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2026

Bourbon Street, 1am: a night walk score

A set of instructions for walking Bourbon Street after 1am, for what the official street record leaves out.

Walking as Research Practice

Roma Publications
Sound walk
2013

Otras Soledades

Sound work, one of the four selected in the competition organized by the Centro Cultural España de Córdoba in 2013.

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Soundwalk I: «Dicht»

Ensemble TaG Neue Musik
2026-08-30 12:00
St. Gallerstrasse 145, 8404 Winterthur, Switzerland

A headphone-based soundwalk combining field sounds, historical and architectural narratives, contemporary music, and live conducted improvisation responsive to the participants' changing location.

Psychogeography

Merlin Coverley
Curated news 20 Jul, 2026

TrenAir Residency Program – Trenčín 2026

As part of Trenčín’s European Capital of Culture 2026 programme, TrenAir continues to open the city to international artists seeking time, space, and inspiration for artistic creation, research, and exchange. Following the inspiring collaborations and international connections created through the previous TrenAir open call, Trenčín 2026 is opening a new opportunity for international artists to

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Build Hollywood: Walk – city moves

Build Hollywood
2024-10-27 13:00
1 Quaker Street, London E1 6SZ, United Kingdom

The fifth walk with Alisa Oleva in October will be an invitation to move with the city and let the city move you. How do you move in the city? How does the city move you? What are the desired paths you make in it? What are the urban choreographies of your neighbourhood? Can we

Molly Wagner talking walking

27 Mar, 2025 · Talking Walking
Andrew Stuck is walking through the streets and around the battlements of the fortified city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. He is in the company of Molly Wagner an American who has lived in Australia for many years.  Neither of them are certain of finding …
video SWS21 2021  

Rivers in the City

Anja Podreka presents problematics of the rivers and the usage of waters. The leading question of the talk is focused to the title; ‘To create a space for the river’.

Sound Walk City · prelude
video 2022  

Edging the City – A Journey Round the Border of Cardiff with Peter Finch

We are delighted to have poet and psycho-geographer Peter Finch join us in November, talking about “Edging the City” - his new collection inspired by his walks along the boundaries of the City of Cardiff.

Curated news 06 Sep, 2022

How nature nurtures: Amygdala activity decreases as the result of a one-hour walk in nature | Molecular Psychiatry

Since living in cities is associated with an increased risk for mental disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression, and schizophrenia, it is essential to understand how exposure to urban and natural environments affects mental health and the brain. It has been shown that the amygdala is more activated during a stress task in urban compared

Sound walk SWS23 Shortlisted
2023

Listening to the Port

Listening to the Port uses composed soundscapes, ambient music, and descriptive narration, to explore the history and speculative future of Port Adelaide, focusing on the ecological impact of colonialism and the daily impact of climate change.

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Walking pieces

Sound walk SWS25 Shortlisted
2025

Normalised Interfacing

Normalised Interfacing is a wheelchair soundwalk, mapping the experiences and thoughts of a wheelchair user in a new city.

Walking piece Marŝarto24
2024

Jatari (Dreams of blue)

For a migrant, the only thing he has to keep going is the long path of life accompanied by good music. All people who migrate will always return to their country of origin, to their roots and to dream again as they always did.

Sound walk
2020

The Walking Man

A trip around the block, narrated by the light-up Walking Man. You will start on the corner of the street outside of Southwest Barbecue and follow his instructions on where to go. The Walking Man will point out some things along the way, give some history, and encourage you to enjoy the natural story of

Walking piece Marŝarto23
2023

“Maverick” random walking piece

The Maverick deck offers 20 randomized tasks for solo adventurers or pairs, ensuring fresh and unique experiences with every shuffle. Ideal for exploration enthusiasts.

Articles on WLC

Curated news 30 Sep, 2025

Bored With Your Usual Route? Turn the City Into Your Open-Air Museum – Runlovers

The complete guide for runners who want to discover their city’s street art, one step at a time. Source: Bored With Your Usual Route? Turn the City Into Your Open-Air Museum – Runlovers

Curated news 08 Aug, 2025

How bold can we be? — Footways

Earlier this month, New Perspectives on Walking and Wheeling in Cities kicked off the London Walking Festival with a one-day conference at the University of Westminster.  The event brought together a wide range of voices – scientists, councillors, campaigners, urban designers, planne Source: How bold can we be? — Footways

Curated news 20 Jun, 2025

Chasing the Sounds – By Caitlin Woolsey

Historian Caitlin Woolsey dials into pioneering German sound artist Christina Kubisch’s Electrical Walksas portraits of cities. Source: Chasing the Sounds – By Caitlin Woolsey

