Relocation: The Eisenerz Story told by Gallery on Wheels and Captain Klaus

so here we have the story unfolding... thanks loads to Gallery on Wheels for the video, and thanks loads to all the artists-on-the-road who stood (and drove) with us!

 

Nomadic Village 2016 - Legend in Eisernerz by GoW, 7:07

ps: we left Eisenerz with a smile and didn't look back. The only sad thing was leaving those locals who had so warmheartedly welcomed us.

City Lights, final days at the Village

final day at the Village

Hooray, it has been accomplished; another fantastic Nomadic Village on Hohe Wand. We are happy-sad-exhausted! Thanks for being there and see you all next year, somewhere on the road.
Our next stop with the Galeria Nowhere will be on 29th of August, Stallungen Schloß Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, 9-12 a.m.
Our journey will continue till end of September. We will show the Galeria Nowhere in Graz, Styria and at the legendary Schmiede in Hallein.

frau mag rosa pink and susza

the horvath gang

thanks to all the nice visitors

citylights

the captain being sad about the village being over

a memory from 2014

different worlds meeting

world #4

 This year there is a meeting of many worlds in the Nomadic Village...

peter and world #6

our annual soldier

home planet

oscar and peter on top of the world

aerial view of the Village

village!

setting the basic structure

Nomadic Village is back at its homebase, and we are enthusiastic about building the final Village sculpture for 2015.
For this year we have quite an interesting public program. For sure you are also welcome to visit us for a chat anytime you like.

Program:
8th of August, 7.30 p.m.: Nomadic Video night
9th of August, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Come & See Picnic
15th of August, 4 p.m. - open end 

and 16th of August, 12 - 5 p.m.: Final Exhibition

Participating/Contributing Artists: 

Elaine Clocherty (AU)

Peter Westman (SE)

Florian Tuercke (DE)

Anna Lipphardt (DE)

Małgorzata Goliszewska (PL)

Francisca Alsua (CL)

Ulric Roldanus (NL)

kitchen Baustelle

 our Location: 47°49'55.5"N 16°02'42.4"E

ulric roldanus: home sweet home

article by ulric roldanus

at home around Brasov

Ending my pilgrimage by bycicle from Medjugorje to Csiksomlyo/Miercurea Ciuc meant staying some days in the Nomadic Village itself, as they were hosting my project, so to say.
So after a first encounter with Tina and Klaus in Sighisoara, I set up my tent for the last few days in the 'Village' now based on the hills just outside of Brasov. And here we found time and space to share our thoughts on Nomadism, creativity, art-projects and other smaller issues that can occur in our lives.
For me it was a time to rest a bit physically, but at the same time my head and heart continued at full speed developing new ideas for art-works and collecting some basic materials for them as well.
And now that I'm almost at the end of the line here, I must say that I'm also looking forward to returning to my studio to complete my contribution to the Nomadic Village in a different way, by making pieces for the Galeria Nowhere.
Although the track up to here -espescially at first- felt quite rough by times, arriving on these hills in Romania and settling in in the Village feels indeed as Klaus said: "Home sweet home!"
Ulric's blog from the road: www.ulricontheroad.blogspot.ro
Ulric's homepage: www.roldanus.com

ulric at home, daily cow visits

scenic...

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

feeling appreciated: galeria nowhere @serbia

 

galeria nowhere in front of the townhall of sombor

We know that a small group of creative people can change the world.
In fact, they are the only ones so far, who have done it …
Credo of KleinHouse, our host in Subotica

After a series of spontaneous shows of the Galeria Nowhere travelling exhibition in a field and next to a cemetery in Croatia and in a squat in Slovenia, we arrived in Serbia with an exhibition program professionaly arranged by our friends Biljana and Srdjan (see previous post).
The only downside was that we had to get up at 6 a.m. for the show in Sombor, but the prestigeous location (permit thanks to Kulturni centar Laza Kostic Sombor) in front of the townhall more than made up for it. Upsides there were plenty; great audience (a lot of!), great spots, press, tv and more... plus a very rewarding feeling of being appreciated by people who invest themselves into alternativ arts and culture much the way we do. Actually we were made to feel much like the small creative group of people mentioned in KleinHouse's credo above.

Here are two links with more pictures of the exhibition in Subotica.
Galeria Nowhere @ KleinHouse on HétNap (photos: Szerda Zsófi)
and on GradSubotica

very open & interested people

@ KleinHouse, subotica

great audience

one interview after the other

coffe & cake as usual

galeria nowhere in front of KleinHouse

exhibition view

our host at KleinHouse, #likeminded

night show @the canal, sombor

    thanks also to the Austrian Cultural Forum of Belgrade for their support!

feeling welcome: biljana and srdjan

I haven't seen my serbian friends Srdjan and Biljana in over 5 years. I got to know them around 2008, we became very good friends and they helped me a lot. After 2010 the Nomadic Village was more west-bound and I felt sad that it didn't allow me to neither visit my friends Srdjan and Biljana, nor Serbia, a place that from the beginning felt like a second home to me. But in 2015 we managed to come back.

Immediately after I talked to Biljana about coming for June 2015 with the Galeria Nowhere, she started getting busy organising us places to show our travelling exhibition. Her support was amazing, and it resulted in 3 amazing shows (more soon).

The best thing was meeting them again! It made clear why I had missed them: The most considerate and generous hosts, a laid back atmosphere, Srdjan's beautiful house and garden, the cutest dogs ever, and the mutual feeling of being welcome and appreciated. Finally the much sought after place to relax & enjoy for a bit!
Being supportive of our project seems to be the most natural thing to them, something we have learned to value as something very precious!

Thank you Biljana and Srdjan, and we will definatly be back next year!

staying with friends & doing the laundry

parking in front of our friends house

the furry gang of the house

finally a washing mashine we can use :)

Nomadic Village Track