Ecology, art and (agri)culture in the villages
Talks, performances, concerts, market, walk and much more
6th and 7th July 2012 in Hranice u Malče (Vysočina region)
FRIDAY JULY 6: Rural paradises?
The aim of the meeting of art organizations working in the rural context is to offer a new perspective of the countryside as a recourse and a place of work of artists and provide a platform for presentations of the projects, developed in rural spaces.
It takes place in the old cowhouse in Vysočina region (being in the process of re-building into a cultural centre), and freely follows the conference and exhibition On a different soil (Nov. 2011, Nová scéna in Prague), which circulated around the themes of city gardening, new approach to soil and natural processes in art.
The contributions should freely dissolve into performances, concerts and projections. The initiatives from the area of Železné hory (Iron Mountains) and its surrounding, as well as the international visitors will participate.
Our plan is to publish the map with the places of (not only) rural culture and art from Železné hory and Žďárské vrchy areas (and its surrounding), in cooperation with Artmap.cz.
The discussion will touch the relations between city and rural art contexts. Let’s have a look, what has happened with the old agricultural estates, former industrial zones, cinemas, cultural centres, barracks, farads/parishes, secularized churches. What sense and meaning did the rural art groups have in the past, and how they define their role nowadays? What are the new themes developed outside of established centers of art? And why should the rural space be a good place for art anyway?
SATURDAY JULY 7: From art to farm products and back
A small market of local products and flee market will take place on the courtyard of the old cowhouse. You will have an opportunity to test the food, created on spot from these. Apparently, the city people eat more products from farms than villagers (likewise, bees often collect more honey in big cities). The popularity of farmers’ markets in cities is growing. It is just about the time for the farm products to come back to the village yard as well. At the same time, you will have chance to bring something from your yard, and offer it to the others, or exchange it for something from the other yard…
In the afternoon we set forth for a walk, stopping at several places in the neighborhood. We will come to St. Kunhuta church in Polom, where an additional program in cooperation with Polom NGO will take place.
You can take a bike with you (or not)!