France
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Highlights
Mnémosyne. Paris → Nafplio, 100 days on foot
One hundred days on foot, Paris to Nafplio. The heartbeat replaces the kilometre as the unit of measurement. Each day yields one sealed Cardio-Cartography. On 5 November 2026, ten minutes of restitution at the University of the Peloponnese.
A Metre of Blue: Mnemosyne and the Art of Distilling a Walk
It was around five in the morning on the shores of Lake Prespa in Northern Greece when I first encountered Ridha Dhib: a figure moving slowly along the water’s edge, a walking stick in hand, conversing with a strange, synthetic voice coming from a small red speaker clipped to his hip. The lake was still,
• Yumari! The Festival of Hospitality as a Ritual of Renewal
This article is available in French and Spanish. On May 30, Gigacircus presented the Festival of Hospitality in Villefagnan, bringing to a meaningful close the French hosting phase of the WALC project, Walking Arts & Local Communities. Before the dinner concert held in the village community hall, more than eighty residents took part in an
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Walking with “Le Moindre Geste”
Discover the visionary work of Fernand Deligny through film excerpts, projections and conversation. Clara Gari and Eva Marichalar Freixa explore how his radical ideas on gesture, mapping and care continue to inspire participatory practices in walking
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¡Yumari! La Fiesta de la Hospitalidad como un Ritual de Renovación
This article is available in French and English. On El 30 de mayo, Gigacircus presentó en Villefagnan la «Fiesta de la Hospitalidad», poniendo un cierre significativo a la acogida en Francia del proyecto WALC, Walking Arts & Local Communities.Antes de la cena-concierto celebrada en la Sala Municipal, más de ochenta habitantes participaron en la caminata
• Walking pieces
Suite Vénitienne (Venetian Suite)
Suite Vénitienne is a series of photographs and diaristic texts documeting Sophie Calle’s surveillance of Henry B, a man she does not know and has no particular reason to follow. An investigation on her own psychological projections and emotions while building a fictional construct around her subject.
Sunrise Walks – Augmented Topography
Sunrise Walks – Augmented Topography is a walking performance and experimental archive. Three sunrise photos taken in Paris, enhanced with augmented reality data, question the relationship between light, the celestial cycle, and the body's inscription within space.
Articles on WLC
Yumari! La Fête de l’Hospitalité comme un rituel propitiatoire
This article is available in English and Spanish. Le 30 mai, Gigacircus a présenté à Villefagnan la « Fête de l’Hospitalité » pour clore de façon significative l’accueil en France du projet WALC, Walking Arts & Local Communities. Avant le dîner-concert qui se déroulait à la Salle des Fêtes communale, plus de 80 habitants ont
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Shadowy Figures
Here in the northern hemisphere we have just enjoyed the longest day, more daylight than at any other time of the year. We have been having quite a heatwave too, the early mornings and late evenings have been a relief as temperatures have dropped, and wonderful shadows have been revealed. To inject a bit of
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Villefagnan: May, 2026
We arrived in the flatlands of the Charente in the last days of May, carrying laptops, agendas, PowerPoints about our deliverables, European acronyms and all the fragile optimism required to believe that human beings from five countries can agree on anything. It was a heatwave. Our nostrils tingled with the whiff of ammonia rising from
• Walking as political resistance: From May 1968 to contemporary marches
Walking has long served as a potent form of political expression, transforming the simple act of moving through public spaces into a declaration of dissent, solidarity, and hope. From the revolutionary fervor of May 1968 in Paris to the contemporary global marches advocating for workers' rights and protesting state abuses, walking remains an enduring symbol of collective resistance against systemic injustices.
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• Articles elsewhere
Point d’ouïe, micro chronique auriculaire
Le marché de ma petite ville, un mardi matin maussade et frais, peu de monde. Mais des voix téméraires et joviales résistent et persistent, se saluent et devisent. Courses terminées, je m’assois, dans une sorte de rituel, sur un banc de la place centrale, un de mes favoris. Le marché s’achève, se replie sur lui-même, […]
Points d’ouïe, repérage auriculaire rhodanien
Un début d’après-midi ensoleillé, chaud, au fil de l’eau.En suivant les berges du Rhône.Petite déambulation repérante, pour un PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible à venir.Relier la minéralité urbaine aux rives sécantes et irrigantes.Passage sous un porche résonnant, toujours le plaisir de faire et d’entendre sonner.Débouché sur une artère dans laquelle le flot est plus motorisé […]
Events
Keep Walking Intently
Meet the authors who are writing about walking and the landscapes through which we walk, at Walking Writers Salons. We are delighted to welcome art critic and historian Lori Waxman who will be talking with Babak Fakhamzadeh about her book Keep Walking Intently, a seminal history of walking art in the Twentieth century. Lead art critic
• WALC Confluence 3 hosted by Gigacircus with guest, Gustavo Alvarez
WALC Confluence 3 is hosted by Sylvie Marchand (FR) and Lionel Camburet (FR) of Gigacircus, and their guest artist is Gustavo Alvarez. Gustavo Alvarez, is a performer and an anthropologist, at the heart of great number of collective events and meetings, stimulating artists to resist and go beyond their passion!
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a soft armour