Europe
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Stories from the Pilgrim’s Road
Walking writing, sound, photography and archives Every road a pilgrim travels is pre-loaded with stories, and each pilgrim’s journey is a story in itself. In this episode of the On Pilgrimage series we are investigating stories, and the media through which they are told. Working alongside the World Trails Network (WTN), a community of trail management and
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Join Us! Become part of WALC!
Are you passionate about building connections, inspiring communities, and exploring innovative practices? At WALC, we are inviting collectives, organizations, and venues to become NODES, key contributors to a growing network focused on walking arts and community-based issues.
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Colston’s Last Journey (Worldwide)
Roll out this walk thru version of Ralph Hoyte's Colston’s Last Journey work of soundart about Bristol and the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans anywhere in the world (iPhone; we're getting there for Android). For further info and to experience the work search colstonslastjourney.uk and follow the link to the 'worldwide' version.
WALC – a new future of walking arts
Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, establishing an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts. The project leans strongly on involving local inhabitants, and on engaging with local activists.
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Shadow-walks
This audio paper presents the Shadow-walks project, where the author collaborates with local inhabitants worldwide to document meaningful, repeated walks through recorded conversations and improvised vocalizations. The project explores how repeated walking imprints traces on places, making personal narratives and communal memories audible, with adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic including remote interpretations of these walks.
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Articles on WLC
Bagri Foundation open call
The Foundation offers grants to non-profit arts organisations actively engaged in the cultural sector, supporting artistic projects. Find out more on our FAQs. While our primary focus is on projects in London, we also support initiatives across the UK and Europe and by invitation only for international projects. Grants, ranging from £5,000 to £150,000, are
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Why Didn’t You Fly
Why didn’t you fly, my boyfriend replied (with a crying face emoji). It was a Thursday evening in late February, and I’d messaged to say I was already feeling sleepy despite having another train journey – of three hours – to embark on once I arrived by Eurostar in Paris. He asked me this before,
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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
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Europe beats the US for walkable, livable cities, study shows | Environment | The Guardian
Cities such as Zurich and Dublin found to have key services accessible within 15 minutes for more than 95% of residents Source: Europe beats the US for walkable, livable cities, study shows | Environment | The Guardian
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Interview with Tom Marioni
As part of the release of 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 seventh interview in […]
Melting Imagination
BLKN Mobile – Melting Imagination Cover / Saša Đorđević (Some Call Us Balkans – CC BY-SA 4.0) Melting Imagination The exhibtion BLKN Mobile – Melting Imagination is the result of a month-long Artist Residency in Banja Luka, ASSEMBLING BL(KN). With the scope of creating a collective of Artist-Travellers, through a process of mutual learning and […]
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