Absorb Ensemble is a walkshop that invites you on a playful and immersive walking journey where movement, imagination and storytelling come together. Through gentle somatic practices, creative games and collective writing, you’ll discover new ways of sensing yourself, connecting with others and experiencing the places you walk through.
The walkshop begins by slowing down and tuning into your body through simple somatic exercises that quiet the mind and awaken the senses. From this grounded state, participants step into an unfolding adventure of chance and imagination, using a deck of playing cards to adopt unexpected roles and engage creatively with their surroundings. The experience culminates in a collective creative writing session, where individual encounters are woven together into a shared tapestry of stories.
Rather than searching for the “right” way to walk or write, this is an invitation to explore curiosity, presence and play. Together we move from the inner landscape to the collective imagination, discovering how our personal perceptions shape—and are shaped by—the world around us.
What will you gain?
Practical somatic techniques to quiet mental noise and cultivate presence.
New ways of connecting body, imagination and place.
Greater awareness of the relationship between your inner experience and the environment.
Tools for creative expression through movement, play and collective storytelling.
A shared experience that fosters connection, reflection and a renewed sense of agency in how you respond to the world around you.
Information and free registration : madeofwalking@themilena.com
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.
| Mary Marinopoulou |
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