THE INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE

THE LIFE ON EARTH STARTED FROM THE WATER. THE WATER DROP COULD BE CONSIDERED AS THE SEED OF LIFE AND THE SPRING WHERE WATER IS BORN AS THE GENIUS LOCI. THAT WAS THE FIRST IDEA AT THE BEGINNING OF "THE INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE" PROJECT.

ITS AUTHORS HAVE PROVED THAT MAN DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE DESTROYER OF THE NATURE BUT RATHER ITS ASSISTANT WHO IS ABLE TO REVITALISE THE ABANDONED COVES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND TO TURN THE SPRINGS INTO FUNCTIONAL LIVING ART UNIT WITH PRESERVED BIO SYSTEM IN THE GIVEN BIOTOPE FROM THE LOCAL NATUREMATERIALS (STONE, WOOD, PLANTS). THE PROJECT INTEGRATES THE ART, PHILOSOPHY AND ECOLOGY INTO ONE UNIT AS THE WAY OF REVITALISATION OF THE ENVIROMENT, AND AS A NEW TREND OF HUMANITY THINKING.

"THE INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE" IS A LARGE ART WORKSHOP IN THE NATURE AND THE PERMANENT STAGE OF THE ECO-ART IN SLOVAKIA (2-3 VALLEYS). "THE INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE" ORGANISES WITHIN THIS PROJECT THE WORKING MEETINGS OF SLOVAK AND FOREIGN ARTISTS WHO CRE- ATE DIRECTLY IN THE NATURE THEIR ARTISTIC OBJECTS AND THEIR WORKS REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE FORESTRY COMPANY.

DURING PAST TEN YEARS THE ARTISTS FROM UK, AUSTRIA, USA, HOLLAND, POLAND, HUNGARY AND THE CZECH REBUBLIC PARTICI- PATED IN THE SYMPOSIUM ALONG WITH THEIR SLOVAK COLEAGUES TO THE NATURE BUT THEY ALSO TRY TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL VALUES AND ECOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY TOR THE NATURE OF THE EARTH. "THE INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE" IN CO- OPERATION WITH LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE FORESTRY COMPANY GALERY "ECO-ART" IN VYDROV VALLEY IN THE AREA OF THE FORESTRY MUSEUN AND THIS IS HOW IT CONTRIBUTED ITS SHARE TO THE EUROPEAN CULTURE.

The International Art Symposium Osrblie project is supported by the:

* Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

* Ministry of Acriculture, Forestry Section

* Ministry of Environment

* Slovak Art Union

* Slovak Environment

* Agency Banská Bystrica

* Department of the State

* Protection of Nature

The International Art Symposium Osrblie thanks to following organisations for support in 2003:

* General Directorate of the Slovak Forest Company

* Forest Company Cierny Balog

* Ministry of Culture, PRO Slovakia Foundation

* Saint - Gabain Weber -TERRANOVA, Ltd.

* Art Foundation

* Compel Company

Address: INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM OSRBLIE Dunajská 42, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovak Republic