Voice and Dutch text : Geert Vermeire (writer, performer). Field recordings, composing, production & mixing : Stefaan van Biesen [composition and field recordings in Athens, Venice and Antwerp]. Art exhibition [re]present, Attenhoven Church, Belgium

Cagliari, a port, and built on a raised plateau, with lots of history, attractive to tourists, but not (yet?) overrun by them, is very well suited for exploration.

Paestum Revolution is a sound walk immersed in the marine landscape and not with elements of acousmatic composition

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.

A 5,232 km walking performance retracing in reverse the Balkan refugee route, marking ephemeral Braille inscriptions from the Geneva Convention to highlight fragility and precarity.

Hor-I-zons is a 3,400 km walking performance linking Paris to Sousse, Tunisia. Using an augmented reality compass, Ridha DHIB mapped horizons across 104 stages, creating a cartographic and poetic bridge between two shores of the Mediterranean.

This project was addressing important themes of migration and home-finding via intimate use of walking as an empowering and explorative practice and space for an encounter and sharing.

Palanca [The Passing]. Music piece of a city walk near Palanca, Guidecca Venice. Music, field recordings, monologue, mixing and production by Stefaan van Biesen.

Before listening to it, please choose a place in your city that has been recently modified for the worse, becoming less human friendly and more hostile in its spatial design and architecture: here, there should start your audio walking experience.

Terminalia, celebrated on February 23rd, is an ancient Roman festival honoring Terminus, the god of boundaries, marked by sacrifices at boundary stones instituted by King Numa Pompilius. This practice evolved into the English custom of Beating the Bounds and inspires contemporary boundary walks, such as the author’s 2020 walk along the sea-land boundary in Skagaströnd, Iceland.

This paper examines the concept of the female* flaneuse in both theory and practice, highlighting how women’s urban walking challenges the traditionally male-centric flanery through a transgressive and feminist spatial claim. It also explores the author’s performative research on how flanery can reshape cities mentally and physically by emphasizing embodied and emancipatory practices.

The soundwalk “Hythlodaeus / Utopia” is a composition based on the poems “Unfolding the City” by Geert Vermeire and “Siren” by Stefaan van Biesen, incorporating field recordings made during walks in Venice and Antwerp. Created for the Cities and Memory project, the piece draws inspiration from Thomas More’s exploration of Utopia, combining voice, composition, and environmental sounds to form an immersive soundscape.