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The LAND ecological guide

The Ecological Guide of LAND has been published and is now available online. The guide is intended for practitioners, artists, arts organisations, land stewards and policy makers across Europe, and focuses on working in closer…

LAND Transitioning Landscapes: an open space for debate on art and landscape

Last October, artists, philosophers, anthropologists and programmers came together in Slovakia for Transitioning Landscapes, the concluding conference of the European project LAND. For four years, partners from across Europe worked on a shared question: how…

‘Guardians of the savory’: a look back

Over ten festival days at De Zeekraal, Guardians of the savory welcomed 4,024 visitors and two sold-out tasting walks. The work — a time-unfolding gateway and labyrinth made with salt and hundreds of crates —…

‘Guardians of the savory’ by LAND artist Dávid Koronczi opens at Oerol

A new installation by Dávid Koronczi opens at De Zeekraal farm on Terschelling. Guardians of the Savory links Slovak salt histories to the island’s changing coast, with contributions by Erik Pánči and Celestína Minichová. Tasting…

Residency on Terschelling: ‘Guardians of the savory’ taking shape

From 25 May to 3 June, artist Dávid Koronczi worked with Erik Pánči at De Zeekraal on Terschelling, focusing on materials and full-scale tests. The farm became a workshop: MDF “salt drawings,” colour studies, and…

Walking, talking, cooking ideas: the LAND joint residency in Dorset

Our three Transitioning LANDscapes artists decamped to the Isle of Portland for four days of shared research hosted by Activate Performing Arts. Between coastal walks, kitchen-table conversations and meetings with local practitioners, ideas moved from…

The LAND joint lab in Dorset (UK): Exchange, Reflection and Preparation

From 31 March to 3 April 2025, an international micro-residency took place on the Isle of Portland (Dorset, United Kingdom), organised by Activate Performing Arts in collaboration with partners within the LAND network.

Residency in the Camargue: ‘The second visit of Rita Hoofwijk’

Two months after her first visit to the Rhône Delta, Rita Hoofwijk began to form a clearer idea of the direction she wanted to take with her work. Although captivated by the natural landscapes of…

Residency in the Camargue: ‘The first visit of Rita Hoofwijk’

Rita Hoofwijk made her first visit to Port Saint Louis du Rhône at the beginning of 2025. The purpose of this initial visit had been to discover the many facets of the Camargue, its dynamics,…

Launching the LAND matchmaking methodology

We’re publishing the LAND matchmaking methodology — a practical, 26-page guide to pairing artists with landscapes through fieldwork, local knowledge and cross-border collaboration.

First steps on Terschelling: field notes, salty gardens and beach finds

Over three December days on Terschelling, artist Dávid Koronczi met farmers and beachcombers, toured a cheesemaker, and scoped workspaces and sites with the Oerol team — first steps towards a project that will move between…

Meet the artist: Rara Woulib

French performance collective Rara Woulib will develop new work with SYTEV in Slovakia’s Rajec Valley, responding to the brief Paradoxes of water shaped after this spring’s fieldwork. Residencies begin in 2025.

Meet the artist: Dávid Koronczi

Slovak artist Dávid Koronczi will develop new work with Oerol on Terschelling, drawing on two linked briefs: the island’s threatened freshwater lens and the proposal to open the sea dyke at Boschplaat. Public moments follow…

Meet the artist: Rita Hoofwijk

Dutch artist Rita Hoofwijk will develop new work with Le Citron Jaune in the Camargue/Marseille-Fos territory, drawing on briefs about eco-emotions and inter-species relations shaped during this spring’s fieldwork. Residencies begin in 2025.

Choosing our artists: two days in Brussels

LAND’s partners met in Brussels to make the artist matches for Transitioning LANDscapes — a two-day working session alongside the Feral festival that balanced briefs, practices and representation, and set the residencies in motion.

