Enchanting Village
The Ur-Nat Festival in August 2025 will take place in Alkjær Lukke, a beloved park in Ringkøbing. Before the festival, the park will be transformed into The Enchanting Village.
Teatret OM's permanent set designer Antonella Diana leads a team of international artists who create a unique and sustainable festival environment. Art and wild nature infiltrate the park with installations, bio-architecture and land art.
See a printable version of the program here.
The participating artists are:
- Dragana Kojicic- Serbian architect. Dragana specializes in sustainable building with natural materials.
- Helen Varley Jamieson - New Zealand theater maker and digital artist. Helen works in the fields of activism and feminism.
- Simone Perra - Italian set designer and visual artist. Simone works with land art and recycled art.
- Hans-Olof Tani - Danish set and lighting designer.
- Petra Lindblom - Swedish actress, writer and practitioner of shamanism.
Also participating:
- Berit Kiilerich - Danish shepherd and manager of Lystbækgaard.
- Natalia Skolnik - Argentinian producer and technician.
Period: The transformation takes place in the period July 16 - August 7
Open workshop: From Friday, August 1st to Thursday, August 7th, daily from 14.00 - 16.30, everyone is welcome to visit the artists' work and participate in the completion of the installations.
Opening and bubbly is Friday, August 8th in Alkjær Lukke. Everyone is welcome!
An exhibition about the process of transforming Alkjær Lukke into The Enchanting Village opens at Brogården Kulturvæksthus in Ringkøbing on August 7 and runs until September 1. Curated by Cristina Maria Aimaretti.
In collaboration with: Lystbækgaard by Berit Kiilerich and Brogården Kulturvæksthus by Dina Abu Hamdan.
Supported by: Kulturpuljen Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune, Erasmus+, and Brogården Kulturvæksthus.
Din Drømmeskov - a house artist project at Ringkøbing School takes place in parallel, led by Jori Snell, stage and visual artist and longtime collaborator with Teatret OM. Here, the 2nd graders develop installations and decorations, which, in collaboration with Antonella Diana, will be integrated into The Enchanted Village in the days leading up to the UR-NAT Festival 2025 on August 27-31.
