About this Event
230623 - I still haven't read "The Passages" by Walter Benjamin
Exactly a year ago, Vreni Spieser took her last walk through the shopping galerias of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Exactly one year later, she is walking in the greenery of Zurich, listening to the birds; the scent of trees, grass and flowers.
For this walk she shares her memories, experiences and thoughts of Buenos Aires with you.
An attempt to create an archive of a certain architecture typology: The Galerias. Or to name them as the decaying tunnels and caves through the belly of a city.
Vreni Spieser
Vreni Spieser works mostly with installation and performance, often in relation to architecture, often in ways that are temporary or impermanent. A central theme is her interest in ornamentation, itself a product of migration, adaptation, and transformation. She works to create alternative spaces that can be read as a counter-position within our culture, where critical reflection on what already exists is possible and the imaginary of an alternative possible life can be realized.
The Walking Festival of Sound
Walking Festival of Sound is a transdisciplinary event exploring the role of walking through and listening to our everyday surroundings. It combines a number of free and public events including walking performances, walking seminars and listening sessions, all taking place in diverse public spaces and online. Walking Festival of Sound facilitates a meeting point for the international network of practitioners and researchers interested in sound and walking. Through diverse events we explore how walking and listening practices can augment and challenge the way we perceive, navigate through, and care for our shared environments. In 2019 the festival took place in two cities, Stockholm, Sweden and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. In April 2021, the festival moved to Krakow, Poland and Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2022, the festival visited Seoul, Korea and Vancouver, Canada. Zurich, Switzerland, is the festival's site in 2024.
The festival was founded and is directed by
Jacek Smolicki and Tim Shaw.
This years Walking Festival of Sound is supported by the Collegium Helveticum.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Drahtzugstrasse 5, 5 Drahtzugstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
GBP 0.00