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On the road to nowhere
“As I plod north in the wind, I seem to be making no headway. It’s as if I’m walking on a treadmill: my body is moving but I’m going nowhere….. One minute I seem to be immobile; the next I realise that in immobility was an illusion, that I was getting somewhere, slowly, all the
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• Listening
For our first Walking Writers Salon after the summer break, and to open Sound Walk September, we are delighted to welcome Canadian writers and researchers Kit Dobson and Ken Wilson in conversation discussing Kit’s Field Notes on Listening. Many of us walk out with scant attention to what we hear, our brains filtering out much,
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Because there’s more to explore
Audio Artist Dawn Matheson, in collaboration with Abhiraj Dadiyan, has produced a participatory work "Semi-Colon". Part of the larger "How To Draw A Tree" project, Semi-Colon invites listeners to engage with nature in original ways. The multimedia endeavor focuses on fostering connections between individuals with mental health challenges, creativity, and trees, seeking to foster social change and combat isolation.
Walking pieces
Présomption de flânage
Exploration of the phenomenon of the occupation of public space by young people through portraits of teenagers and unusual places in Quebec City. The images are accompanied by a text scrolling on an electronic billboard that denounces a municipal regulation prohibiting strolling in public places. A "strolling permit" was distributed during the opening of the event.
Porter une marche
Porter une marche is a participatory artwork which seeks to connect two strangers through walking, using audio from recorded walks. While activating the artwork outdoors, the walker-wearer experiences ambient sounds of both walks so that the two are united across space and time.
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“Sound Culture”, Call for Submissions
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme ”Sound Culture” for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2026 programming. How do the sounds of a community reflect and convey its ethics, philosophies and general way of life? How does the design of space
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‘I just ran a lot’: the Strava user whose runs became a viral art phenomenon | Toronto | The Guardian
Weeks of freezing pre-dawn runs helped Duncan McCabe create a TikTok animation that now has 100m views Source: ‘I just ran a lot’: the Strava user whose runs became a viral art phenomenon | Toronto | The Guardian
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New exhibit lets audiences walk with the Road Allowance Métis people – Windspeaker.com
In her debut exhibition Apples & Train Tracks, author Arnolda Dufour Bowes has created a multi-sensory art installation that draws the audience into the complex history of the Road Allowance Métis in Saskatchewan. Apples & Train Tracks combines original artwork, photography, film, historical artifacts and narration from Bowes’ award-winning book 20.12m: A Short Story Collection
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Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers
Ken Johnston, the Philly “walking artist,” who walked to Canada last year, is walking on Christmas Eve – from the Poplar Neck Plantation where Harriet Tubman rescued family members in 1854. Source: Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers
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34. Matthew Anderson, Someone Else’s Saint: How a Scottish Pilgrimage Led to Nova Scotia
I’ve written about Matthew Anderson’s Someone Else’s Saint: How a Scottish Pilgrimage Led to Nova Scotia here before (about a year ago, in fact), and as preparation for the pilgrimage conference I mentioned in my last post, I reread it last week. I have more things to say about it (rereading typically reveals something new … Continue reading 34. Matthew Anderson, Someone Else’s Saint: How a Scottish Pilgrimage Led to Nova Scotia →
• Layers of kin – exploring plant communication in Toronto
This week I am in Toronto, exploring this fascinating city while also being able to see on of my TransArts Institute PhD researchers major works – Angela Vitovec’s layers of kin (https://tdt.org/angela-vitovecs-layers-of-kin/). Experiencing this work as Angela envisioned it as a choreographer was really important to witness as her creative research is so much about […]
4. Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
I read Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 20 years ago, when it came out. I remember being fascinated by his account of running marathons and participating in triathlons, mostly because I’ve never been athletic and found it incredible that a man almost 20 years older than I was then … Continue reading 4. Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running →
• 44. Michelle Poirier Brown, You Might Be Sorry You Read This
No, I’m not sorry I read this powerful and haunting book. It’s not an easy read, and (please consider this a trigger warning, although I don’t intend to go into details) I wouldn’t expect it to be: the subject matter, which includes child sexual abuse, ought to be difficult. If it weren’t, something would be … Continue reading 44. Michelle Poirier Brown, You Might Be Sorry You Read This →
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Walking Arts & Health: Episode 1 – Walking Arts & Mental Health
Through our new WALCAfé series, WALC invites you to explore how Walking Arts plays a vital role in well-being, both individually and collectively, physically and mentally. Our first conversation will focus on Walking Arts and Mental Health. We are delighted to have with us four speakers who bring diverse insights from research, therapeutic practice, community
+2 Meet the Award Winners from Sound Walk September 2023
As we start a month of celebrating sound walks, we invite you to join an online café with last year’s winner and runner up, exploring their approach to making winning sound walks and where next might sound walk composition take us all. The winner of the SWS23 Awards was Headford Lace Trail, by Ed Coulson,
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