Lead partner: Institute Cepika.
Other partners: Institute NOSOROGI, Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains (FR), Collective Robida.
Venue: Orchard of old varieties in Kojsko, Goriška brda; Topolò, Veneto.
The Atlas of Forgotten Orchards is a botanical-artistic project that weaves together landscapes shaped by generations of fruit cultivation and realms of imagination. At its heart lies the orchard in Kojsko, home to the region’s largest gene bank of old fruit varieties, which will be transformed into a visitor-friendly space by 2025. In parallel, the project will create a virtual map where abandoned orchards from around the globe will be revived through documentary-fictional narratives.
The Atlas confronts the oblivion and loss that modern market dynamics and the increasing push for monocultural land use have inflicted on rural communities worldwide in recent decades.
Key individuals:
- Gregor Božič,
- Vittorio Gianni Capovilla,
- Barbara Ogrič Markič,
- Marina Gumzi.
