Do you like to breathe in crisp air + to attend performance art? You should travel to Sokolovsko, a remote health resort located in the mountains between Poland and the Czech Republic. Here the 3rd edition of the International Sokolovsko Festival of Ephemeral Art will start July 28th 2013. The actual theme is: The Air. Art For Social Purpose. To be seen are performances, action-art, happenings, video screenings, social activities, installations, site-specific works and a symposium On Breathing: Body, Society, Site. Among exhibitions of pioneering Polish performances retrospectives of –>Jerzy Bereś and ULAY will come about. Please find more information on the website: www.sokolowsko.org
Sokolovsko, former sanatorium – now a place for art, photograph by johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn
The festival is organized by Fundacja Sztuki Wspolczesnij “In Situ”
(In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation) fundacja@insitu.pl, www.insitu.pl
One of more than 40 artists and groups this year will be Sandra Johnston (UK/IR), who I photographed at Blow! 8 – Festival in Groß-Ilsede in 2012 :
Sara Johnston at Blow! 8, Groß-Ilsede, 2012, photograph by johnicon, VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn