Crysis of culture, that the modern man experiences in an increasing extent, can break a revival of the Place. But what does it mean today; to revive a Place? More and more, we encounter the examples of re-managing, rebuilding, reminding, reconstructing, or revitalising of places, that were abandoned, ruined, post-industrial, meant to be forgotten, ecologically poisoned. Krasnogruda, in which our Forum will take hold, is one of those places. But this rebirth is not about rebuilding walls. Just as being given a spot in an apartament block, terraced house or a parcel near the lake is not an answer to a man's homesickness. We need more - a culture, which will organically revive the Place.
The Place
Feb. 8, 2012, 2:44 p.m.
Culture of a fluid modernity is troubled by the Place. It has lost the space of a home, nature and spiritual craftsmanship, that takes care of the enrootment and sacrum. It's about a space, that knows and respects the laws of geomancy, has its own spiritual architecture, memory, mystery and a tale, written in signs and symbols. But a contemporary man misses the Place more and more.