In the Walking Arts and Local Communities (WALC) project, Nodes are our way of reaching further. They are collectives, organisations, and venues that bring the spirit of WALC into their own communities, linking local voices to the Prespa Encounters while extending the dialogue across Europe and beyond.

Nodes organise walks, workshops, artistic actions, and online exchanges that resonate with the themes of WALC— collective imagination, ecology, community and resilience. They embody our principle of decentralisation: strengthening fragile or overlooked contexts while connecting them to a wider international commons of walking arts.

This year, we are proud to welcome four inspiring Nodes:

• ReRouting (Germany): exploring walking as curatorial practice and urban-critical intervention.
• Berg Duo / Walking as Practice at BKN (Sweden): nurturing peer-learning in the Björkö archipelago through sound, walking, and dialogue.
• Creative Media for Social Change (Netherlands): developing participatory video and walk-along methods to amplify community voices.
• Collettivo Amigdala (Italy): reimagining peripheries through feminist, site-specific performance.

Our constellation grows further with Australian Walking Artists as an affiliate partner, bridging continents.

Together, these Nodes and partners ensure WALC remains polyphonic, vibrant, and rooted in both local realities and global conversations.