We’re pleased to introduce the Netherlands strand of Transitioning LANDscapes: Dávid Koronczi will work with Oerol on the Wadden island of Terschelling, a landscape of dunes, polder and protected reserves. His project will move between two transitions we’ve identified locally — the pressure on the island’s freshwater lens and the discussion around opening the sea dyke at Boschplaat — inviting audiences to see invisible processes and long-term choices up close.
There’s a nice continuity here. LAND first met Dávid during our Slovakia training week in spring 2022, where he led a food-curatorial encounter linking philosophical texts with flavours — a small, convivial act that opened big questions about care, consumption and place. That early exchange set the tone for this new collaboration.
The residency unfolds in steps: a preparatory site visit to read Terschelling with local partners; a joint artistic lab in Dorset (UK) with the other LAND artists in spring 2025; and a full residency in leading to sharing work with audiences at Oerol Festival 2025. Training and light-touch mentoring from Activate Performing Arts support the process.
Terschelling’s stories are social as much as scientific — farmers, rangers and residents already live with rising salinity, shifting plant communities and debates about water management. Dávid’s practice — part installation, part performance, part shared table — will sit inside those conversations and make space for audiences to think, taste and talk their way into the island’s changing hydrology.
