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Onlanden – Thoughts on NO land / Verhalen van Niks

Onlanden
Natuurgebied De Onlanden, Drentsedijk, Peize, Netherlands
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Nederlands/Dutch

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A soundwalk through the nature reserve the Onlanden in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands

The Onlanden is a nature reserve in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. Thoughts on NO land is a GPS-guided walk through the reserve with mini podcasts at ten locations. This soundwalk can be accessed for free via the echoes.xyz app.

Each of the ten stories lasts about one minute and is accompanied by ambient sound and music. You can also do the soundwalk by bike. The seven-kilometre route is part of the Inhale/Exhale project by Into Nature, Kunst & Cultuur and kuunst.nu.


De Onlanden is een natuurgebied in Drenthe, Nederland. Verhalen van Niks is een gps-gestuurde wandeling door de Onlanden met op tien locaties een mini-podcast. De soundwalk is gratis te beluisteren via de app echoes.xyz.

De tien verhalen duren elk ongeveer 1 minuut. Je hoort een gesproken tekst met muziek en soms ondersteunend geluid uit de omgeving. Steeds gaat het over een – meestal heel gewone – ervaring van het gebied. Deze gps-gestuurde fiets- en wandelroute, van ongeveer zeven kilometer, naar ‘Plaatsen van Niks’ is onderdeel van Inhale/Exhale, een project van Into Nature, Stichting Kunst & Cultuur en kuunst.nu
Alle teksten zijn van Peter Veen. Meer teksten lees je in de uitgave ‘Onlanden in 52 alinea’s en 52 noten.’ Achtergrondgeluiden zijn opgenomen in in het gebied. Alle muziek is met ai gegenereerd via udio.com.

Excerpt (English)

CC-BY-NC: Peter Veen

Fragment (Nederlands)

CC-BY-NC: Peter Veen

Credits

Peter Veen: text, male voice, ambient sound
Narakeet.com: female voice
Udio.com: music

Peter Veen: tekst, stem, omgevingsgeluid
Narakeet.com: stem vrouw
Udio.com: muziek

APA style reference

Veen, P. (2025). Onlanden – Thoughts on NO land / Verhalen van Niks. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/onlanden-verhalen-van-niks/

pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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