Geert Vermeire offers a snapshot of two elements of his 20-year art and walking practice: _Urban Emptiness_ and _Made of Walking_. _Urban Emptiness_ is a collaboration between artists, dancers, architects, and researchers that engage communities Brussels, Athens, Nicosia, New York, and Tirana and explores the hidden, imaginary, empty, and silent sides of the city, through critical and utopian lenses. _Made of Walking_ is an initiative that brings together walking artists and walking experts in rural environments with deep pilgrimage routes (Delphi, villages on the Way of Santiago, etc.) to explore how perception changes the landscape, revealing qualities and potentials of place. [Photo: Berenice Zambrano/Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkolina/15291500018 "urban walking")