The Silent Walks

The Silent Walks create an unfiltered experience of landscape as art. Rather than seeing representations of landscape in a room or on a screen, far from the actual land depicted, viewers physically moved themselves through what they are observing. Contextualizing the Silent Walks as an artistic experience allowed participants to “turn on their art light.” They consider their sensory experience in a consciously aesthetic way. That is also the reason to walk in silence.

The Silent Walks consist of two main projects (so far): the year-long Silent Walks on the Half Moon at Storm King Mountain and, starting in 2021 and ongoing, Silent Walks at Black Rock Forest. In December 2022 and May 2023, The Silent Walks traveled to the River the Ridge Trail in New Paltz, NY. See photographs, videos and participant's comments through the links below, but remember, nothing compares to the actual experience.

The walk is the art.

Jackie Skrzynski

Jackie Skrzynski