Sound Walk September Open Call

Running throughout the month of September, Sound Walk September (SWS) is a global community event, celebrating outdoor audio, geo-located, immersive performances, sound walks and audio-enhanced walking pieces, and is coordinated by walk · listen · create.

A soundwalk, or walking piece, is any walk that focuses on listening to the environment, with, or without, use of technology, or adds to the experience through the use of sound or voice. This can include a scripted or choreographed score or work that has additional audio elements.

Background

During Sound Walk September we encourage, host, and organize events related to sound walking, complemented with curated activities throughout the world.

walk · listen · create maintains a public archive of walking pieces and events.
Sound Walk September facilitates a worldwide network of creatives, institutions and museums to share practices and knowledge around sound walks and walking pieces, by inviting and involving individuals and institutions as partners of SWS as a platform for sharing practices and knowledge.
Sound Walk September brings together a collaborative resource of educative materials, that will be available to the public, allowing broad groups of people to create their own sound walks.

Sound Walk September runs, every year, from September 1 until September 30.

Open call

We call on the creation of sound walks and walking pieces. We invite all interested in exploring the impact and possibilities of sound walking to submit existing and new work.

We call for the submission of existing and new sound walks and walking pieces via the on-line form here. Successful submissions will be included in our online directory of walking pieces.
We call for the creation of events connected to walking pieces or soundwalks, to be realized during Sound Walk September, to be submitted here. Successful submissions will be included in our online directory of events.
We call for the organization of soundwalk and walking piece related workshops around the world, to be realized during Sound Walk September. Contact us for details.

Eligibility

Open to everyone for instance: creatives, artists, sound artists, musicians, poets, architects, performers, designers, anthropologists, writers, health and wellness professionals, cultural and social professionals, educators, teachers, students, those interested to explore the impact and possibilities of sound walking.

To be considered for the Sound Walk September Awards, every new soundwalk created after September 30, the previous year, is eligible.

Deadline

To be considered for inclusion in our media releases, submissions should be made before August 1.

Support

Sound Walk September is brought together by a core group contributing their time and experience voluntarily. We are looking at ways of making Sound Walk September financially sustainable, including grant applications, sponsorship and donations in kind through partnerships with institutions.

Declaration on submission

Entrants declare that the work submitted is their own and that its rights have not been transferred to third parties. Entrants assume all liability for any claim or demand by third parties, administrative, judicial or of other nature, concerning intellectual property or rights of the submitted work. Submission implies that entrants hold all necessary rights to perform and publish the entered work, and are authorized to grant and does grant said rights to walk · listen · create, for exhibition and publication by walk · listen · create.

Entrants grant the sound clips of their work, for promotional purposes of Sound Walk September, to be broadcast in any media, and the publications of the submitted images, in online or print form. This rights assignment to Sound Walk September will not imply, for the entrant, in any form whatsoever, loss of copyright of the submitted work.

Safety is of the utmost importance. Please do not suggest routes that are hazardous or include commentary that is defamatory or misleading.