Christopher Kaczmarek hosted a walkshop at WAC25 called Drawing Cartographies of Perception, exploring the personal and subjective nature of navigation and cartography and the diverse ways people perceive and move through space.His work is shortlisted for the Marŝarto Awards 2025. Below, he reflects on the piece. A map is never a place. It is a translation, an abstraction,

For the upcoming WALCafé dedicated to Walking Art & Mental Health on October 28th, following a presentation of my current stage of research at WAC25 International Encounters, I would like to share some words and images to contextualize my artistic practice. My research centres on linking the imaginary of walking with certain procedures in psychiatric practice—usually associated with