From conversations to invitations: LAND’s artistic briefs take shape

After months of on-the-ground conversations in the Camargue, the Rajčanka valley and on Terschelling, LAND has finalised five artistic briefs — clear invitations for artists to respond to water, salinity, industry and inter-species entanglements. Artist…

Terschelling matchmaking visit: freshwater, dunes and debate

Mid-May took LAND to Terschelling for a three-day matchmaking visit hosted by Oerol. We met rangers, scientists, farmers and local makers, walked dunes and dykes, and sharpened two lines of enquiry for artists: the island’s…

Reading the Rajec valley: Slovakia matchmaking visit

Three days in Slovakia’s Rajec Valley brought LAND partners into forests, meadows and riversides to explore how water — and its absence — shapes landscapes and lives. With local hosts and visiting partners, the conversations…

Kick-off and first matchmaking visit in the Camargue

We opened Transitioning LANDscapes in the Rhône delta with three packed days hosted by Le Citron Jaune — walking salt flats and port perimeters, meeting researchers and local users, and shaping the first briefs around…

Transitioning LANDscapes gets underway

Our new Creative Europe project starts now. Over the next two years we’ll work in three European landscapes — on Terschelling (NL), in the Camargue (FR) and in Slovakia’s Rajec valley (SK) — bringing artists,…

Creative Europe backs new project transitioning LANDscapes

LAND has received the green light from Creative Europe for Transitioning Landscapes — a two-year international project linking artists, scientists and communities in the Netherlands, France and Slovakia.

Partners wrap up in the Camargue: final meeting at Le Citron Jaune

LAND partners met in southern France for a final working visit hosted by Le Citron Jaune—touring the new building, visiting the Camargue wetlands and industrial coast, and taking stock of what the Erasmus+ project has…

Training week in Norway: Bodø, Storjord and Kjerringøy

Our second working in LANDscapes training week took us north — to Bodø, Storjord and Kjerringøy — where Sámi perspectives, Arctic city change and coastal heritage shaped four days of exchange, site visits and performances…

Oerol partner meeting: from Slovakia reflections to Norway preparation

Across four days at Oerol on Terschelling, LAND partners biked between “Expeditie” works, compared notes from Slovakia, planned next steps for Norway, and met fellow professionals on the island.

Training, tasting and thinking together in Slovakia

Our first working in LANDscapes training week has just wrapped up in Žilina and the Rajec valley, hosted by Aktívny Park Rajec—four days of fieldwork, shared practice and public conversation across mountains, synagogues and town…

Partners gather in Leeuwarden and Terschelling to shape the next chapter of LAND

Three days in Leeuwarden and Terschelling brought LAND partners face-to-face with moving forests, Wadden Sea science, and the people shaping the next stage of the project.

Kick-off in Dorset brings partners together for art, landscape, and big ideas

Our Erasmus+ project Working in LANDscapes has officially begun — and we couldn’t have asked for a better start than Inside Out Dorset festival.

Erasmus+ backs Working in LANDscapes

LAND has just been awarded Erasmus+ funding to run Working in LANDscapes, a two-year programme of artist training weeks, exchanges and partner meetings across Europe.

LAND Responses: relationships, networks, connections

For our series of LAND Responses we asked participants how LAND had impacted them as artists, individuals and/or their organisations in relation to our projects aims, outcomes and benefits. In this edition, we look at…

LAND Responses: engaging with audiences

For our series of LAND Responses we asked participants how LAND had impacted them as artists, individuals and/or their organisations in relation to our projects aims, outcomes and benefits. In this edition, we look at…

LAND Responses: Case Study – Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

As part of our series of LAND Responses we asked participants how LAND had impacted them as artists, individuals and/or their organisations in relation to our projects aims, outcomes and benefits. For this edition, we…

Seminar: LAND delegates visiting Silent Messengers at Oerol 2019

The LAND seminar offered a range of talks, workshops and excursions during the Oerol 2019 festival on the island of Terschelling, Netherlands. The purpose of this seminar was firstly to share, discuss and discover forms…

LAND Responses: professional impacts and legacy

For our series of LAND Responses we asked participants how LAND had impacted them as artists, individuals and/or their organisations in relation to our projects aims, outcomes and benefits. In this edition, we look at…

Seminar: Lifecycles and Landscapes

This two-day seminar was presented by Inside Out Dorset (Activate Performing Arts) during their 2018 festival, offering a mix of art and conversation, debate and advocacy, learning and sharing, connections, inspiration and ideas on what to…