Migrating from Sudan to Egypt and the Balkans. This video is a memory of the WALC Residence 2 at the Gigacircus Collective Lab in Villefagnan, France. During one week, exiled and local walking artists from all over the world connected through an interactive audiovisual “Bivouac” metaspace prototype beyond borders. It is a celebration of the cultural exchange from Sudan to the Balkans.
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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).
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