Inspire yourselves
Are you interested in the connection between natural landscapes and art? Or how a work of art is created? We have made a compilation and complete recordings of lectures from the Signal Festival international conference available for you.
The morning segment, Solutions in Nature, focused on the international Co-Vision project, which connects art, science, and landscape conservation. This segment presented the unique location of the Soutok Protected Landscape Area—the “Moravian Amazon” with its floodplain forests, river meanders, and wetlands—and the collective artwork called Confluence, created especially for the Signal Festival.
Highlights from the international conference
Anežka Bartošová — The story of the Soutok Protected Landscape Area: a landscape of water, biodiversity, and an extinct species that returned after 100 years
In Europe’s largest floodplain forest, water shapes the landscape — and is also home to hundreds of animal species (130 of which are specially protected) and more than 900 plant species. The lecture also tells the story of the return of Clematis integrifolia, a species that was considered extinct for over 100 years.
Katarina Gryvul, Marie Kukač, Daniel Burda — How was the artwork about the Soutok Protected Landscape Area created?
How can art be used to raise awareness of nature conservation? The Co-Vision project presents eight works from various European countries and, in the Czech context, addresses the fragility of the Moravian Amazon – including the creation of the collective work Confluence.
Denisa Půbalová — What do landscapes tell us about ourselves?
When microbes enter our perception of the landscape, the boundaries between the “external” and “internal” environments dissolve: microorganisms inhabit forests, waters, and our bodies. The lecture raises the question of how to care for all these landscapes—including through the sensory layers of sounds, smells, and tastes.
Tomáš Šenkyřík — What do soundscapes do to us?
We live in what is probably the noisiest civilization ever, which makes learning to listen all the more important. Tomáš Šenkyřík repeatedly returns to floodplain forests with acoustics rivaling concert halls—the lecture is complemented by listening sessions featuring recordings from the Soutok Protected Landscape Area.
