We are keen to hear from attendees and participants of this year’s Prespa Encounter – were you there? What were your highlights and how would you like the Encounter to evolve? If you have been to a previous Encounter in Prespa, but were unlucky enough not to be there earlier this month, we would still like to hear about the highlights and memories you have too.
Was it meeting old friends, meeting new friends, discovering new ways of making walking art, testing out a work-in-progress, building connections, sharing knowledge, developing trust or was it merely the scenery or the affordable booze?
Guided by Yannis Ziogas and Geert Vermeire the co-Artistic Directors, with more than 120 walking art submissions, the Prespa Encounters 2025 in July was a logistical challenge tackled by Aspasia Voudouri and colleagues from the University of Western Macedonia and the local community. The key challenge now is how to foster and grow the exchanges and inspiration that the Encounter generated – we are open to your suggestions.
The proposed theme of the Prespa Encounter 2027 “7 plus 7 Places to Walk” will be presented. The University of Western Macedonia and the Prespa Encounter Organising Committee are looking forward to the initiation of the participatory process that will lead to the 2027 Encounter in Prespa.
Download the text with the concept of the participatory process below.
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The co-funded EU Walking Arts and Local Communities (WALC) project offers an opportunity for public scrutiny of the project, by running bi-monthly free “Confluence events”, in which project partners come together to present how the aspect of the project for which they are responsible is progressing.