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Forgotten Stories Of Oxford
A Spoken Word collection which forms a walking tour of central Oxford, offering a glimpse behind the facade of a city whose name is synonymous with global elitism. Tours are available guided by the artist himself, or online via free maps and YouTube.
Walking & Writing : Clyde Walkway
Walking & Writing sessions facilitated by Christie Williamson About this event A series of workshops exploring and celebrating the treasures of Glasgow’s Clyde Walkway, with local poet Christie Williamson. We will stroll, talk, stand & stare, read & write – moving slowly through the Glasgow summer. (Bring writing material & your imagination.) Maximum 12 participants.
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Natacha Antão Moutinho and Miguel Jorge Alves Miranda Bandeira Duarte talking walking
University of Leeds Public Art Audio Trail
As you explore the campus by foot, hear the stories behind the works of public art on display on the university's grounds. Insights relating to the sculptures are shared by the artists themselves, their families, experts and curators.
Entangled in the Mesh
Entangled in the Mesh is a geolocative soundwalk at Campus Ås, Norway, featuring deadwood sculptures and multiple layered soundscapes accessible via the Locosonic app or loaned devices. The project explores interconnected ecological networks and non-human perspectives through sonic landscapes, durational sculptures, and multisensory experiences reflecting geological time scales and speculative futures.
IYS2020 Sound Walk
Sound walk around the streets of Paris. Commencing at the foot of Tour Zamansky with the first sounds being those of the University plus the sound installation especially installed at the top of the Tour for the Opening of the International Year of Sound. Sound walk may be cancelled if weather is particularly bad in
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Take the First Step
A radio programme about Angela Maxwell, an adventurer who set out to walk around the world, and the challenges and dangers she faced in pursuit of her goal, all the while reminding herself of the simplicity of putting one foot in front of the other.
Wandering as a discipline
This paper examines walking art through a walkshop in Prespa, exploring wandering as a discipline that embraces uncertainty, failure, and connection with self, others, and the environment. It integrates sound, embodiment, drawings, and multimedia storytelling as methods for building attentive spaces, applied in a multidisciplinary master seminar fostering empathy and spatial awareness during the pandemic.
Articles elsewhere
Benefits of interventions given real values, for the first time, by the Walkability App in Kumasi, Ghana
As part of the Trans-Safe Project, the Akenten Appiah-Menka University in Kumasi and Walk21 collaborated in a walkability project to assess the impact of certain interventions in the public space... The post Benefits of interventions given real values, for the first time, by the Walkability App in Kumasi, Ghana appeared first on Walk21.
Lilian – I’d rather be invisible than a threat – Identity cards and challenges … with Lilian around Maynooth
A third extract from a walk around Maynooth University with Lilian who reflects on how her identity card serves to make her oddly invisible as one of the few Black members of academic staff.
