animals
Highlights
In the days when humans could talk
The protagonists of stories from the time when animals spoke are now being transformed by a paradigm developed by machines and unnatural intelligences. If there was a time when humans communicated with each other and with animals in a language of understanding, the rift drawn by God seems to be getting deeper and deeper.This walk,
• Sounds Wild and Broken: Nature’s Sonic Marvels
With David George Haskell. This event takes place at the British Library. David George Haskell is professor of biology and environmental studies at the University of the South and author of the acclaimed recent Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and The Crisis Of Sensory Extinction. It explores the sounds of an entire planet, from crickets’
The Reindeer
Sounds of the Earth – February
The Land of Invisible Presences
The animals are walking creatures. In a Walking Encounters/Conference, the walking processes of the animals, the, often, invisible companions of human walkers should be considered. The animals are invisible because they try to avoid the encounter with human beings. What remains from their presence is the footprints they leave on the soil: the animal traces.
• Walking pieces
Berlin Buch – City Peripheral Areas
The soundwalk in Buch, Berlin’s northernmost district, explores the tension between urban expansion and ecologically valuable natural areas rich in biodiversity. Participants experience a soundscape featuring a mix of natural animal sounds and the noises of intensive urban activity.
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June Breakfast Bio Blitz
Join us for an hour of observing nature! This Breakfast Bio Blitz led by outdoor educator, Rachel Kimpton, is a chance to bring your mobile devices (photo/tablet/etc.) with the iNaturalist app, and participate in a giant species documentation project (plants, animals, insects, etc)! Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 9-10am — Featuring complimentary donut holes from […]
‘All Animals are Equal #2’ – A.Farm, Saigon
On Saturday 2nd November A.Farm held it's second artist extravaganza entitled 'All Animals are Equal #2' out in District 12 of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.In the main building there was an exhibition of work by artists who have been part of the residen...
Fifty Walks: 49
Hamilton to Dundas, OntarioWalking with a friend alters pace, conversation, thought, directional and destinational choices, what you notice or don't notice along the way. It makes me think about walking-with: walking-with another person, walking-with a non-human being (dog-walking, for example), walking with the more-than-human other, a term I've come across in my reading lately.* We are always walking-with, whether it's with spirits or histories of a place, animals, birds, trees and rocks [...]
Visit to A. Farm in District 12
On Saturday 23 June I ventured out into the wilds of District 12 in search of a new venue called A.Farm.The venue hosted an inaugural exhibition called 'All Animals are Equal' which featured work made by around 100 artists. I actually discovered that h...
Events
Walk with Jane Soundwalk
We will repeat a walk around a district in Norbiton to see how it has changed in a year. We will be listening to recordings of interviews from people that live and work there, and who may join us. It will include poetry readings to and about features that may or may not still exist
