

New

Reclaiming the curiosity of childhood through walking

https://wlc.zone/5ly

•

· 14 Apr, 2024
Curated news
New

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks | Walking | The Guardian

https://wlc.zone/5lv

•

· 13 Apr, 2024
POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Points d’ouïe, l’apaisement des eaux

https://wlc.zone/5lr

· 11 Apr, 2024
Curated news
New

My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20 | Corsica holidays | The Guardian

https://wlc.zone/5lj

•

· 10 Apr, 2024
POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Point d’ouïe, et avec ta rivière, comment tu t’entends ?

https://wlc.zone/5li

· 10 Apr, 2024
Street Wisdom

New

[Guest post] Finding better ways by Marshall Opel

https://wlc.zone/5lh

· 10 Apr, 2024
Anabella Lenzu's Blog

New

Behind the scenes of “Listen To Your Mother”: Drawings & Projections

https://wlc.zone/5lf

· 9 Apr, 2024
The Tour of All Tours

New

The Tour of All Tours: Shanghai Xintiandi video

https://wlc.zone/5lb

· 9 Apr, 2024
Curated news
New

A Pembrokeshire coast walk to a warm, welcoming pub | Pembrokeshire holidays | The Guardian

https://wlc.zone/5l9

•

· 8 Apr, 2024
Curated news
New

‘I’m a little bit tired’: Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa | Africa | The Guardian

https://wlc.zone/5l8

•

· 8 Apr, 2024
Walking without a donkey

New

Wasteland Art

https://wlc.zone/5l6

•

· 8 Apr, 2024
Anabella Lenzu's Blog

New

“Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere)

https://wlc.zone/5l4

· 7 Apr, 2024
News - Alexandra Huddleston

New

Thursday, April 11 – Talk on Photography and Walking Art

https://wlc.zone/5l2

· 7 Apr, 2024
THE LRM

New

April 2024 First Sunday

https://wlc.zone/5kp

· 4 Apr, 2024
News

New

Golden Foot Walking Awards 2024 – nominations are open

https://wlc.zone/5kn

· 4 Apr, 2024
Post
New

Where Walking Leads

https://wlc.zone/5kk

•

· 3 Apr, 2024
Curated news
New

Walking London’s unsung waterway: the River Lea rises again | London holidays | The Guardian

https://wlc.zone/5ki

•

· 3 Apr, 2024
The Tour of All Tours

New

From a muddy mangrove to an ex-slaughterhouse: a promenade through Macau

https://wlc.zone/5kf

· 2 Apr, 2024

The Tour of All Tours

New

The Mud Man: Walking Art in Macao

15 Apr, 2024

POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Point d’ouïe, fabrique de paysages sonores en commun à oTo, Ouvroir des Territoires de l’Ouïe

15 Apr, 2024

Kim V. Goldsmith

New

Reclaiming the curiosity of childhood through walking

14 Apr, 2024

•

Curated news

New

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks | Walking | The Guardian

13 Apr, 2024

•

POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Points d’ouïe, l’apaisement des eaux

11 Apr, 2024

Curated news

New

My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20 | Corsica holidays | The Guardian

10 Apr, 2024

•

POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYS...

New

Point d’ouïe, et avec ta rivière, comment tu t’entends ?

10 Apr, 2024

Street Wisdom

New

[Guest post] Finding better ways by Marshall Opel

10 Apr, 2024

Anabella Lenzu's Blog

New

Behind the scenes of “Listen To Your Mother”: Drawings & Projections

9 Apr, 2024

The Tour of All Tours

New

The Tour of All Tours: Shanghai Xintiandi video

9 Apr, 2024

Curated news

New

A Pembrokeshire coast walk to a warm, welcoming pub | Pembrokeshire holidays | The Guardian

8 Apr, 2024

•

Curated news

New

‘I’m a little bit tired’: Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa | Africa | The Guardian

