Video recording of a WALC Café hosted by Clare Qualmann with guest Eléonore Ozanne discussing Women walking, The city, At night. A performance series in the form of collective walks between women. It was began by Eléonore Ozanne in Seville, Spain in September 2022 on the night of the ‘Harvest Moon’, and has subsequently taken place in 11 cities across Spain. Watch the video to find out how you can get involved!
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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Thank you, that was great. Thanks to Eleonore and Clare (and the EU and Andrew!) I am the contact person for Walking by Moonlight in Edinburgh on Sep 18, so if you’d like to walk here with us, please do contact me (tamsinlgrainger@gmail.com).
I was very disappointed not to be there on the night. Is there a record of the chat that I can download, please? Tamsin