Festival for nature art in the vanished village of Holičky in the former Ralsko military area – ninth edition.
A land-art walk awaits you with Czech and German artists, the first cross-border Stone Balancing Championship with a master show, pantomime and puppet theater, stone workshops, and creative workshops.
Since 2016, the non-profit organization Geopark Ralsko has been regularly organizing land-art meetings in the landscape of vanished villages. Czech, Polish, and German artists meet here to create works together that bridge the history of the violent landscape change under Ralsko. At the festival, there is the opportunity to camp in designated areas.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
11:00 – Open-air vernissage – Land-art walk I with the artists
Presentation of the land-art works together with the creators and a site-specific performance.
Interactive performance inspired by the history of the location.
13:30 – Pantomime: Theater Kozel ve fraku / Absurdities (15:00–17:00 Pantomime workshop)
14:30 – Master show in stone balancing
15:00 – Fauler Lenz / Happy, sad, and wine-soaked songs from home and other lands
16:00 – Announcement of the winners in stone balancing
16:30 – Puppet theater Toy Machine / Czech Legends
17:30 – Open-air vernissage – Land-art walk II with music
Presentation of the land-art works with musical accompaniment by David Jakubec and a site-specific performance.
19:00 – Communal campfire, cozy get-together
THE FIRST CROSS-BORDER CZECH-GERMAN STONE BALANCING CHAMPIONSHIP
11:00 – 14:00 – Stone balancing workshop and competitions for the public
14:30 – 15:00 – Master show
15:30 – 15:45 – Stone balancing challenges
16:00 – 16:30 – Announcement of the results
CREATIVE "STONE" WORKSHOPS / 11:00–18:00
Stone masonry workshop / Tomáš Prát
Dry stone wall construction – reconstruction of the surrounding wall of the former chapel under the guidance of experts
Paleontology workshop / Michala Mydlářová and Petr Mužák
Agate grinding / Jan Had Mertlík
Slate jewelry making / SEV Sedmihorky
Garnet washing
Sound of the stones / Hannes Heyne
Printing workshop / Sebastian Hänel
SIDE PROGRAM
Remembering the place – Conversations with contemporary witnesses, audio and video recordings
Land-art trail – New works are marked, the trail is freely accessible
Creative games and workshops – Bead stringing, tower building
Chill-out zone in hammocks
ARTISTS AT THE FESTIVAL
Andreas Stegemann (D), Kerstin Stegemann (D), Ondřej Koudelka (CZ), Tereza Holá (CZ), Sebastian Hänel (D), Sascha Röhricht (D), Ruda Waypa Novák (CZ), Lala Podlacha (D), Pawel Korbus (PL), Hannes Heyne (D)
CATERING
Tea room and vegetarian menu, Sudetische Gaststätte, pastries
GETTING THERE
BY MINIBUS: Special festival line Mimoň–Osečná–Holičky
BY BICYCLE: Via cycle paths from Osečná, Náhlov, Hamr na Jezeře
BY CAR: Access from Osečná, parking on a meadow in the vanished village
