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Highlights
Pymmes Brook Trail
A walk across North London following The Pymmes Brook listening to voices of people talking about the river. Available in Sonic maps using following PUID codes Part 1: Cockfosters to Arnos Park. CODE 994 Part 2: Bowes Meadow to Cambridge Roundabout A10. CODE 1007
See How Artist Richard Long Has Sculpted The World’s Most Scenic Landscapes, From The Himalayas To The Andes
For more than half a century, Richard Long has made art while hiking. A focused exhibition at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Devon shows how he became one of the most celebrated artists of his generation – and set a new paradigm for environmental art. Source: See How Artist Richard Long Has Sculpted The World’s
• Rearview Walking Stick
The Rearview Walking Sticks combine tree branches and car mirrors to disrupt ordinary walking. Playful yet cumbersome, they make participants reflect on movement, memory, and perception, turning walking through the landscape into a participatory, performative artwork.
And While London Burns
And While London Burns is a downloadable opera-for-one guiding listeners through London’s financial district, exploring climate change. With music and choral work by Isa Suarez and narration by Douglas Hodge, it blends thriller, opera, and immersive soundscape.
Walking pieces
Walking to Save Some Sea – My 46000 Challenge
Walking to Save Some Sea documents Fran Crowe’s year-long response to ocean plastic pollution. Between 2006–07 she walked 200km of coastline, collecting 46,000 pieces of litter - one square mile’s worth—turning personal action into a call for collective responsibility.
UITLAATTUIN (Exhaust Garden)
UITLAATTUIN explores wearable nature and mobile landscapes, challenging the concept of gardens, especially in urban settings. Through projects, exhibitions, and workshops, it pushes boundaries and promotes new ways to engage with nature in stony environments.
Breathing-in-the-Breathable
Breathing-in-the-Breathable is a collaborative project by Robert Bean and Barbara Lounder, exploring walking as art and pedagogy. Through site-specific works across multiple locations, it engages with the environment, militarism, and climate crises, challenging histories and ideologies.
Articles on WLC
Articles elsewhere
The anatomy of a Queenslander – a story of connections
The author reflects on the Queenslander house as a cultural and ecological symbol, connecting personal history with broader themes of urban development and environmental sustainability. Their research emphasizes the loss of iconic architecture to urban sprawl and advocates for integrating traditional design into modern climate-resilient communities, drawing from decades of environmental work.
Apply to be a member of Living Streets Aotearoa’s Executive Council
We are seeking people to join our Executive Council who are passionate about walking and keen to contribute to our vision of “More people choosing to walk more often”. Role Description LSA Executive Council members will demonstrate a commit...
Drammen AiR Update #6
This week was filled with connection, learning, and exploration. Highlights included visits to historic sites in Norway, engaging conversations about plants and dyes, and a Viking ship launch event that showcased community spirit. The author cherished moments with friends and appreciated the blend of culture, history, and art.
Events
Walking, Ruins, and Rural Communities: The Making of the Pisidia Heritage Trail
You are invited to the online lecture of Yazılıkaya Living Lab: Adaptive Futures for Rural Heritage course, Walking, Ruins, and Rural Communities: The Making of the Pisidia Heritage Trail by Işılay Gürsu (BIAA) on 7 November 2025.
Closing reception for Walking, Lost and Found exhibition
Artist statement: I am pilgrim #15749 on the Walk of Wisdom, a self-guided path that winds through the eastern part of the Netherlands. In July 2024, a dear friend and I spent eight days walking alongside fields and waterways, atop dikes, up and down hills, through forests and sandy heaths. We walked through towns and villages, over bridges and canals, in sunshine and in rain. Walking made new learning possible. I learned to know the feel of different surfaces through the soles of my feet. I learned to know the strength of my own body and the endurance needed to keep putting one foot in front of another. I learned to greet new neighbors as we repeatedly encountered brambles and nettles, yarrow and rowanberry, gradually attuning myself to the surroundings and learning to listen in this place. The eight-part text of this sound piece is a meditation upon the rhythm of walking, getting lost and found, the strange becoming familiar as we learn to walk in a new way. ***The piece on exhibit here is a 2-channel version of an 8-channel sound piece that I made at the Sound Studies Institute, University of Alberta, Canada, in January 2025.
At 100 on the Snail Trail – Strollology takes to the Streets in Davos in 2025
To mark the 100th birthday of Swiss sociologist Lucius Burckhardt and the 100th anniversary of the end of the ban on cars in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, strollologist Christian Ratti and walking artist Marie-Anne Lerjen invite you to take part in a walking experiment in the Swiss mountain town of Davos.
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