We are happy and excited to announce the creation of the Marŝarto Awards, recognising walking art from all over the world.

We’re pleased to announce the outstanding pieces that make up the shortlist of the Sound Walk September Awards 2022.

Not only have we made it into 2022, we are also very pleased to announce the winners and honourable mentions of the Sound Walk September Awards 2021.

We are looking for partners to establish a Climate Sound Walk Award; an extension of the existing Sound Walk September Awards.

We’re very pleased to announce the winners and honourable mentions of the Sound Walk September 2020 Awards.

Stefaan van Biesen revisits a walk he shared decades ago, reflecting on change, as well as the lack of change.

Laura Mitchison captured the history of two hospitals closing down through the soundscapes they carried throughout their histories.

Karen O’Rourke created a sound walk with a focus on Third Ward in Houston, renowned for its mix of cutting-edge art and community action.

Emma Welton creates hand-drawn illustrated maps as a kind of graphic scores, capturing the sounds of her environment, creating short walks where participants experience new and familiar sounds in different ways.

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and the UK talk about their experience in Ella Parry-Davies’ piece ‘Home Makers’, to be listened to in select locations in London and Lebanon, creating a mix of intimacy, while showing the limits of identification and solidarity.

Irena Pivka and Brane Zorman discuss their sound walk Sandbox, a meditative experience, a training in mindfulness and encouragement to critically think about our individual experience and environment.

Carina Pesch talks about her album “The Ears May Travel”, created as a reflection on the challenge of travel during COVID.

Viv Corringham walks with people and then ‘sings’ their route. Under lockdown, she did this remotely.

Martin P Eccles reflects on his 42 walks during British lockdown, creating an island of experience with his house at the center.

Elspeth Penfold discusses the background to her shortlisted A different LENS, around the ideas of psychogeography, disruption, and the Long Table.

A brief introduction to the history of Greenwich Village, as featured in the sound walk ‘The Last Eccentrics of Greenwich Village’.

Richard White talks about his work ‘Walking the Names, highlighting the deaths of thousands who died in poverty in the Bath Union Workhouse, between 1858 and 1899.

Carlos Queiroz discusses the background to his work “Seeing from hearing while walking”, one of the shortlisted pieces of the SWS20 Awards.

After a very successful Sound Walk September 2020, we’re very excited to announce this year’s shortlist for the winners of the Sound Walk September 2020 Awards.