SWS Awards 2024
The original award discovering the best soundwalks from all over the world.
Up to €1000 for first prize!
Marŝarto Awards 2024
The first and only award recognising walking art from around the globe.
Up to €1000 for first prize!
This event is free for supporting members
From here to there seeking out lost paths with Jack Cornish
Our next event: 2024-05-07 18:00
Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales, however, there are several thousand that have been lost or barricaded over the years. Walking artists and activist, Jack Cornish has dedicated the last five years of his life to walking these forgotten routes.
Distant places, different memories
Writing competition shortlist announced.
We’re doubling the prize money for our awards
Thanks to you, we’ve reached the first goal of our membership program, which means that we are doubling the prize money for our walking arts awards, the Sound Walk September Awards, and the Marŝarto Awards.
Australian Walking Artists goes ‘Way Beyond’
Molly Wagner and Kim Goldsmith talk about the exhibition ‘Way Beyond’, currently running in Sydney, and hosting work from around 20 Australian walking artists.
WALC – a new future of walking arts
Walking Arts & Local Communities (WALC) is an artistic cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union, establishing an International Center for Artistic Research and Practice of Walking Arts, backed up by an online counterpart in the format of a digital platform for walking arts. The project leans strongly on involving local inhabitants, and on engaging with local activists.
5 misconceptions on walking art
I’ll be mostly preaching to the choir, here. Yet, I might also be giving you a helping hand when, the next time, you are asked what the point of this whole ‘walking art’ business is that you partake in. So, here are five misconceptions on walking art, with explanations as to why they are just
The winners of the Marŝarto23 are…
The winners of Marŝarto23 are Monique Besten and Alison Neighbour, both covering pertinent life questions which affect us all.
Exploring the motor city on foot
The collectives Jalan Gembiro, from Indonesia, and Walkspace, from the UK, came together to explore their cities, Yogyakarta and Birmingham, both primarily designed for cars, on foot.
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Walking Piece SWS23
Last Listener at the Mid Atlantic Frost Fair
Last Listener at the Mid Atlantic Frost Fair is a soundscape of a poem by Michael S Roberts, an English poet and polymath. It chronicles a mythical, dreamlike and almost hyperstitional journey of the poet and protagonist through a frozen world.
Walking Piece SWS22
Tayport in 2030 – a walking tour
Join a local resident to guide you around Tayport in 2030 and see, smell, hear and feel the future that could be if we do everything we possibly can to tackle climate and biodiversity crises, and create a fair future for all.
Walking Piece SWS22
Sorry, I Disappeared
Elle disappeared, again. Her brother, Kay, has traced her to Derby. He discovers the hidden messages she’s left him around the city, like an Easter egg hunt or trail of breadcrumbs.
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