The recent protests in Serbia and Greece in part started as the expression of collected grief over railway disasters. The resulting marches not only represented deep discontent with the actions of the respective governments, they were also expressions of solidarity and resistance.
For many, walking is not only as an artistic practice, but also a deeply political act. We are truly living in interesting times, and in the light of the many powerful protests unfolding around the world, we are inspired by the collective energy of people gathering in the public space, expressing solidarity, resistance, and, dare way say, hope.
Join us for a powerful evening, part walk, part reflection, part testimony, as we explore how walking becomes a tool for communal grief, solidarity and resistance in response to human tragedy.
This online café will explore the intersection of walking arts and political marches, a collective listening and conversation featuring influential walking artists whose work delves into social justice, environmental grief, and embodied storytelling.
Nohad ElHajj is an independent researcher whose work bridges art, politics, and social change. With a background spanning Lebanon, South Africa, Scotland, and Kuwait, she harnesses walking and participatory processes as platforms for dialogue, human rights narratives, and community partnership building.
Marta Moreno Muñoz, fresh from returning from the Global March to Gaza, and creator of the trans-European performance-walk 2020: The Walk, brings her practice of walking as climate activism, having led long-distance mobile testimonies for Extinction Rebellion. Marta channels collective responsibility through embodied route-making and accountability in public space.
Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman is a multidisciplinary artist‑walker whose projects mobilize urban geographies to hold memories of violence, displacement, and social rupture. His walking interventions act as living archives, mapping intergenerational grief across architecture and history.
Tom Jeffreys is a writer and editor predominantly covering contemporary art and culture, with a particular interest in work that engages with ecological concerns. His books include Signal Failure and Walking, and he recently co-organised The Edinburgh Walk for Gaza.
Our moderators are Babak Fakhamzadeh and Mary Marinopoulou, who will guide our speakers and audience through reflections on how walking amplifies mourning, fosters solidarity, and stages creative resistance.
Walking is often perceived as a simple, everyday act. Yet in moments of crisis, grief, and injustice, it can become something far more profound; a means of reclaiming presence, of honoring loss, and of reaching across divides to form bonds of solidarity. In the face of environmental degradation, political violence, and historical erasure, walking can become an act of resistance: quiet, deliberate, and deeply embodied.
We will discuss practices that stretch the boundaries of art and activism. How solidarity can be enacted not just in words but through shared motion, and how resistance need not be loud to be powerful.
This café will be held in a horizontal format, an open conversation where speakers and participants will exchange stories, inspire each other, and reflect together.
Let’s walk, listen, and learn, across geographies and struggles.