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Is Walking Art?

2026-09-11 17:00
Erfgoedhuis Hof ter Welle, Anna Piersdreef, Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, Belgium

Screening of Is Walking Art? Christos Ioannidis' documentary exploring walking as artistic practice through the first international walking arts gathering in Prespa (2019). Preceded by a conversation with the Made of Walking residency artists.

Made of Walking Prosperpolder
WALC
Sound walk SWS26
2026

Forbudt Kærlighed / Forbidden Love

Forbidden Love is an audio walking tour uncovering an otherwise invisible history of gay men in Frederiksberg, from the 1900s to today. Once confined to whispers in the city's corners, these stories are brought back to life as listeners are guided to

Burning Man Festival Site

20 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Burning Man is an annual carnival of creativity that takes place on the playa of the Black Rock Desert, in northwest Nevada. It typically attracts 60,000 people, and is considered by many to be the biggest and best party in the world. Participants pay a fe…

Braddock

20 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Braddock, United States. Braddock, Pennsylvania is a deflated old steel town which became known for a recent and unusual redevelopment effort. From a peak population of 18,000 after World War II, there are now just over 2,000 residents. In 2005, a new youn…
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Walking China: Stories yet to be told

Institute of Contemporary Arts at NYU Shanghai
20 May, 2023
Yangsi Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China

Multimedia Exhibition and Series of events Walking China: Stories yet to be told is a multimedia exhibition and collaboration with the Out of Eden Walk, a global storytelling project retracing ancient human migration currently underway in China. Co-curated by Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, National Geographic Explorer, and Documentary Center, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) foreign expert Paul

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Being Caribou

Husband and wife team Karsten Heuer (wildlife biologist) and Leanne Allison (environmentalist) follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot across 1500 km of Arctic tundra.

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After walking; about the various ways to document creative walking

In a practical and reflective approach, Geert Vermeire, Yannis Ziogas, Christos Ioannidis, and Annie Tsevdomaria will engage with you in a sharing of practices and methodologies around the documenting, registering and archiving of walking as an art, starting from its most fundamental question: “Does Walking Art need to be preserved, or if the Walking itself is the Art, does it make sense at all to register it.”

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Walking Visions : Prespa walking arts encounters, 3 – 9 July 2023

Open call for WAC - Walking Arts Encounters/Conference Prespa (Greece), 3-10 July 2023. In the third walking arts encounter in Prespa we explore the various dimensions of “Walking Visions” with an encounter for sharing of artistic walks and walkshops, along with a conference about the topic. We invite artists, writers and other creative practitioners, critics and researchers to Prespa this summer and to take up the provocation of the encounters/conference theme.

Curated news 10 May, 2026

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film | Land rights | The Guardian

Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public has right to roam on just 8% of land Source: Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film | Land rights | The Guardian

Curated news 21 May, 2026

Artist to Walk Around Iceland in Three-Month Nomadic Art Project

Berlin-based artist and photographer Dario J. Laganà will begin a three-month walking project around Iceland in June, combining performance art, environmental observation and documentary work. The project, titled Of Walking on Foot, will run from 4 June to 27 August 2026. Laganà plans to travel counterclockwise around the island on foot while pulling a custom-built…

Concrete

21 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Darrington, United States. The town of Concrete in the foothills of the northern Cascades once housed the largest concrete plants in the state. Nearly half of the concrete for the Grand Coulee Dam (the largest concrete structure in the world) came from her…

Burro Schmidt Tunnel

20 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Inyokern, United States. This 2,000-foot long tunnel, approximately seven feet in diameter, was chiseled through a mountain by William Henry "Burro"  Schmidt with hand tools and explosives. Begun in 1906 as a means of transporting ore from his mine to the …
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Bridal Cave

20 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Camdenton, United States. A tourist cave with a wedding theme. Thousands of couples have taken their vows in the natural chapel within this cave.

Branson

20 Aug, 2026 · Placecloud
Branson, United States. This resort city in the Ozarks calls itself "The Live Music Show Capital of the World." This city contains over 30 live performance theaters playing an average of 60 stage shows at any given time. While Branson is traditionally know…

Thames Barrier – Holding Back the Sea

21 Apr, 2026 · Placecloud
London, United Kingdom. Holding the North Sea at bay to protect London from flooding, the Thames Barrier is an extraordinary feat of engineering. It is also constantly under threat, in a world where time and tide are slowly, inexorably, winning. How long c…

A Line Through Time: The Prime Meridian, Greenwich

19 Mar, 2026 · Placecloud
London, United Kingdom. Standing at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, this short audio viewpoint explores the line from which global time and longitude are measured. It explains how and why this point was fixed here, and considers how Britain’s drive to mea…

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Curated news 27 Feb, 2024

Singaporean director Tan Pin Pin on her new documentary walk walk, and 30 years of capturing the Lion City on film | South China Morning Post

Singaporean director Tan Pin Pin reflects on her 30 years of putting Singapore on film and the motivation behind her new documentary, walk walk, which explores the significance of walking beyond exercise. Source: Singaporean director Tan Pin Pin on her new documentary walk walk, and 30 years of capturing the Lion City on film |

Curated news 24 Jul, 2023

Baato review – astonishing 500-mile walk to bring herbs to market in Nepal | Film | The Guardian

This documentary about women who make an epic annual trek across a rocky mountain pass draws an intriguing contrast between the vast landscapes and intimate family dynamics Source: Baato review – astonishing 500-mile walk to bring herbs to market in Nepal | Film | The Guardian

Articles elsewhere

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Interview with John Schuerman

As part of the run up to the hardcover release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (softcover comes out in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My third interview […]

Ellen Mueller
Ellen Mueller
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Video: Cross City Walks

Five years ago Andy and Pete did a series of walks across Birmingham in straight lines, a project they called Cross City Walks. To mark this half-decade anniversary they put their thoughts into a short documentary.

Pete Ashton
Walkspace
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Perambulations and (dis)enchantments: exhibition report

More than 5 years in the making and hundreds of miles in the walking, (dis)enchantments and perambulations short films and soundscapes plus documentation was exhibited at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, The exhibition presented elements of the creative practice as research for Richard White's PhD, in the cellar gallery were two linked immersive installations, work from the Sweet Waters and Honouring Esther cycles of walks. Documentation including walkers notebooks and some of the other research output [...]

Richard White
Richard White. Walking. Social Media. Heritage - Blog

GPS drawing

Drawing practices using GPS devices. Previously a planned route is studied. Although the drawing is done in the physical space, the creation must be seen through the applications that show those records. Also called GPS Art.

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