Netherlands
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Highlights
The Unyielding Waterland
We arrive in Emmadorp and walk towards the imposing long dike that embraces the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe like an ancient boundary. Once we reach the top, near Emmahaven, a panorama unfolds that truly reveals the immense scale of this tidal landscape. The horizon seems endless. In the distance, we see a group of walkers
Between Clay, Farmland and History
During the first two editions of Made Of Walking by The Milena principle (2015 and 2016, Delphi, Greece), we had the opportunity to meet two remarkable walking artists: the Dutch artist Ienke Kastelein and the Greek artist Katerina Drakopoulou. Through numerous international projects, their artistic practices have become widely recognized within the field of walking
DOOR NOORD
Liesje vd Berk invites residents to explore their surroundings in a unique way: by walking and drawing with all their senses. At the end of each walk, participants share one of their drawings in an exhibition, creating a new map of Amsterdam North.
Avian Humanoids
Avian Humanoids, a production by composer, producer, and performer Evelien van den Broek, is a soundwalk that transports you to the world of mythological creatures, uncanny sounds, and musical fantasies. You walk from tree to tree, to five unique trees in Oosterpark, Amsterdam (NL). As soon as you stand beneath them, the tree comes to life, and you hear the rustling of leaves and the fluttering of wings. This isn’t just any park; these aren’t just any trees. Here live the Avian Humanoids. Part human, part bird. In their tree, they begin to sing. As they sit above you and fly around you, you listen to their song.
Beneath the Dreaming Spires
Five years in the making, A Certain Logic of Expectations is a surprising, intriguing photo narrative of a well-known university-dominated city, created by Mexican photographer Arturo Soto. Soto studied at Oxford as a doctoral student, traversing the city incognito, capturing the quirkiness of British suburbia, a counter-narrative to the tourism blurbs that often quote Victorian
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Mars door Amsterdam
Unwary pedestrians, tram passengers, and motorists look on in surprise when they see a spectacle rolling through the center of Amsterdam. In the “March through Amsterdam” that took place on Friday, December 6, 1963, but the march did not have a demonstrative character; it is nothing more than a formation of six gentlemen who are apparently deliberately following a route.
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top (2 tracks)
This project comprises two self-performative sound-walks designed for shopping centers in Luxembourg, specifically Belle Étoile and Auchan, exploring the over-affirmative misuse of commercial spaces. Adaptable versions of these headphone-based pieces have also been created for shopping centers in Bergen, Brussels, Maastricht, and Kortrijk.
Walking pieces
mens maakt landschap maakt mens – interactive soundwalk / bicycle route
An interactive listening experience, based on field recordings and conversations with artists and experts about human interaction with the dutch cultural landscape in the past, present, and future.
Bincks Groene Wandelroute (BGW)
The Binckhorst is an industrial area adjacent to the center of The Hague. In the upcoming years, the Binckhorst will be transformed to a high quality place to live and work. BGW gives you the chance to experience the raw identity of the Binckhorst.
SubstanzWalk, Introduction to Substanzraum
SubstanzWalk is a geo-located audio walk located in the dunes of Westduinpark, Den Haag, inspired by the essay "Substanzraum, A new approach to global space." The approximately 45-minute walk combines synthetic and environmental sounds with narrated text fragments to explore a new concept of space.
Bitterzoete Route (Bittersweet Route)
The Bitterzoete Route in Utrecht’s Lombok neighborhood highlights streets named after Dutch Golden Age figures, including J.P. Coen, whose legacy involves both leadership and crimes in the Dutch East Indies. This walking route aims to increase awareness of the Dutch colonial past by presenting the complex histories behind these street names.
Articles on WLC
Schiphol turns 690-meter construction zone into Netherlands’ longest street art mural | NL Times
A 690-meter street art installation has opened inside Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, turning a construction area in a transit corridor into a continuous mural that organizers describe as the longest ever created in the Netherlands.The project, called “Time Lines,” was launched during ongoing renovation work in the airport’s transit space. It is a collaboration between experiential
• Rembrandt’s Amsterdam – walking the Amstel River 750 years after the city’s birth | Amsterdam holidays | The Guardian
To celebrate this significant milestone, our writer follows the flow of the artist’s inspiration, taking in sights that would have been familiar to the Old Master Source: Rembrandt’s Amsterdam – walking the Amstel River 750 years after the city’s birth | Amsterdam holidays | The Guardian
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The colonial exploitation of capitalism
Back in 2018, I visited the lovely town of Olinda in northern Brazil. It's popular with tourists, mostly Brazilian, and when my wife and I were admiring the town's facades, a man walked from around the corner and started talking to us, assuming we were Brazilian tourists. He was a tour guide and wanted to sell his services, and one of the very first things he said was "Oh, if only the Dutch had stayed, Brazil would be so much better off, today".
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Art, “walking through clouds” to look at the world from above – ilSole24ORE
“Walking through clouds” in The Hague, or admiring daily objects elevated to artworks: shows in the Netherlands to enjoy before summer ends. Source: Art, “walking through clouds” to look at the world from above – ilSole24ORE
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Interview with Esther Polak
As part of the release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (pre-orders now open for softcover shipping in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My 25th interview in this […]
Random acts of kindness versus random acts of violence
It was the first day that was longer than the night. Yesterday it counted 11 hours, 59 minutes and 12 seconds. Today the sun rose at 6.58 and set at 19.00. I watched it appear. Then read Rebecca Solnit. “I am, we each are, the inmost of an endless seri...
Next steps (a walk to the COP 26, 2020)
“Some people would rather have wings but we don’t, we have feet. We were born to walk. Scientists say that walking gave us our brain capacity, walking turned us into the human beings we are. Walking made it possible for us to have the desire to fly and...
a soft armour