Hitting the streets: inspiration for walkers
The days are getting longer as we approach midsummer, a time in the ancient world when the boundaries between the human and spirit realms were thought to blur, when spirits and fairies could contact humans, and humans could exceed their usual limitations. It’s also the perfect time to go exploring on foot, so here's some inspiration to get your walking shoes on:
Podcast Alert: Why not listen to the latest Talking Walking episode featuring WLC’s Andrew Stuck chatting to Greek dramaturg Anasthasia Polychronidou. They discuss a summertime Walking Art Encounter in Prespes, Greece, and delve into the unique challenges women face and the perspectives they gain by walking in public spaces.
Women on the Move: Dive deeper into the theme of women walking with our recent Walking Writers Salon guest Kerri Andrews’s book Way Makers. The follow-up to her bestseller Wanderers, this anthology showcases women's writing about walking across the centuries, from poetry and novels to diaries. It explores walking as a source of creativity, a way to navigate emotions, and a sometimes-complicated activity for women, tinged with adventure and danger.
Born to Walk: For more on this theme, grab a copy of Windswept by Annabel Abbs. This book is a great blend of memoir, travelogue, and history. Abbs weaves her own experiences with those of six extraordinary women who felt who felt the need for wilderness and discovered power and defiance in walking.
Calling All Writers and Sound Artists!
Feeling inspired? We have two exciting competitions for you:
Walking Together: Submit your poems or stories (250 words or less) to our annual fiction writing competition for your chance to be part of our fourth Walking anthology! The theme is Walking Together - open to your interpretation. Cash prizes and artworks up for grabs!
Sound Walk September Awards: This one’s for creatives of all kinds! Get ready for the September Sound Walk Awards, celebrating the art of audio walks and listening. Open to everyone! Create audio walks and win prizes up to 1000 euros.
Go forth Pilgrim: Check out our website for more upcoming events, including Oliver Smith discussing his new book On This Holy Island, a tale of modern pilgrimage across Britain’s sacred landscapes, from remote sea caves to Neolithic tombs. 16 July.
We hope we’ve given you some motivation to get walking and creating!
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2024-06-09 12:00
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See London from a new perspective, viewed from its many parks and green spaces. Keep reading
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2024-06-13 13:00
· Frederiksplein, 1017 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2024-06-15 12:00
· Cullinanplein 1, Amsterdam, Nederland
Invitation to the presentation of the brand new audio app TRACKS on 15 June at 2pm at CC Amstel in Amsterdam. Keep reading
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2024-06-18 14:00
· Northey Island, Maldon, UK
Artist Sara Hayes and a guest artist will guide you along Northey Island, investigating its environmental importance and some of the measures taken to protect it. Keep reading
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20 - 21 Jun, 2024
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The seasons move on and it will soon be Solstice, so here’s a provocation for you: 'Walking towards the Light’
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2024-06-22 15:00
· 75 Great Lawn Oval, New York, NY 10024, USA
Trace more than four centuries of life and death in NYC on a tour of Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown (led by Death in... Keep reading
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2024-06-22 18:00
· 5545 Avenue de Gaspé, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ici et Là | Here and Now is an immersive audio installation that is experienced with the ECHOES sound mapping device for smartphone Keep reading
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22 Jun - 6 Jul, 2024
· Leytonstone Library, Church Lane, London, UK
Experience Graeme Miller’s sound walk/radio installation LINKED Keep reading
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From our network
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Are the places we live and work so uninhabitable, so disconnected from the natural world, that our only option is to reproduce sounds that keep us sane and healthy?... Keep reading
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Day 344 - Therapeutic and 4.2 km drawing. Keep reading
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Day 343 - Fossilized and 5.6 km drawing. Keep reading
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A participatory event in front of Granton Station using structured improvisation as part of the Granton Gastower art commission design Keep reading
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Three new poems, recently shared on Twitter as part of Black Bough Poetry’s #toptweettuesday Brussels to Bruges Considered through train carriage windows, agitated... Keep reading
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For the 2024 Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography (of which I also curate) I created a mobile psychogeographer and adventure. The psychogeographer looks at the wo... Keep reading
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Day 342 - Research and 3.3 km drawing.Africanized and 1.4 km drawing. Keep reading
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Stuff we found
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At Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk, downtown galleries unveil new exhibits each month and offer a chance to explore the local art scene. Between noon and 8 p.m. ... Keep reading
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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 his... Keep reading
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