return

our homebase, Dreistetten, Austria

We managed to return back home and what's the prominent feeling? We want to return to so many places!

The longest itinerary in years brought us to a load of amazing people and places. We still can't believe the plentitude of intense experiences, strong impressions, great surprises and gratifying activities we have been through; how uplifting it can be to meet strangers and become friends; in how many ways our core interest is interpreted by different artists; how nice it is to have a bit of soap opera of people's drama along the way, but also a distraction.

It is reassuring how our grand set up held together. Only two small fixes on appr. 4000 km, and the big break down only happened when we arrived back in the garden at our homebase. Nice vehicles!

Now it is time to take that huge amount of inspiration and look ahead. We will make a final exhibition at the end of the coming Nomadic Village, and take it on a tour through Austria. We'll work our view of the plentitude of impressions into an exhibition tinski and the Captain are having in Vienna in December. And we'll happily plan a future in which the Nomadic Village will return to:

-small but dangers and CMAK in Cerkno

-Žiga and the fantastic location at the abandoned pool in Vrhnika

-Metelkova

-Srdjan andBiljana, and their tranquil garden in Subotica

-KleinHouse, also Subotica

-finally Art Klinika, maybe we'll just illegally exhibit in Novi Sad's public space

-a thousand places and people in Romania we didn't have enough time to stay 
 with

-Conny in Wurmloch who, like so many other people in Romania, made us feel
 welcome

-Mircea, Crinu and all the other pilots from Brasov

-Ulric, we'll meet in Amstelveen soon
-Lis, with whom we are sure our paths will cross again. And again.

-Francisca, our first artist in a mobile residency, once we find a way to go to
 Chile

-Andrew and Caitlin, who just got themselves a mini coach!

Thanks for being on the road with us! We are off now for the final Nomadic Village on Hohe Wand. Hooray!

a memorable meeting with some pilots in Brasov

driving back home

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

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...

going east with francisca alsua

our spot for the night on a hill above dolnja teska voda

francisca hiding in the shadow

Francisca is on the road with us, experiencing the first vagrant residency of Nomadic Village. For the next two weeks we will drive east to get lost & be found.

Franciscas blog:  transmuted stories
website:    www.franciscaalsua.com

a room with a view

Nomadic Village Track

final presentation friday

lufka and the pink panther

beer with lemon, salt & tabasco.. introduced to us by francisca.. the captain loves it

ready for the guests

the suitcase collection

inside the galeria nowhere.. franciscas suitcase outside

new prints by klaus in the galeria nowhere

night lights

in different light - performance by andi & heidi

franciscas suitcase with origami birds - 2 earths - our friend bruno

busy days & last preparations

tina baking cakes

heidi sewing her costume

klaus framing his fresh prints

moniques pocket memory suitcase in front of the kitchen tent

andi working on "in different light"

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)

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

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

call for proposals 2015

We are happy to once again:

Call for Proposals Nomadic Village 2015, May - August

Northern Italy, Cerkno/Slovenia, Northern Balkans, Sofia/Bulgaria, Austria

Deadline for applications: 30th of January 2015! 

 

Since 2009 the Nomadic Village has been a 2 weeks annual settlement of artists on the road. In 2015 it will become a swarm of people on the move for 4 months, travelling across several European countries and stopping along the way to establish 3 different Villages. The artists on the road are invited to propose projects for the entire trip, or parts of it. They will determine their own travelling schedules and use GPS tracking devices to create spontaneous meetings on the road. The Villages are conceived as meeting points as well as production and presentation opportunities.

For 2015, all the artists in charge of projects should be equipped with mobile Internet, and will be asked to update their whereabouts daily. Participants will have to mark the good spots to stay, document them and exchange with the other artists on the road. These exchanges will create a map that will expand over the years and will be provided to the Nomadic Village participants of future editions. 

 If you are interested in becoming part of it, please check the detailed CALL FOR PROPOSALS.