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Sound walk
SWS26 2026

PARADE

PARADE is a participatory web-based project enacting an endless virtual procession of voices. Through spatial audio and WebXR, this living acoustic monument turns global dissonance into an immersive, shared act of resilience.

Sound walk
SWS23 2023

Struer Open Form Pavilion of Air / Struer Åben Form Pavillon af Luft

A floating roof of sound in Struer, GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app to playfully reframe public space as an essential community engagement. One of 15 in an international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept.

29 Jul, 2025

WALKING – Thinking in Motion.

Lucius Burckhardt and the Future of Perception Open call deadline: 8 August 2025: https://ilea.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Call-for-Participation-DE.pdf (in German) Symposium + WalkshopsSeptember 5–7, 2025  Berghotel Alpenblick, Tenna, Safiental (CH) + hybrid A transdisciplinary symposium on walking as an artistic practice, spatial experience, and epistemic method in the spirit of Lucius Burckhardt. 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Lucius Burckhardt,

Curated news 01 Apr, 2022

Hope! 2022 Conference – Immersive theatre in expanded spaces

The online conference HOPE! from the EU-funded theatre network PlayOn! will take place from 4. – 6. April. We want to dive into digital technologies which expand the spaces of theatre and attract new audiences. Hope! is a free online event.

Walking piece
Marŝarto23 2022

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Standing on a spot of a limitless landscape - out of homes, away from workspaces - the bodies become vehicles. The senses become compasses to navigate in this natural world made of concrete and soil. The trees are close enough to reach.

Sound walk
SWS21 2021

Performing memory in familiar places

This audio paper explores the author's repeated visits to their grandparents' villages near Prespes, using walking as a method to reconstruct family memories tied to historical migrations and trauma following the Greek Civil War. It considers the landscape as both a stimulus and archive of memory, blending personal narrative with cultural history through embodied spatial experience.

The International Analogio Festival
Walking as a Question
Walking piece
Marŝarto24 2024

Agape / Temporary echoes

Video work is based on the intersection of new media, CGI animation, topography, live paths and physical movement in digital space. It's walking experience in the forest of Freising, Germany. The artist uses gps tracking of her walking experience to create this piece of art.

Sound walk
2008

Marches

With Marches, commissioned by Artangel Inter- action in February 2008, Lawrence Abu Hamdan set out to explore the auditory perception of the built environment using the ephemeral and intangible nature of sound to re- imagine our architectural surroundings and daily spatial practices. These choreo- graphed marches saw ten participants navigate two planned passages through the urban

Walking piece
Marŝarto23 2022

Guided Walks in The Boreal Poetry Garden for School Children

Guided walks for school children in a patch of old-growth boreal forest in Newfoundland, Canada, with readings of site-specific poetry, followed by the children drawing memory maps of their walk.

Sound walk
2020

With objects, into sites, through bodies: Intermedia reflections on embodied prepositions

This paper explores the role of prepositions (with, into, through) in shaping walking performances and site-specific arts through material, spatial, and embodied entanglements. It examines how bodies, objects, and sites interact within participatory, mobile actions and how these narratives translate across installations, audiovisual, and digital media.

Drifting Bodies / Fluent Spaces
Curated news 12 Dec, 2022

R&D – A Guide to Creating Spatial Audio Podcasts

Spatial audio is changing the way we experience recorded sound, making it possible to add entirely new layers of sonic presence to narrative storytelling mediums. As the emerging field continues to come into focus, standards are being defined in real time — making it a crucial time to experiment and share information across the space.

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Landscapes of visual repetition

The allure of seeing the world from above is so closely associated with the discipline of geography that some degree programs even suggest that students who “prefer the window seats on airplanes” might be potential future geographers. And while there are many reasons to be cautious about the totalizing perspective of the “God’s-eye view,” aerial images still nevertheless invite… Continue reading Landscapes of visual repetition →

Ivan Pope
Reading and Walking 75

47. Doreen Massey, For Space

I’ve meant to read Doreen Massey’s 2005 book For Space for quite some time now. My friend Rachelle Viader Knowles, who teaches at Coventry University, has told me that For Space was very influential on her PhD work. Also, while I’m very interested in the distinction Yi-Fu Tuan makes between space and place, I’m also aware that […]

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Links

Walkspace

Walkspace.uk is a digital platform dedicated to exploring the cultural and artistic dimensions of walking. It documents and presents various walking projects, artworks, and exhibitions that investigate walking as a creative and research practice. The site includes contributions from artists, writers, and cultural producers who use walking to engage with environments, histories, and social contexts, emphasizing walking not merely as transportation but as a mode of artistic inquiry and spatial experience. The platform archives walking-related events, provides critical essays, and showcases multimedia content that reflects on how walking shapes perception, place-making, and narrative. It serves as a resource for understanding the intersections between walking, art, and cultural geography, highlighting diverse approaches ranging from urban explorations to site-specific interventions in natural landscapes. Walkspace.uk situates walking within contemporary art discourse and cultural studies, fostering a nuanced appreciation of walking as a meaningful cultural practice.
Organisations

walknow

The website walknowtracks.co.uk serves as an archive and resource focused on walking routes primarily within the United Kingdom. It catalogues a diverse range of walks, emphasizing detailed route maps, descriptions, and geographical points of interest along each path. The platform integrates cultural and historical contexts related to the routes, enriching the understanding of the landscapes and communities encountered during the walks. The site also enables users to access walking tracks with GPS data, supporting an intersection of digital navigation and traditional walking practices. Additionally, walknowtracks.co.uk functions as a hub for walking enthusiasts and researchers interested in exploring how walking intersects with cultural geography and spatial experience. Through its curated walks, the site documents the relationship between physical movement across terrains and the cultural narratives embedded within those spaces. This approach reflects the broader field of walking art, where walking is both an act of exploration and a method of engaging with place-specific stories, heritage, and environment.
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Personal websites

Walking in Wonder

The website WalkingInWonderHCFM documents a radio project centered on exploring urban and natural landscapes through the medium of walking. It features a series of audio walks broadcast on Hackney Community FM, where hosts guide listeners through different routes, using soundscapes, interviews, and storytelling to reveal layered histories, cultural practices, and ecological features of the areas. The project situates walking as both a mode of experiential knowledge and an artistic practice, highlighting the interplay between movement, place, and memory within the London borough of Hackney. Complementing the audio material, the site includes contextual information about the walks, such as route maps, accompanying texts, and artist backgrounds that deepen understanding of the cultural geography involved. It reflects an interdisciplinary approach to urban exploration, emphasizing participatory and sensory engagement with environments typically overlooked in everyday transit. Through its focused locale and community-oriented perspective, the project contributes to the broader field of walking art by merging radio documentary techniques with spatial narratives.
Projects

guerrilla geography

Tactical, radical, creative, unusual and/or surprising geographies that challenge people to think differently about their relationships with places.

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