CULTIVATORS OF LIFE
Announcement of a new two-year program: CULTIVATORS OF LIFE, initiated by tranzit.ro/Bucharest Association in partnership with MODEM – Center for Modern Contemporary Art in Debrecen, co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund.
Cultivators of Life is a cultural program that continues and supports the activities started in 2021 at the Experimental Research Station for Research on Art and Life in Siliștea Snagovului, focused on conserving biodiversity, testing ecological prototypes, and rethinking the relationship between soils, materials and artistic production. The program proposes the study and formulation of a new lexicon and practices related to an emerging relationship between indigenous/ancestral knowledge, land cultivation and natural sciences. It will be carried out by organizing a series of artistic residencies at the Experimental Station and in the city of Debrecen in Hungary, public events in four gardens outside Bucharest, applied workshops, conferences with indigenous philosophers and local guests at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, and a final group exhibition at MODEM – Center for Modern and Contemporary Art in Debrecen scheduled to open in October 2026.
Gardens involved:
• Uzura Garden in Urziceni with Ana Barbu
• Studio-Garden Crețești in Crețești with Delia Popa
• Cosmos Garden at Siliștea Snagovului with members and neighbours of the Experimental Station and with an event by Dana Olărescu
• Domnești Garden in Domnești with Adina Moise
Harvesters:
• Gabriela Cozma
• Irina Bobei
• Maria Doni
Workshops:
• Students from the Visual Arts and Design Faculty, George Enescu National University of Arts from Iași, Romania
• Students from National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland
• Students from HKD-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Artistic Residencies at The Experimental Station, Siliștea Snagovului:
• Marina Sulima (Chișinău/Groningen) – May 2025
• Martin Piaček (Bratislava)
Artistic Residencies at MODEM in Debrecen:
• Raluca Popa (Berlin/Bucharest) – July-August 2025
• Orsolya Gál (Cluj-Napoca) – September 2025
• Alex Bodea (Berlin/Cluj-Napoca) – September-October 2025
More information and events to be announced throughout the year.
The program does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the program's content or any use to which the program outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
