Descendants of Fungi: (NON-)HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

Programme of the Group I.: (NON-)HUMAN ENVIRONMENT within the third annual symposium in forest and meadow lands between the villages of Hnátnice and Písečná in the Orlické Mountains, 23 – 25.7.2021.

Group I: (NON-)HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

The working group will focus on the theme of ethology and environment for farmed and wild animals, domestication and feralisation. Designs and realisations will be created for several types of inter-species and non-human dwellings.

>> Friday 23. 7. <<
17:00-19:00 Lukáš Brabenec and Michaela Marešová: Preparation for the (non-)human environment workshop. Planning of Saturday’s and possibly also Sunday’s realisation of architecture and an environment for goats, sheep, insects, reptiles and possible also humans (joint conception, diagrams, schedule, division of labour etc.). / Michaela Marešová studied architecture at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and focuses on the issue of contemporary metropolises. She contributed to the production of the lecture series Landscape Exchange in the Norma Space gallery.

>> Saturday 24. 7. <<
9:30-13:00 Lukáš Brabenec and Michaela Marešová: practical workshop. Construction for goats, sheep and other domesticated and wild animals.
14:30 Shared reading and discussion on the theme of domestication and feralisation I. – the group realisation team will prepare and present the issue.
17:00 Lukáš Brabenec and Michaela Marešová: practical workshop, focusing more strongly on wild animals and their dwellings – beehives, bumble bee apiaries, reptile houses, shelters for birds, owls, bats.

>> Sunday 25. 7. <<
10:00 Shared reading and discussion on the theme of domestication and feralisation II. The group realisation team will prepare and present the issue.
12:00 Denisa Langrová and Ruta Putramentaite: Kulning workshop. Kulning is a type of calling for domesticated animals, which is used to this day in Scandinavia. It is a manner of defining the space with aid of one’s voice – using it to paint the environment, concealing it with auditory ornaments. The practice of the workshop will be based on experimentation with one’s own voice and the intention of connecting with other human and non-human animals using the sounds of our bodies and active listening. Every shepherdess has her own special way of calling. Everyone can learn to call their herd. / Denisa Langrová is an artist whose main themes are domestication and other inter-species relationships, climate change, utopia and love. Ruta Putramentaite works on the boundary of sculpture and audio/video creation, which she combines with performance elements. Both artists are members of the eco-feminist collective Sbor družstva život.
14:30-16:00 Lukáš Brabenec and Michaela Marešová: practical workshop – conclusion and settling in.

Group realisation team: Václav Belčák, Edith Jeřábková, Denisa Langrová, Vojtěch Novák, David Přílučík, Ruta Putramentaite, Jonáš Richter, David Střeleček

Photodocumentation (c) Johana Pošová

This program is realized within the program of summer sympozium Descendants of Fungi supported by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, State Cultural Fund, Waterrain.