A glimpse of the little audio-visual experiment “OPUS #4 Walking for Life” we shared in the heart of Psarades, within the WAC25, a Walking Arts Encounter situated at the tense crossroads of Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia. First you listen to « migrants » those who, now, today, close by, are fleeing on foot—from war, from famine, from climate collapse. « The volunteers » are walking with them from dawn to dusk, carrying water across deserts, offering care, and keeping hope alive. Then you participate in a circular walking ritual bringing symbolic hope and resilience. In this final sequence, the performer’s footsteps punctuate a poet’s words. A poem is born from walking.
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Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe, starting in January 2024 for four years. With seven partners from five countries, WALC establishes an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, in Prespa, Greece, at the border with Albania and North Macedonia, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts.
WALC builds on the previous work of hundreds of artists and researchers already practicing Walking Arts as a collaborative medium, and having met at the significant previous walking arts events and encounters in Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, and during online activities at walk · listen · create.
We acknowledge the support of the EU Creative Europe Cooperation grant program in the framework of the European project WALC (Walking Arts and Local Community).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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