Not sure that the title is an oxymoron as you can take any podcast on a walk, however what we’ve picked out here are the seven that we think provide the most entertainment and that have an insight into why walking is such a delight. Early next year, we will be celebrating the 15th year […]
Earlier in the year, on our sister walk · listen · create website, we ran a writing competition in which we asked people to submit poetry and prose of 250 words or under the theme of the “Walking Home” – the theme was chosen by our writers-in-residence Lydia Kennaway and Claudia Zeiske and we had […]
The Museum of Walking is 15 years old… In 2007 we were lucky to be included in a walking an art residency took place in Banff in the Canadian Rockies. Our proposal was to create a museum of walking to showcase new works and to share the work of walking artists. The Banff experience was […]
Back in autumn 2016 we collaborated with NG Bristow and Ian Thompson to create a monthly Sound Salon inviting anyone interested in composing sound walks and outdoor sound pieces: one month we met at the Mitre in Greenwich, the second month we tried to do some field recording, and the third month we would join […]
This week the winners and honourable mentions in the Sound Walk September 2021 Awards were announced. Chosen by a jury made up of Advisory Board members, from the shortlist of 13 pieces they whittled it down to two winners and two honourable mentions. The winners of the 2021 Sound Walk September Awards are both based […]
This is a BIG shout out for anyone passionate about walking – the joy it brings, its sociability, and how its sparks our creativity. Half the year gone but so much more to look forward to! Hip, Hip, Hooray We have been collaborating with Babak Fakhamzadeh and Geert Vermeire for a few years now, and […]
Next month sees the launch of Shorelines, a collaborative project, focussed on the dividing line between land and water, hosted on our sister site Walk Listen Create. We invite new writing to be submitted, and in turn, for these works to be read aloud and recorded. This is our tentative first step towards encouraging writing and […]
Back in February when we began planning Sound Walk Sunday, (Sunday 1 September) little did we envisage how it would grow in popularity, although we did consider defining the Festival period as a few days either side of Sunday 1 September. By June, with an invitation from the British Library to run an event on […]
We’ve been working with some great partners and co-creators in the last few weeks to bring together Sound Walk Sunday / September One such partner has been George Fort from Placecloud app – the app that allows you to record your opinions of a place, building, park, river or even a tree and have your […]
‘Midamble‘ was the title of a long form poem by Peter Jaeger whom we first encountered at Made of Walking at La Romieu, in south west France in 2017. Made of Walking was the host to a number of live events that launched Sound Walk Sunday 2017. So it was a delight that we had […]
