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
Finding a Place: creative-critical wanderings in landscape with Anna Burton
Our next event: 2024-05-15 18:00
Researcher and author Dr Anna Burton who has researched and written extensively about trees and how they have influenced the way we write about them; is the guest of Shani Cadwallender and Amelia Hodsdon, our writers in residence.
Stories from your neck of the woods
Announcing the winners of the Neighbourhood Narratives non-fiction writing competition.
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.
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Walking Piece SWS23
Headford Lace Trail
The Headford Lace Trail mixes documentary, historical drama and *lace-powered time travel* to take listeners on an immersive adventure through Headford's nearly forgotten lacemaking heritage.
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Walking Piece Marŝarto23
Wheels Off
At a geographic and geologic boundary, hikers symbolically disable their vehicles. The rubber wheels are then used to first draw, then erase, a mountain snowcap or glacier. Melting “waters” tumble joyously downhill.
Walking Piece SWS22
Walking in Solidarity
A walk in search of an emplacement, a still-point, safety
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