IN light of government advice, Thurrock100 had to postpone the T100 Walking Festival until 12-27 September this year. Source: Thurrock100 launch arts challenge ahead of walking festival in September - Your Thurrock

Un-Earthed: A festival of listening and environment Source: Call for works: Online sound art exhibition, Un-Earthed festival – CRiSAP

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Walk around the World, a 24-hour international online event on World Labyrinth Day, that will connect people virtually across time zones on the GoToMeeting platform. This will be a global labyrinth community celebration with presenters from New Zealand to Hawaii, as well as opportunities for participants to greet each other and share as time allows. Source: The Labyrinth Society: The Labyrinth Society: World Labyrinth Day

In 1988 Abramović and Ulay trekked from opposite ends of the wall to meet in the middle – but this Herculean act of love and performance art was doomed from the start Source: The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China | Travel | The Guardian

There are many problems and paradoxes to which walking is the solution. For instance: In our culture of overwork, burnout, and exhaustion, in which we're connected and distracted 24/7 from most things that are truly important in our lives, how do we tap into our creativity, our wisdom, our capacity for wonder, our well-being and our ability to connect with what we really value? Solvitur ambulando. Source: Hemingway, Thoreau, Jefferson and the Virtues of a Good Long Walk | HuffPost Life

Sometimes an ancient tip is just the trick for managing a postmodern existence. Source: This Latin phrase will change the way you manage problems — Quartz

You are invited to submit word-oject anti-signs for placement along inspirallondon Trail – for works transformed into small objects (up to 10 characters) you can recieve £25; for works transformed into medium objects you can recieve £35 (11 to 25 characters); for works transformed into large objects (26-35 characters) you can recieve £50-60. Word-Objects anti-signs should be short, pithy, and in spirit of dada, adopt attitudes of multi-lingual, de-centering, cross meaning messaging. Submission above 35 characters will only be considered on the rare occassion that they are so ridiculous and meaningfilled that they require hatcheting down and re-interpreting. The aim is to produce an average of one anti-sign per day during lockdown – at the current projection at least 84 word-object signs until the trail and life is re-opened. There are no terms apart from the themes outlined but you should be aware that this is an antidote exchange project. Source: Word-Object Exchange | Culture/Art DeCentreDer Space: in an Other Capital of Culture

Corona Diaries gathers personal stories during the time of COVID-19 and documents them as the crisis evolves. It’s a place for stories big and small, joyful or sad, one off contributions or daily audio blogs. Every story is welcome. The recordings are open source, available for anyone to use in their projects - journalists, radio producers, artists, creators of any kind. https://coronadiaries.io/

“Living, in the deepest sense, is something that nobody can do for us. At work you can substitute someone, but not when walking. That is the great criterion.” Frédéric Gros A short essay by Balam Ronan (Mexico)   Source: Walk to Listen / Listen to Walk – balam ronan

[embed]https://vimeo.com/134705829[/embed] Alternatives for sound walking during lockdown. Full articke on: https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/657?lang=en  

Walking, simply for the sake of a walk, can be a brief respite in our otherwise frenetic lives, allowing us to detach so we might see life for ourselves again, not unlike a child does Source: For the full life experience, put down all devices and walk

What are the political potentials of listening? How does sound define the crossing of the territories of contemporaneity, of the differences in race, gender, social belonging? Salomé Voegelin continues her analysis on listening practices in her new book. Interview by Leandro Pisano Source: The Political Possibility of Sound. Interview with Salomé Voegelin   • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture

As the world takes measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the work of artist Heman Chong offers an oddly calming respite Source: Why ambient walking art videos might be what you need right now - The National

The editors of Leonardo are pleased to announce that beginning in 2021 we will publish 6 issues of Leonardo annually and elevate the visibility of music and sound art with yearlong inclusion. With this, we will be retiring Leonardo Music Journal as a separate publication after Volume 30, December 2020. Source: Open Call for Leonardo Journal: Music and Sound Art | Leonardo/ISAST

Xavier de Maistre's delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing written while under a six-week house-arrest in Turin. Source: A Journey Round my Room (1794 / 1871) – The Public Domain Review

Simon Beck created the 53,092 square-metre logo to mark the Range Rover's 50th anniversary Source: Artist walks 45,000 steps to create massive snow art | Auto-news – Gulf News

Walking to is a gentle, easy way to de-stress, exercise, gain new perspective, meditate, and practice self care. Source: Dealing with the pandemic one step at a time: Practice walking as self-care – Streetsblog Chicago