MultiWalks | award-winning artist-led digital walks around European cities
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MultiWalks is part of a larger ReWalk Europe project developed by UK-based arts organisation motiroti. ReWalk Europe was one of 12 winners of the EU @diversity Awards covering four categories: 'make culture', 'spread culture', 'access culture', and 'young culture'. The EU-funded pilot project '@diversity: innovative ideas for the cultural and creative sectors in Europe' was implemented by the European Commission in 2013. The @diversity Idea Competition inspired more than 660 individuals and institutions from all EU Member States to get involved. More than 250 ideas were put forward for the competition.
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The free MultiWalks app has been created by artists from a cross-section of generations, locations and cultural backgrounds – revealing different characters, voices and histories of lesser-known neighbourhoods in London, Oslo and Reggio Emilia. The themed MultiWalks tours explore the creative potential that is brought to European cities when people migrate between different locations – opening up new opportunities and perspectives.
Uncovering invisible stories and hidden treasures at every turn, the walks can be experienced from anywhere in the world, and ‘on location’ – walkers can follow their GPS-enabled progress across an artist’s map of the area, and use the app to spur interactions with the people and places around them.
Created in partnership between award-winning arts company motiroti (UK), Centro Interculturale Mondinsieme (Italy) and Oslo Intercultural Museum (Norway), with technology support from Do Tank Studios, the launch version of MultiWalks includes two walks: Food 4 Thought, a culinary walk through Waterloo in London by Ali Zaidi; and Between Faces, a walk through Oslo by Shwan Dler Qaradaki. Further walks of the cities will be available shortly.
Thumbnail/carousel image: Still from 'In Her Footsteps' by Margarida Paiva (MultiWalk - Oslo)
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