În cadrul proiectului de artă şi ecologie The Big Green, cu tema Soil, Artistul Cătălin Rulea, împreună cu echipa Centrului de studii vizuale Formată din Gabi Demeter, Cristina Nicolaescu şi Alina Ioniţă, au realizat lucrarea Inima Ţării Hategului, lucrare din materiale naturale şi reintegrabile în natură. Lucrarea este work în progress permanent şi relativ efemeră.
As part of the art and ecology project The Big Green, with the theme Soil, the artist Cătălin Rulea, together with the team from the Center for Visual Studies, composed of Gabi Demeter, Cristina Nicolaescu, and Alina Ioniţă, created the artwork The Heart of the Hațeg Land, made from natural and environmentally reintegrable materials.
The piece is a permanent work in progress and relatively ephemeral.
Context
The Big Green is a European project (2023–2027), co-funded by Creative Europe, exploring the intersection of art, science, and natural heritage. The annual theme for 2024–2025 is soil, a vital element for life and ecological balance. Through artistic creation and interpretation, the project highlights soil not only as a resource but also as cultural memory, identity support, and a space for reflecting on our future.Interpreting natural heritage through artWithin Work Package 8 – Interpretation of Natural Heritage: Soil, artists from four countries – Romania, Portugal, Latvia, and Hungary – created works inspired by the richness and fragility of soil. Each artistic residency was designed as a dialogue between scientific research, creative expression, and community experience, emphasizing sustainable methods and materials with minimal environmental impact.