8 Apr, 2024

•

Walking without a donkey

New

Wasteland Art

8 Apr, 2024

•

Anabella Lenzu's Blog

New

“Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere)

7 Apr, 2024

News - Alexandra Huddleston

New

Thursday, April 11 – Talk on Photography and Walking Art

7 Apr, 2024

THE LRM

New

April 2024 First Sunday

4 Apr, 2024

News

New

Golden Foot Walking Awards 2024 – nominations are open

4 Apr, 2024

Post

New

Where Walking Leads

3 Apr, 2024

Like most people on this planet, I have been walking my entire life. Having grown up in Los Angeles, I’ve also logged plenty of time in automobiles, but I’ve been in fortunate to live most of my adult life in a famously “walkable city,” Philadelphia, where my feet have become my preferred routine means of getting around, for both utility and pleasure.

•

Curated news

New

Walking London’s unsung waterway: the River Lea rises again | London holidays | The Guardian

3 Apr, 2024

•

The Tour of All Tours

New

From a muddy mangrove to an ex-slaughterhouse: a promenade through Macau

2 Apr, 2024

SWS Awards 2024

Marŝarto Awards 2024

The Art of Walking

We’re doubling the prize money for our awards

Australian Walking Artists goes ‘Way Beyond’

WALC – a new future of walking arts

5 misconceptions on walking art

The winners of the Marŝarto23 are…

Exploring the motor city on foot

Stories of place from Regional New South Wales

Featured collections

Landscape

performance

music

Soundwalk

place

Public Art

Latest contributions

Check out this walking piece

Check out these walking pieces

Luis Vuitton Soundwalk

Soundscape for 400+ step stairwell at Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit’

over borders #1

Hidden Waves

walk · listen · create is a community of 1600+ contributing members

Daniella Turbin

Fiona Hesse

Andrew Stuck

Blake Morris

Radhika Subramaniam

Anne Rooschuz

Storydive

Kim V. Goldsmith

Joseph Quackenbush

Henna Wang

Geert Vermeire

Stefaan van Biesen

CatherineB

Catherine Teeling

Foras Na Fuaime

Richard White

Laonikos Psimikakis Chalkokondylis

Christopher Kaczmarek

Fred Adam

Tamsin Grainger

Clara Gari

Molly Wagner

ab8594

Anna Kirk-Smith

Popular now

Walk & Read

Most recent posts

The Mud Man: Walking Art in Macao

Point d’ouïe, fabrique de paysages sonores en commun à oTo, Ouvroir des Territoires de l’Ouïe

Reclaiming the curiosity of childhood through walking

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks | Walking | The Guardian

Points d’ouïe, l’apaisement des eaux

My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20 | Corsica holidays | The Guardian

Point d’ouïe, et avec ta rivière, comment tu t’entends ?

[Guest post] Finding better ways by Marshall Opel

Behind the scenes of “Listen To Your Mother”: Drawings & Projections

The Tour of All Tours: Shanghai Xintiandi video

A Pembrokeshire coast walk to a warm, welcoming pub | Pembrokeshire holidays | The Guardian

‘I’m a little bit tired’: Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa | Africa | The Guardian

Wasteland Art

“Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere)

Thursday, April 11 – Talk on Photography and Walking Art

April 2024 First Sunday

Golden Foot Walking Awards 2024 – nominations are open

Where Walking Leads

Walking London’s unsung waterway: the River Lea rises again | London holidays | The Guardian

From a muddy mangrove to an ex-slaughterhouse: a promenade through Macau

The Mud Man: Walking Art in Macao

Point d’ouïe, fabrique de paysages sonores en commun à oTo, Ouvroir des Territoires de l’Ouïe

Reclaiming the curiosity of childhood through walking

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks | Walking | The Guardian

Points d’ouïe, l’apaisement des eaux

My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20 | Corsica holidays | The Guardian

Point d’ouïe, et avec ta rivière, comment tu t’entends ?

[Guest post] Finding better ways by Marshall Opel