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Walking piece
2002

Cadarço (Shoe Lace)

In Cadarço, Marcius Galan tied his sneaker to a shoelace continuously produced by a braiding machine at Galeria Vermelho. He walked only as far as the thread allowed, turning movement into a negotiation with time, waiting, and constraint.

Walking piece
1974

Procession

*Procession* was performed in early 1974 when Teresa Murak wore a coat of cress seeds and walked through the streets of Warsaw, merging feminine labor, nature, and politics. The act, documented in photos and oral history, became a landmark feminist performance.

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Immersive location-based tours with Locatify

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A DIY toolkit for digital sound walks

We continuously receive requests from creatives, asking what are the best digital tools for creating a sound walk, so we decided it was time for an elaborate list describing the right tools for creating your own sound walk.

Walking piece
2001

Land Mark (Foot Prints)

Land Mark (Foot Prints) documents activist collaborations in Vieques, where altered shoe soles stamped protest slogans onto former military land. The photographs capture fragile, temporary marks of dissent that question land use, power, and reclamation through everyday actions.

Walking piece
1973

Head Sculpture

Head Sculpture, a performance by Efrat Natan, used a T-shaped headpiece worn while walking in Tel Aviv after Independence Day to restrict vision and draw attention, questioning belonging, conformity, and militarized urban space through bodily limitation.

Walking piece
2017

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.

Walking piece
2004

Sandalia

Sandalia is a limited edition rubber sculpture of 60 sandals, featuring relief maps of Havana neighborhoods on the soles. Transforming a mass-produced object into art, it reflects place, identity, and culture, inspired by watercolor drawings of Old Havana and Vedado.

Sound walk
1992

Unsilent Night

Unsilent Night is a mobile sound sculpture where participants play pre-recorded tracks as they walk, creating a 45-minute layered ambient soundscape. Performed annually worldwide in over 175 cities.

Walking piece
2015

Armor

Armor (2015) by Kubra Khademi is a provocative performance in which the artist wore a metal breastplate mimicking exaggerated female anatomy, challenging societal norms and gender roles in Kabul. The piece led to exile after violent backlash, marking a pivotal moment in her career.

Walking piece
2016

Walk a Mile in her Veil

Walk a Mile in Her Veil explores Arab identity and feminism, inviting visitors to wear the veil and experience its complexity. The work challenges stereotypes, promotes empathy, and sparks dialogue about women's agency and the multifaceted meanings of the veil.

Walking piece
1969

Ground Mutations – Shoe Prints

Dennis Oppenheim’s Ground Mutations – Shoe Prints (1969) used grooved shoes worn for three months to leave imprints across industrial landscapes, documenting human movement and transforming ordinary footsteps into patterns that merge process, trace, and photographic art.

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Walking pieces

Walking piece
1970

Seat Belt, Three Points

Seat Belt, Three Points invites viewers to strap into a seat belt attached to three stations, creating a physical interaction with the artwork. Baden’s works explored kinesthetic experiences and neuromuscular memory, altering perceptions of balance and sensory imprint.

Walking piece
2012

Perambulator

Perambulator is an ongoing walking artwork exploring city life with a pram. Using lived experience, it reveals gendered space, care and mobility through detours, obstacles and collective walks, making visible how streets shape access, inequality and everyday movement.

Walking piece
1974

Scratching Both Walls at Once

In Scratching Both Walls at Once, Rebecca Horn extends her “Finger Gloves,” creating longer versions to scratch the walls of her studio while walking. The performance, filmed by Horn, explores the relationship between body and space, continuing her evolving “Personal Art” series.

Walking piece
1989

Taking a Shoe for a Walk

In Taking a Shoe for a Walk (1989), Allan Kaprow instructs participants to drag a shoe on a string through the city and to bandage their own shoes as the dragged one deteriorates.

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Shlepping & Displaying

The third part of "Let's take a walk...I need you" consisted of the displaying of the unravelled dresses. I walked along 14 street back and forth on the Saturday and the Monday following LTAW#28 & LTAW#29 carrying, dragging and at time hanging...

Marie Christine Katz

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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