How can synergies be harnessed to create spaces that strengthen communities and unlock regional potential—both in rural and urban areas? How can unused existing buildings be transformed into new spaces for community and collaboration? And how can we develop prospects for the future that go beyond a tourism-driven monoculture and the gloom of depopulation? – The second round of discussions at the festival will address these and similar questions, with the aim of highlighting the potential that lies dormant in the creative revitalization of living and working spaces.
The guests will be announced shortly.
The panel discussions do not begin with arguments, but with a single moment: a text, a voice, an image, or a sound sets the stage—quietly, intently, perhaps unexpectedly. These artistic interventions are meant to be an invitation: to listen, to pause, to reflect and to think further. Then the conversation begins.
And this conversation deliberately does not follow the traditional format of expert panels. Instead, different perspectives come together: people with experience and people with questions, practitioners and seekers—perspectives that complement, contradict, and build upon one another. It’s not about ready-made answers, but about thinking together creatively about the key issues of our time—from the economy and the design of spaces to the future of learning.
We hope for conversations that are open, sometimes tentative, focused when necessary—but always driven by the conviction that new ideas emerge when different voices come together.
