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Mountains of Hope

Traces of Civilization - day 2
Halujärventie, Espoo, Finland
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mountains

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Philosophy

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Solidarity

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Frédéric Gros
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Big Sky Country, Walking Art

A few years ago, a group of Australian walking artists came together to form the appropriately named Australian Walking Artists. Going from strength to strength, they recently published a book, Australian Walking Artists, Volume 1 24/25, highlighting work by the members of their organisation. One of the group’s founders, and president, Molly Wagner, wrote an

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Longest Walk

Created in response to the militarization of public space during the 2016 RNC, this installation draws on feminist histories and solidarity networks, merging Angela Davis Fegan’s prints with collective female-led actions and layered video archives.

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… ear to the river …

A soundwalk along the Garbet at Aulus-les-Bains. From downstream to upstream… and back.

Amy Beeston
Sub-collection

mountains

Sub-collection · 36 items

Philosophy

Collection · 11 items
Sub-collection

Solidarity

Sub-collection · 10 items

Related

book

A Philosophy of Walking

By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history … The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no history, it is just an eddy in the stream of immemorial life. In A Philosophy of Walking, a

Frédéric Gros
post

Big Sky Country, Walking Art

A few years ago, a group of Australian walking artists came together to form the appropriately named Australian Walking Artists. Going from strength to strength, they recently published a book, Australian Walking Artists, Volume 1 24/25, highlighting work by the members of their organisation. One of the group’s founders, and president, Molly Wagner, wrote an

Molly Wagner
Walking piece

Longest Walk

Created in response to the militarization of public space during the 2016 RNC, this installation draws on feminist histories and solidarity networks, merging Angela Davis Fegan’s prints with collective female-led actions and layered video archives.

Megan Young
Sound walk

… ear to the river …

A soundwalk along the Garbet at Aulus-les-Bains. From downstream to upstream… and back.

Amy Beeston
Walking piece
I walk along the local village road in my home town (Espoo, Finland). I walked the same road as a child. The village road is still the same. Simultaneously it is different. As I am the same. But different.

Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope, 3 April – 3 May 2026.

We walk together in solidarity – wherever we are in the world

As we walk we respond to the five questions at the heart of the project, first posed by philosopher Bertrand Russell and revisited by historian Rutger Bregman:

  • Who are we?
  • Where did we come from?
  • Where are we going?
  • How should we live?
  • What is sacred?

Credits

https://www.lebanontrail.org/home
https://kinetika.co.uk/portfolio/mountains-of-hope?mc_cid=93f305de16&mc_eid=262c97efb1

APA style reference

Backstrom, P. (2026). Mountains of Hope. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/mountains-of-hope/

mooching (around)

To loiter or walk aimlessly.

Added by Janette Kerr
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