For many years Sonia has been adopting and adapting walking as a creative method. She has led public and invited walks and walkshops, written academic papers and presented at conferences on walking and writing. Sonia is a member of the Walking Artists Network, the founder of the Women Who Walk network for walking creatives and academics, and one of the organising committee for the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography (4WCoP).
Sonia’s limited edition ‘Drift Deck’ is a deck of cards for use by psychogeographers and those interested in walking creatively. She is the creator of #DistanceDrift, an online walking project now taking place on the first Sunday of the month on Bluesky. Sonia also makes and uses labyrinths for ‘contained’ walking.
interview: BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking feature, 'O what we ben!' project (iPlayer)
interview: RTE Radio Inside Culture feature, Mishtory Tours (SoundCloud)
Sonia has created numerous walks and psychogeographical projects for festivals and organisations, including the Being Human Festival of Humanities, 4WCoP, Wealden Literary Festival, and English Heritage sites.
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