From August 24 to September 1, 2019 twenty artists, activists and volunteers from Russia and Belarus took part in the
CONTACT art residence in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. They interviewed Novyj Dvor residents about their experience with the forest and the national park, created several murals in the village and decorated the hike path with land-art objects. The curator of the residence was an audiovisual artist and researcher
bazinato, well known for
his scandalous work in Minsk.
Зелёный портал (greenbelarus.info)
gave a brief overview of the art residence and volunteer program in Belarus, as well as the final festival at Vojtov Most. You can also have a look at the photos and read about the results of the project
here.
CONTACT is part of the
International Volunteer Exchange program organized by Dekabristen e.V. in cooperation with the Belarusian organizations
Vremya Zemli and
Bagna with the support of the German Foregn Office.