Wednesday 21 May 2025 5PM–7PM
Address: Fleck, Mierové námestie 17/17, 911 01 Trenčín
Participation is free
Due to tomorrow’s weather forecast, the event will take place only indoors at Fleck, located at Mierové námestie 17/17, where you can look forward to the presentation and a special themed refreshment. We’re looking forward to seeing you!
You are cordially invited to an artist talk followed by a picnic and storytelling in the Cherry Orchard Park
This is the first public event of the Floating Communities project by Maj Horn, as part of the Trenčín 2026 European Capital of Culture.
We will start in Fleck in the town center, where Maj Horn has set up a temporary studio. Here she will present her art practice and the research for the Floating Communities project. From Fleck we will walk together to the Cherry Orchard Park where we will have a picnic. The Cherry Orchard is a site of present and past narratives, a place of archaeological finds and unique varieties of cherry trees. Here we will prepare and share a plant-based meal.
The aim of the project is to explore and create new connections between TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge), folklore traditions related to wild plants and animals, storytelling, and the ecosystems and landscapes of Trenčín. It is taking shape as a research-based and socially engaged process that will unfold in an exhibition and performance in 2026.
Together with the participants and the audience, we will weave together stories about perspectives on nature. What can we learn from revisiting folklore stories and TEK? Can we find inspiration and curiosity for more caring ways of being ecologically in the world, also in the light of the biodiversity and climate crises?
Practical information:
The event will be held in English with the possibility of translation into Slovak.
The studio is wheelchair friendly.
Contact person: Veronika Marek Markovičová 0903 220 302
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Maj Horn (b. 1987) is an artist based in Copenhagen, DK. She works with research-based and socially engaged methods and media such as performance, photography, organic materials and installations. She holds a master in fine art from the Funen Art Academy (DK) 2009-14. To gain a professional understanding of landscapes, biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics, she has studied Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen (2023-24), which she incorporates into her art practice.
Floating Communities is curated by Lýdia Pribišová
Veronika Marek Markovičová, mediator of the project
