Environmentalism
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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.
Beach of Dreams
How can artistic interventions that engage communities through walking create and foster an emotional connection to coastal landscapes? Join Ali Pretty , Walking Artist and the Director of Beach of Dreams, for an insightful session exploring the role walking artists can play in advancing the conversation on climate change and mobilising communities to celebrate and protect
• 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 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.
Untitled Earthwork (Johnson Pit #30)
Robert Morris’s Untitled Earthwork (Johnson Pit #30) (1979) reshaped an abandoned gravel pit into a terraced amphitheater, reclaiming the land as public art. Today, the site also serves as a space for walking practice and outdoor movement activities.
Walking pieces
Public Fruit Maps
Public Fruit Maps is a project that maps public fruit trees in neighborhoods, creating hand-drawn, free-to-use maps for public enjoyment. These maps, ranging from 8″ x 10″ to 40″ x 60″, promote community engagement and encourage responsible fruit picking on public property.
This Must Be the Place
Sarah Rodigari’s This Must Be the Place explored rural utopian visions in Hopetoun/Ravensthorpe through walking interviews, culminating in Hearsay, a performance linking past narratives and speculative futures amid climate and regional challenges.
Landscape Painting in the Expanded Field
Rowlett’s Landscape Painting in the Expanded Field turns his body into a mobile studio. Wearing a backpack of hinged canvases, he walks through landscapes where light, shadows, and natural forces mark the surfaces, blending painting, performance, and environment.
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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...
LTAW #39 took place during Greta Thunberg’s led ClimatStrike
Let's Take a Walk #39On Friday September 20th Global Climate Strike led by Greta Thunberg took place throughout the world. I was in Foley Square, New York City, conducting Let's Take a Walk #39 via @mcayer on Twitter. Her...
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