feeling understood: 1st artist in residence francisca alsua morchio

francisca alsua morchio

In 2015 we realized an idea that we've been having since years: A mobile residency. After being one of the artists of the Nomadic Village in Cerkno, Francisca Alsua Morchio joined us on the road for two weeks as the first artist in our itinerant residence. She travelled with us on the bus, had her atelier in the Galeria Nowhere Caravan and slept in her tent.
Francisa is a Chilenean artist and during the Nomadic Village and the residency she did collage paintings constructed with lighting gels. She made one collage on each place we stayed at, and left them for us and the Galeria Nowhere. She also left a suitcase filled with stories she had collected. Those stories went into her lovely blog transmutedstories, a read we strongly recommend!

But talking about Francisca is not possible by only mentioning her work. Francisca was the ideal travelling companion. She quickly understood why we do the Nomadic Village, embraced being part of it and supported our being on the road beyond what we could have hoped. She is one of the few people who (not without quite some struggle!) manages a great balance between being natural and emotional, and having (and standing up to) strong opinions without being shy about them.

We are thinking about calling this new residency program 'The Francisca Residency'...

Francisca's homepage

badljevina

Transmuted stories: Badljevina

Transmuted stories: Badljevina: This project started as some sort of travel-log that instead of narrating on-road adventures, would focus on harvesting memories from peopl...

staying at the cemetery

Nomadic Village Track

galeria nowhere @ ivans field

the gallery blackboard & map with stations of the bus

inside the gallery

lights on!

ivans field

our set up from ivans hunting hut

We drove into Croatia and found ourselves a nice hiding spot to relax for a while after the busy days in Cerkno and Metelkova. Not long after we set up Ivan (who owns the field) drove up and welcomed us to stay as long as we wish.

You can read more about Ivan on Franciscas blog: transmuted stories

klaus exploring ivans hunting hut

Nomadic Village Track

roadside treats

 Once again we ran into some elder flowers. If you feel like trying fried elder flower....
 here is the recipe:

Dough:

150g flour
1 tablespoon sugar
a hint of salt
1 tablespoon nice vegetable oil
1/8 l milk
2 eggs
8-12 elder flowers

* mix all ingredients until you get a rather liquid dough
* take flowers on the stem an soak them in the dough
* fry in a pan with lots of oil
* serve with sugar on top
* you can also add some jam or compott if you like