Feet [60 sec. radio]

A personal reflection on bodies, loss, and the things we do without thinking. Starting from an everyday habit, walking barefoot at home, the narration moves toward a family story that reframes everything that came before it. 

Quiet, direct, and with somewhere unexpected to go.

This piece was created for 60 Sec Radio, an international radio art competition and broadcast platform founded by Boris Chassagne, launched annually on February 13 (UNESCO World Radio Day). The sole constraint: works must be exactly 60 seconds. Over its 11 editions it has gathered more than 2,000 works from artists in 74 countries working in 30+ languages, distributed to roughly 50 FM, DAB, and web radio stations across the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, plus festivals and public events.

Here you can listen to the 2026 winners and to all the other entries.

Photo by Alef Morais on Unsplash

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Personal circumstances have brought me to reflect on

the fact that having any part of the

body intact, but in this case the feet,

is not something to be taken for granted.

I live with my feet and I do

lots of things with my feet.

They keep me grounded.

And the first thing that I do when

I come home, even in winter, is to

take my shoes and my socks off and

to walk barefoot.

My mum didn't like it when I walked

barefoot as a child, maybe because as a

child she went barefoot because she was poor.

Now my mum has lots of shoes, but

she underwent a double transfemoral amputation.

Do not take your feet for granted.