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Walking piece
1970

Foraging

Foraging by Peter Hutchinson is a six-day backpacking journal documenting a trip near Aspen. It combines personal reflections, a poisonous mushroom incident, and philosophical musings on nature and existence, marking Hutchinson’s shift from earth art to story art.

Curated news New 02 Jun, 2026

ERRAR CONFERENCE — Fo:RCE Fotografia Lusófona

This conference invites photographers and other practitioners working with photographic images to present visual essays, photobooks, and other photography-based works that respond to these twin meanings of errar: Projects that wander, drift, or deviate; works that embrace experimentation, doubt, and the productive potential of the mistake. We welcome proposals that explore the photographic as a

Sound walk
SWS26 2025

Wanderer Theory of Stars

Wanderer Theory of Stars takes the shape of a series of five short audio works dispersed through the forest that make connections between the earth and sky by looking through the lens of the lichen Cladonia Rangiferina.

The Wander Society

Keri Smith

The Lost Paths: a history of how we walk from here to there.

Jack Cornish
Happened
 

Guided by language

2022-07-08 15:00
Vic, Spain

Walkshop by Jack Williams (Poland)  in Vic.

Walking Art and Relational Geographies (2022)
Happened
 

Women and Walking

London Fortean Society
2022-12-06 19:00
Amersham Arms, New Cross Road, London, UK

Women walk. Kerri Andrews discusses her book, ‘Wanderers’, about ten women who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves. Sonia Overall takes the path of the lone woman walker, seeking out ‘thin places’ where past and present collide, and where new ways of living might begin. Wanderers: A History of Women WalkingKerri Andrews

Curated news 19 Jun, 2023

The Art of Wandering While Traveling – The New York Times

Sometimes the best way to explore a city on foot is to simply wander, with no goal in mind other than to follow the sound of church bells, or drift across a leafy square. Source: The Art of Wandering While Traveling – The New York Times

Sound walk
SWS19 2016

Wandercast

Wandercast, created by Ludicrous Pilgrim, offers episodic audio guides that encourage playful engagement with the environment, with Episode 4: Wet & Salty released in 2019. Each episode provides a unique playful focus and pre-wandering information to inspire listeners to explore familiar and unfamiliar places in new ways.

Happened
 

Guided by language

2022-07-05 15:00
Girona, Spain

Through the process of dérive we will wander through the city looking for compelling pieces of text which complement or are in conflict with each other either aesthetically or thematically. Participants will take photos of language they encounter in order to create a collective visual collage where text is prominently featured. A walkshop with Jack Williams (Poland).

Walking Art and Relational Geographies (2022)
Happened
 

Wandering

2021-07-09 12:00
Laimós, Greece

An investigation of the power of ‘not knowing’ and wandering in walking art. Wandering, seen as a discipline of the art of loving the unforseen, the beauty of the problem and the philosophy of failing as a methodology to connect and reconnect with others, the environment and oneself. In this performance as a paper and

Walking as a Question
Happened
 

Derives. Creació i caminar en relació.

2022-07-09 15:00
Vic, Spain

Nuria Ortuño & Nil Nebot

Walking Art and Relational Geographies (2022)
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Books

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Rebecca Solnit

Walking pieces

Sound walk
SWS20 2020

Errer du point A au point B

In September and October 2019, the author walked 300 kilometers over 25 days following a basic route while embracing an attitude of mental and emotional wandering rather than strict itinerary adherence. The post explores the conceptual differences between wandering, roaming, and itinerary, highlighting wandering as a creative incubation process and an embodied state during the walking journey.

Drifting Bodies / Fluent Spaces

Articles on WLC

Curated news 26 Oct, 2024

An ode to aimless wandering – New Statesman

After years of trudging along paths, I’ve learned to stop seeing their completion as an accomplishment. Source: An ode to aimless wandering – New Statesman

Curated news 22 Sep, 2022

Wandering the Wilderness – ANNA KEEN

Wandering the Wilderness Wandering Totally Thames 2022 Visit the 2 venues from 1 – 30 September 2022 (LIVE NOW):– Trinity Buoy Wharf– RSPB Rainham Trinity Buoy WHarf RSPB Rainham Wandering Newport, IOW SKETCH-WALK : ‘LOOK UP!’ POSTPONED Waterproof paper and indelible ink incase of rain. Use your own smartphone or one of my sketchbooks. Join

Curated news 26 Aug, 2021

Is the Digital Age Costing Us Our Ability to Wander? | The New Yorker

In a newly translated novel, “To Walk Alone in the Crowd,” the fate of the flâneur is at risk. Source: Is the Digital Age Costing Us Our Ability to Wander? | The New Yorker

Curated news 26 Oct, 2020

How (and why) should you wander aimlessly?

How (and why) should you wander aimlessly? Source: How (and why) should you wander aimlessly?

Articles elsewhere

THE LRM 95

August 2025 First Sunday

Dear friends and fellow loiterers Its First Sunday, This Sunday and so time to loiter together. A few folk have been in touch with ideas for starting points which were all quite close together so I’ve merged them a bit and hope this is pleasing. We’l...

THE LRM
THE LRM 95

March 2025 First Sunday: Lighting Up The Loiter

Dear friends and loiterers Its First Sunday, next Sunday 2nd March and I’m letting you know early because we have an unusually late start for a particularly intriguing loiter which combines two recent strands of wandering. This month’s guest loiterer...

THE LRM
Walking as Artist... 55

Ojibway Story of Mudjeekawis (no date)

This story is from Ojibway Heritage by Basil Johnston, page 151: Mudjeekawis was the first born son of Epingishmook and Winonah and he accompanied his father in all his expeditions and acquired a wanderlust. He left home as soon as he was old enough. He traveled far and wide and brought back stories from other […]

Ellen Mueller
Tough Soles Blog 85

Leitrim Day Hikes: Glencar Waterfall and The Devil’s Chimney

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Ellie Berry

Events

Happened
SWS22  

Wanderings Workshop Day

Creative People & Places Hounslow
17 Sep, 2022 · All day
Feltham Library, High Street, Feltham, UK

Inspiring talks, artist walks and creative activities exploring the theme of Wanderings.

Happened
SWS21  

PAYSAGES | TRAVERSÉS

2021-09-12 15:15
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Rue Dolomieu, Grenoble, France

Soundwalk – Carte blanche to Gilles Malatray (Desartsonnants) PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible How to feed the listening of the spaces we go through daily, by wandering, improvisation, surprise, discovery? Which listening postures can we explore during a sensitive, collective, shared walk ? APNÉES gives carte blanche to Gilles Malatray (Desartsonnants) and invites the audience to

Links

Virtual Rambling

"Virtual Rambling" is all about playing games focused on wandering through amazing environments on-foot. The focus of this group/project is to: i) Have fun - We love games, and we love exploring them, the games we focus on might not be to everyone's tastes, but live and let live. ii) Discover - seek out new worlds, find developers and games you'd never heard of and check their stuff out :) iii) Discuss - connect with other players and see what, how and why we love to immerse ourselves in game worlds We've...
Simon Depledge
Projects

Echo Chamber Audio

An audio collective founded by Radhika Aggarwal, passionate about arousing curiosity in place whilst wandering through. We want to uncover the stories that shaped the landscape.We also love open world video games and want to make quests that spark mo...
Organisations

fit-stramp

A footstep: I widna geng a fitstramp owre da door efter her.

Added by Janette Kerr
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