Video recording of Walking Home / Walking in Transition the theme set for the next International Walking Arts Encounters in Prespa (WAC 25).
This WALC Café offers a closer look at what you can expect in July 2025 and zooms in on its themes, context, place, the call criteria and what is offered to interested participants.
The Prespa International Walking Arts Encounters brings together artists who walk in response to a world marked by profound pain, loss, displacement, and environmental crises. In a time of overwhelming uncertainties, walking art may seem futile, yet it offers a vital escape from habitual ways of thinking and acting-creating space for new possibilities.
Geert Vermeire and Yannis Ziogas, artistic coordinators, will talk about the artistic context and concepts behind the International Walking Arts Encounters in Prespa, and elaborate on what you can expect as a participant during the week-long event this summer.
Aspasia Voudouri, general coordinator of the organizing committee, will present Prespa a place and the organisational aspects of the event.
Anastasia Polychronidou (Greece) and Molly Wagner (Australia), who were at the previous encounters and will return in 2025, will share their experiences as participating artists.
Local residents Nikos Yannakis, biologist and former president of the Prespa National Park Management Organisation, and Thomas Manouris will talk about living in Prespa.