Will you be sending cards this Christmas?
In the UK red post boxes are commonplace in towns and in the countryside, and can often be found on roadside verges, or embedded in a stone walls, and you may also find many in its former colonies. In the next three weeks, they will become popular destinations for many of us, as we walk (or run) to catch the post. Clearly, they are no longer as popular as they were, as more and more people forego the task of purchasing cards for the holiday season, let alone handwriting messages to family and friends.
If you happen to be in London's Oxford Street, the post boxes along the street will apparently be singing festive songs - you will have to post a letter to trigger the song however!
For our next Café on Tuesday, our guest is Claudia Zeiske, who posted a post card every day on her Slow Coast 500 walk earlier this year. She stepped out on what turned out to be a 700 mile walk along the North Sea coast of Scotland, from Dunnet Head to Berwick-upon-Tweed - join us to find out why she made the trek and what she encountered along the way. I am fascinated to know how easy it was to find a post box in rural Scotland...did she have to stage the photograph in our featured image above?
We will soon be learning, which walking pieces have made the shortlist for the inaugural Marŝarto Award, but we are hoping you are enjoying listening to the Sound Walk September shortlisted pieces. The creators of which are invited to post a blog piece in which they tell us more about the making of their sound walk, two of the most recent posts include Ed Coulson's research into surviving the Great Famine through lacemaking, and Sophie Austin's F for Farnham in which she spooks us with some ghostly residents of this ancient town in Surrey.
|
Co-founder of walk · listen · create
|
|
|
Supported by:
Echoes
ECHOES specialises in geolocative audio. Our free platform allows creators to make and publish incredible GPS-triggered walking experiences. We also create apps which focus on sound and location, like The Royal Parks and The Royal Academy’s collaborative ‘Music for Trees’ app.
|
Free for supporting members, open to everyone
|
2023-12-05 19:00 UTC
· Online
Claudia Zeiske’s Slow Coast 500 was a long-distance walk from Dunnet Head to Berwick-upon-Tweed along the entire coast of the North Sea in Scotland. Keep reading
|
Support walk · listen · create
walk · listen · create is a member-supported organisation. If you like what we do, and want to see more of it, please become a supporting member.
You will be facilitating a more sustainable organisation and you will contribute to larger prizes for both the SWS and Marŝarto awards. And, as a supporting member, you get free access to our online cafés.
Support us from 5 euros per month. It’s even a bit cheaper if you commit for a whole year. Check out the details.
New walking pieces
|
My rule for this project is to take a walk on the first Monday of each month in 2023, wherever I happen to be.
This month I walked to and through MOMA- the Museum ... Keep reading
|
Upcoming events
|
2023-12-05 19:00 UTC
· Online
Claudia Zeiske’s Slow Coast 500 was a long-distance walk from Dunnet Head to Berwick-upon-Tweed along the entire coast of the North Sea in Scotland. Keep reading
|
|
2023-12-08 14:30 UTC
· Thiseio, Athens, Greece
Join Elpida Trizi for a 2 hour in-person Street Wisdom Walkshop, meeting at Thision Subway Station, Downtown Athens (Google map here) on Friday 8th December 2023! S... Keep reading
|
|
2023-12-08 14:00 UTC
· Thiseio, Athens, Greece
Join Elpida Trizi for a 90 min in-person Street Wisdom Walkshop, meeting at Thision Subway Station, Downtown Athens (Google map here) on Friday 8th December 2023! S... Keep reading
|
From our network
|
1-ON-1 CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Go deeper, Get advice! Support for aspiring and professional choreographers to find your voice as artists! 1-ON-1 Choreograp... Keep reading
|
|
Choisir une grande place urbaine, aux espaces dégagés, ou un champs, stade ou autre endroits sans reliefs ni grands obstacles.Avec un groupe de vingt à trente perso... Keep reading
|
|
Les rapports de l’art et de l’environnement, vers l’écologie, voire l’écosophie, écosophie sonore* entre autre, ne sont pas toujours très nets, c’est le moins qu’on... Keep reading
|
|
Ed Coulson narrates the forgotten history of a craft industry – bobbin lace making – that was central to survival in Headford, Ireland, during the devastating famin... Keep reading
|
|
La marche écoutante, le PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible, sont des pratiques pour moi assez courantes, depuis de nombreuses annéesDans des lieux très différents, été c... Keep reading
|
|
Dans le cadre de Le Mans Sonore, l’Ecole Supérieure d’Arts et de Design – TALM Le Mans propose le colloque 𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 :𝘔𝘦́𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘹, 𝘌́𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘙𝘦́𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯... Keep reading
|
|
Sophie Austin's "F for Farnham" is an immersive, self-guided audio story walk that investigates Farnham’s most haunted locales in Surrey. The audio walk delves into... Keep reading
|
|
Écouter est, ou peut être un geste discret, parfois totalement inaperçu.Sciemment envisagé comme tel, en toute discrétion.Il n’est pas nécessaire de bousculer radic... Keep reading
|
|
This summer, I climbed every mountain in Ireland - 275 peaks in 50 days, 5 hours, and 45 minutes, taking 5 days off the previous record set by James Forrest. Since ... Keep reading
|
|
As part of the release of the hardcover/ e-book release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (softcover comes out in April!), I’m going to be publishing some br... Keep reading
|
|
Dear friends and beloved loiterers
It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and our final communal drift of 2023. To see the year out in style we will be guided by the word... Keep reading
|
Stuff we found
Follow us on social media
