Island Creative 2022 #03 | LIVING at the SEASIDE and relations to SUSTAINABILITY (3)

This creative stay is based in Palma de Mallorca, the seaside city with very easy reach to the whole island and all its surrounding shores, coastlines and other islands. Through our photography exploration will this long-term project be extended by artists’ various views on environmental issues of the archipelago, getting know the topic as non-local.

Nature of Mallorca was very much loved, protected and pictured by the Archduke Louis Salvador, our strong connection between Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Mallorca, who also as the scientist himself devoted his time to deep research of majorcan landscape, flora and fauna. 

The gathering will be accompanied - for those interested - by the 1,5 day training in snorkelling with local Tramuntana Diving friends and seawatchers experts in Port Pollensa for the reason to get the insight in important local sea habitats, posedonia medows, seaside landscape, discovering various photography challenges related.

Our aim is to focus on contemporary questions and views within this background and to communicate them in photography accompanied by other art forms expressions. The final work will be exposited to audience in various forms and places chosen by participants together. 

For an inspiration and better in-sight please read the articals on photoillustrata blog related to this themes, follow @photoillustrata instagram or connect personally for any questions.

As a constant visual thinker, passionate photographer, an amateur explorer and lover of the Balearic Islands I will help to direct our work within this program. My interest is beside other topics to keep exploring the relation between nature elements, body elements and human mentality and state of mind.

Other guests and local artists and photographers related to Photoillustrata activities are always to be met to inspire us. Production of final prints will be done in the workshops of Fundacio MiroMallorca. Visiting important art places of the island is a must. 

Our main goal is to develop in our perception of photography media possibilities and learn together in a joyful and free athmosphere. Only important conditions for participation are love for photography, real interest in deeper understanding of the island Mallorca and the whole archipelago of "Las Islas Baleares" and a motivation to be useful by one's own photography research to local life. 

The contribution for participation in this project is 400 euro, which includes the 1,5 day snorkelling citizen science seawather training and production of the final work printed exposition.

To consult details about your stay please contact me via photoillustrata@gmail.com or a chat box. We can help with the accomodation too.

Looking forward meeting you and create together.

BcA. Zuzana Malina Cernohousova