Curated news 07 Feb, 2025

Fancy a stroll? Across Europe, young people like me are finding friends by walking our cities | Viola Di Grado | The Guardian

We are the post-pandemic flâneurs: stepping out of social media silos to meet people and connect with the world around us Source: Fancy a stroll? Across Europe, young people like me are finding friends by walking our cities | Viola Di Grado | The Guardian

Articles elsewhere

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Bunny Street and Brooklyn Street Consultations

Living Streets Aotearoa Wellington has submitted on consultations on changes to Bunny Street and Brooklyn Street in Wellington. Here is the summary of their positions on these changes: Bunny Street improvements: We welcome the focus on making this impo...

Molly Magid
Living Streets Aotearoa
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April 2026 First Sunday

It’s First Sunday, This Sunday and time for a loiter…. But The LRM are time travelling because its Easter Sunday and public transport will be rubbish So, please join us instead for one of our extraordinary mid week wanders Find us 6pm on Tuesday 7th A...

THE LRM
THE LRM
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Memorabilia – Ein akustischer Rundgang über die Marienhöhe

Am 17.05.’25 um 15:00 Uhr findet die Premiere von Caroline Böttchers neuem Stück Memorabilia – Ein akustischer Rundgang über die Marienhöhe statt. Das Stück wird auf dem Trümmerberg Marienhöhe zum ersten Mal aufgeführt. Seit gut zehn Jahren beschäftigt die Künstlerin sich in ihrer Arbeit mit den Trümmerbergen und nun ist inZusammenarbeit mit der Klangkünstlerin Sonja …

Ruben Kurschat
soundmarker
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Reinventing New York through the medium of trousers

Some places are so famous, so iconic, it might be said that they visit you long before you return the favour...

Richlyevocative
Richly Evocative

Events

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Walking@Teatime Walking and Creativity

University of Westminster Active Travel Academy
2022-05-11 16:00
Online

The Active Travel Academy at the University of Westminster and London Living Streets invite you to join us on-line on 11th May at 5pm when Walking@Tea-time will celebrate the Spring. Our subject is walking and creativity and we’ll be ably assisted by two speakers: Matthew Beaumont is a Professor of English Literature and a Co-Director of

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zone out and roam! Edit x GfZK @ Literarischer Herbst 2020

Edit Magazin
2020-10-22 13:00
Leipzig, Deutschland

Die Literaturzeitschrift Edit und die Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst laden im Rahmen des Literarischen Herbstes zu einem Campus-Programm ein, dessen Protagonist*innen sich mithilfe der ziellosen, assoziativen und abschweifenden Bewegung, ob auf dem Papier oder in der Stadt, ein erweitertes Alphabet, Vokabular und Denken erarbeiten. 15:00 Uhr, Treffpunkt vor dem Altbau der GfZK Wir flexen die

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walkingevent SWS19  

Listen to the Sound of the City, Walking in Silence / Berlin, Alexanderplatz

2019-09-01 07:00
10178 Berlin, Germany

A walk by Ienke Kastelein This is a shared walk around Berlin Alexanderplatz,from 8 am – 8.30 am on september 1, 2019We will listen to the Sounds of the City while walking in silenceand focus on the experience of space emerging from sound and resonance. We will make a soundrecording of the walk and share

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walkingevent SWS19  

Sounding the Body / Sounding the City

Marion Tu / Nathania Hartley
2019-09-01 10:00
Boston, MA, USA

What happens when our sense of connection weakens? Connection to our surroundings, and also to ourselves. Join artists Marion Tu (US) and Nathania Hartley (UK) for a synchronised walk in Boston and London. During this walk we will realign with the sounds and vibrations of the city, listening and re-orienting ourselves through the rhythmic movement

Videos

video 2022  

‘Don’t walk to your tune, walk carefully’

Can an individual walk anywhere and in any which way in the city?

Walking Art and Relational Geographies (2022)

Links

Play Anywhere Now or Never

An Ongoing Collaborative Art Project by Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford
Projects

Storydive StoryDive on the Google Play Store

With Storydive we give you easy and intuitive access to audio walks in your area. Audio walks are audio stories that you can immerse yourself in during a walk on site. They let you experience stories with all your senses and show you the city like you've never seen it before. Storydive is a platform on which you can find very different audio walks by authors from different cities. View audio walks in your area, subscribe to locations, and mark out walks that are of particular interest to you.
Platforms

softs

Bare feet, as in “walking on one’s softs.” from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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