wisdom tree

"wisdom tree" Installation 2015 with old books by tinski

The tree is a beautiful old whitethorn. It almost died after a heavy icestorm last winter. It's at least 150 years old and a perfect match for the collection of vintage books.

village life

monique preparing the dough        -        in her morning/baking dress        -         the delicious fresh bread

discussing concepts with anna - andi & anna doing the dishes

an unexpected gift by one of our visitors :)

apple/marzipan cake by tina for marzipan tuesday

klaus preparing to take a portrait of the priest in the church with the assistance of francisca

presentation evening in the galeria nowhere caravan with our hosts mateja and simon (small but dangers)

chocolate monday

captain klaus & tinski

klaus changing the film & developing the negative

the finished negative & proud klaus in the new mini darkroom in the galeria nowhere " bathroom"

tray with tinas snippets & finished collage from old picture and frame found in italy

the plate of colors & tina painting backgrounds

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a sunny day in the village

franciscas cranes & annas laptop                    2 earths, a flagpole & the belltower

anna in front of the galeria nowhere caravan

the nomadic kitchen & workspace with captain klaus, heidi, andi & francisca

snapshots

the kitchen shelf

the village

from day to night

mini blackforest cake (sort of) from the can brought to us directly from the black forest by anna

Monique & Francisca

workplaces in the galeria nowhere caravan (Monique-left, Francisca-right)

Monique Besten (Netherlands) and Francisca Alsua (Chile) are sharing the small office in the Galeria Nowhere caravan. They both have a blog where you can follow their project:

Monique: asoftarmour6.blogspot.com
Francisca: transmutedstories.blogspot.com

Monique baking bread & Francisca folding cranes

Monique's blue & Francisca's orange tent

Opening of the Village

captain klaus opening the village in cerkno

The Village has been set up and now it has officially opened!

lufka has arrived

afternoon conversations

Ding Dong

home sweet unusual home

This is a Nomadic Village for the early birds. Every day we will be woken at 7 by the bells. Ding Dong, how comes?!

Our arrival in Cerkno was quickly overshadowed by one very disruptive fact: The location was not accessible by The Bus, which is the center, the townhall, Klaus and Tina's home, everything and more. Bad news indeed...

We took the challenge. We had a look around. Everybody of the locals told us that there will be no chance. It's a mountainous place, and free and level pieces of land are a rarity. And that tiny charming spot snug behind the church? Small and impossible to have...

Impossible? That's a challenge for us! Yesterday the Village moved in, exactly onto that spot, and we feel a bit proud. And stubborn enough. And we never thought a priest would save us and the project. What a beautiful and simple 'yes, no problem'!

Our partners here and us are very happy. Being new and unprejudiced to the place we saved the Village and opened a new possibility in Cerkno, and isn't that exactly the quality that strangers can bring to a place? Ding Dong.

home sweet home!

 Nomadic Village Track