Pin your ears back and take a few steps on #Sound Walk Sunday - celebrating 'walking pieces' from around the worldGoing out for a stroll on a Sunday has just become a lot more intriguing, as more than 50 artists, composers and producers from around the world have created walks in which listening is the primary sense. We are celebratingSound Walk Sunday on Sunday 27 August creating opportunities for the public to take a Sunday stroll with a difference.
You can simply sit back and listen to many of the “walking pieces” but we want to entice you outdoors. You can choose to take headphones to listen to composed walks or simply pin back your ears to listen to your surroundings, and the noises you make yourself while walking.
You can be a time traveller to discover 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history, bang your own drum and follow its echo, follow the antics of two feuding brothers through 19th Century Bristol, listen to the sounds of the coastal region of Queensland, or a river in Serbia or north west Canada.
There are group walks taking place too, so you can try out a walking piece and meet the artist, composer or producer in person. In London there’s an audio tour of Britpop Camden and a walk in which you are invited to tap dance your way around the Paddington Basin, with other live events taking place in Nevada, USA and and Whitehorse in north west Canada.
As many as 40 artists and composers will be offering group walking pieces and listening experiences at the Made of Walking Festival at La Romieu in southern France from the 27th August to the 1st September.
However, there are dozens of other walking pieces you can try out on your own or with friends, some specific to a location and more than half a dozen that can be tried anywhere. Artists and producers have been submitting their own work and recommending “walking pieces” created by others, and there’s a handy directory listing more than 60 walks and an on-line map map offering a wide variety of walks for people to try out on Sound Walk Sunday.
All are listed in our directory here
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