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Launch of Polder Lab & NYMPH / LYMPH

2026-09-12 09:00
Erfgoedhuis Hof ter Welle, Anna Piersdreef, Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, Belgium

Launch of Polder Lab and the multimedia performance NYMPH / LYMPH, exploring water as a living connective system.

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Polder Lab Walk

2026-09-12 13:00
Kieldrecht, Belgium

A collective exploration of the Vingerlingpad, extending the ideas introduced during the morning presentation of NYMPH / LYMPH.

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Stornoway on the Gower Peninsula

17 Sep, 2026 · Folk on Foot
Join us on a spectacular walk with the band Stornoway in the glorious Gower Peninsula. Lead singer Brian Briggs is an ornithologist who - when he’s not touring with the band - works in a nature reserve in this beautiful area of South Wales. He guides us th…
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Jenn Butterworth at Whithorn

13 Aug, 2026 · Folk on Foot
Come for a wild and windy walk in the Scottish borders with the brilliant guitarist Jenn Butterworth. We visit the remote farmhouse where she grew up, the pub where she worked as a teenager, the otter statue commemorating Gavin Maxwell and the ancient arch…
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Mind the Fields (a companion to Mind the Gaps)

Phil Smith
Walking piece Marŝarto25
2024

Visible Invisible

The artwork explores the hidden dimensions of nature through microscopy. By combining scientific observation and artistic interpretation, the works reveal the invisible structures of plants, transforming the act of walking and observing the environment into a journey across scales of perception

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To move as a caravan; to walk, live, create, and discover together

Clara Gari, artist, researcher, curator and cultural manager, organises the yearly Grand Tour, a 300 km, 3 week, walking trip that walkers take with artists and activists from all disciplines, sciences and expertises.

Curated news 16 May, 2025

KU Leuven celebrates its 600th anniversary with a unique permanent art and science route. — News

In celebration of its 600th anniversary, KU Leuven introduces a new, permanent art and science route across its various campuses and heritage sites in Leuven. Dialogues were organised, connecting sixteen artists and poets with over seventy scientists from all faculties. Source: KU Leuven celebrates its 600th anniversary with a unique permanent art and science route.

Curated news 14 Apr, 2021

Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It’s Beyond Stunning

We could learn to communicate with them! Source: Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It’s Beyond Stunning

Rob Cowen and Johnny Flynn at Thornborough Henges

16 Jul, 2026 · Folk on Foot
We’re going back to Neolithic times with the award winning author Rob Cowen (“Common Ground” and “North Road”) and his friend the actor and singer Johnny Flynn. For two thousand years the Thornborough Henges in what is now Yorkshire were used as ceremonial…
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Joshua Burnside in East Belfast

18 Jun, 2026 · Folk on Foot
Folk Album of the Year nominee Joshua Burnside takes us for a walk near his home in East Belfast, singing songs from his latest album “It’s Not Going To Be OK” along the way. He talks movingly about his friend Dean Jendoubi’s death from a drugs overdose - …
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In the Footsteps of Little Nell

2 Jul, 2026 · Ramblings
Clare joins Alistair MacNichol for part of his long‑distance walk from Holborn in London to Tong in Shropshire as he recreates the journey made by Little Nell and her grandfather from Charles Dickens’s novel The Old Curiosity Shop. The 166‑mile route has b…
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Bosham to West Itchenor in West Sussex

25 Jun, 2026 · Ramblings
Clare joins Marian Spain and Paula Brunt as they explore a stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path in West Sussex. After more than forty years working in environment and conservation, Marian is retiring later this year from her role as CEO of Na…
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The Wrekin with Marlon Patrice

18 Jun, 2026 · Ramblings
Clare meets Marlon Patrice for a walk up The Wrekin in Shropshire. Marlon is the founder of We Go Outside Too, a community organisation he created in Birmingham after the death of his 17 year old son who was killed by knife violence. In the aftermath of t…
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Mending Footpaths in Eryri

11 Jun, 2026 · Ramblings
Clare walks with a group of British Mountaineering Council volunteers who’ve been working to repair footpaths in Eryri, formerly known as Snowdonia National Park.These ‘Get Stuck In’ events give people a chance to spend time with like-minded folk, in beaut…
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Anglesey/Ynys Môn

4 Jun, 2026 · Ramblings
Clare explores the south side of Anglesey / Ynys Môn with friends Emily Coates and Nic Parry.Beginning on the wide sands of Newborough beach, they follow the shoreline toward Holy Island / Ynys Llanddwyn, famed for its links to St Dwynwen - the Welsh patro…
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Articles on WLC

Curated news 31 Mar, 2025

Nature’s secret soundscape: listen with me to the world’s quietest creatures | Science | The Guardian

While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listen Source: Nature’s secret soundscape: listen with me to the world’s quietest creatures | Science | The Guardian

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Nos rapports aux sons et aux mondes sonores

Nos rapports aux sons et à leurs milieux ne se limitentNi à l’approche esthétique, artistique, musicale, musicologiqueNi à celle de l’écologie acoustique, du bruit, de la pollution, de la gêne et de la nuisanceNi à celle de la physique, de l’acoustique, des sciences du vibratoireNi à celle de la communication, de l’oralité, de la transmission, […]

Gilles Malatray
POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYSAGES SONORES PARTAGÉS
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Points d’ouïe corrélés

Plus je triture l’idée et l’expérience du, ou des paysages sonores, moins je suis sûr d’être en mesure de le le, ou de les définir correctement. Néanmoins, je pense que l’approche des points d’ouïe spatio-temporels, comme des conjonctions corrélées, où les sciences, la philosophie et l’artistique se rencontrent, en fait des terrains féconds. Ce sont … Continuer à lire ... "Points d’ouïe corrélés"

Gilles Malatray
POINTS D'OUÏE, PAYSAGES SONORES PARTAGÉS
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2021 : a year of connection, collaboration and honouring the waters

The year that has passed was eventful and full of learning. In many …

Tracey Benson
Tracey M Benson || Bytetime
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PROCESS | Gathering content @ ANBG

Today I will be heading over to the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) …

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Artists in the field and by the water

Organization of Biological Field Stations
2026-11-17 17:00
Online

Biological field stations and marine labs are place-based institutions primarily focused on science research, science education, and public engagement with science. In the past few decades, there has been a growing interest among field stations and marine labs to invite artists to participate in artist residency programs, art education, and community arts events. We are delighted

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Sound Walk at Sidmouth Science Festival

Sidmouth Science Festival
2022-10-12 13:00
Sidmouth, UK

A Sound Walk, together, as part of Sidmouth Science Festival, with Emma Welton.

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(Soundscapers’ forum) – Forum des Paysagistes Sonores

PePaSon
2021-01-30 13:30
Online

** Warning the event is in France and thus french speaking ** The soundscapers’ forum is the first edition hold by PePaSon groupe with the aim to gather various personalities who hold transdiscipliniary projects based on soundscapes. From art to science, through pedagogy and contemplation, people will share about their ideas and dreams for a

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Tracey M Benson || Bytetime

Art | Science | Technology | Environment
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Janette Kerr• Janette Kerr: Extreme Seas

Researching sea and ice; interface between art & science
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1. Cockney music hall song-walk ‘for me dear old Dutch’. 2. Two of us walking in an anything but straight line (me and ‘er).

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