PLACCC launched its program series called Sensing the City in 2021, in which participating artists respond to pressing environmental issues through artistic micro-interventions.
The term “sensing” has a double meaning, as it refers to both the physical perception of the city (the body’s reaction) and the active sensitization of urban locations with the presence of the body.
Through an open call, a three-member jury selected artists who strive to find a passage between artistic creation and ecological thinking and scientific fields, and are also open to having their project connected to a thematic discussion with relevant experts.
Since we consider it important that the principle of equal opportunities prevails during the evaluation, the members of the jury – Éva Bubla, artist-activist, curator of the Sensing the City program; Ádám Kobrizsa, city dweller, civil engineer, co-founder of Mindspace and co-owner of Lumen Kávézó; Fanni Nánay, artistic director of PLACCC Festival – evaluated applications submitted anonymously.
In 2025, we put a stronger emphasis on the criterium weather the selected artistic micro-intervention responds to (urban) ecological challenges and eco-political issues, while (unlike previous years) we present only one project in the Sensing the City program.
Viktória Kaslik: Dandelion feast
Earthnail, wild endive, witch gowan.
Bitter in taste, detoxifying in effect, and protector of cities, among others Gdańsk in Poland.
“Dandelion emerged for a co-creative artistic research trajectory, starting in 2022. Running for more than two years on the axis of the Carpathian basin and the Baltic seashores, making me return to Gdańsk twice, it was dandelions leading the inquiry on how human-made law is shaping the way we relate to land. The inquiry resulted in a protocol in which, in my capacity as a jurist, through a performative act, I transferred the legal power I received from the nation-state as a practicing jurist.”
The protocol invites participants to establish their relationship with dandelions, to eliminate the old legal structures, and to give space to the establishment of dandelion laws to emerge.
A lecture performance will shed light on the legal system learned from dandelions and the experiences gained from working with plant spirits, and the protocol will be activated by the physical and sensory experience of the dandelion feast.
Viktória Kaslik has a background in law, artistic research, and systemic constellations. She explores the terrain of nature-sourced laws through systemic constellations, shamanic work, research, writing, legal rituals, artistic collaborations, and consultation.
Invited expert of the thematic discussion related to the art project: Bence Petővári, founder of Integral Botany
Moderator: Marietta Mogyorósy, landscape and horticultural engineer, nature facilitator
Dates and times: 6PM on 11th September and 4PM on 14th of September 2025
Duration: 120 minutes
Venue: 1027 Budapest, Bem József tér (at the statue of Bem)
Date and time of the thematic discussion: 6PM on 14th of September 2025
Duration: 60 minutes
Venue: 1027 Budapest, Bem József tér (at the statue of Bem)
Language: the Dandelion Feast will be held in English on the 11th and in Hungarian on the 14th; the discussion is held only in Hungarian.
For participating at the programs, please register HERE
Supported by:
National Cultural Foundation
In SITU
Creative Europe
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