Center for creative work and leisure “Czerwony Dworek 8”

„Czerwony Dworek 8” (Red Mansion No. 8) is a partly ruined, 280 years old, village house where h/2 Foundation has been developing a interdisciplinary centre for creative work and leisure. Every once in a while we organize artists’ residences, performances, workshops along with the John Cage’s Mushrooming, a contemporary art festival, taking place since 2016 in early fall, inspired by the artist’s life and work. “Czerwony Dworek 8” is located in the picturesque area of Karkonosze Mountains, surrounded by nature and unique architecture of the nearby Valley of Palaces and Gardens. The house, the very last building in the village, is located near the woods with access to many footpaths and bike routes. The most beautiful view of the majestic Śnieżka Mountain – the highest peak of Karkonosze, can be enjoyed from the house. See more at: http://czerwonydworek8.pl/ Be prepared for a hard manual work. During the workcamp we will be focusing on two main areas: 1. General work on the house, care of the garden and the wood. We will be doing wall and wood sanding, painting, flower beds weeding, bringing cut logs from the nearby wood to the woodshed. We will also finish building a wooden fence and a the stone path behind the house which we began working on during a workcamp in summer 2017. 2.Preparation of infrastructure for the John Cage’s Mushrooming 2018. We will prepare spaces subsequently used during the festival, construct basic infrastructure for art installations, according to the artists’ guidelines (both in the house and in the woods), clean the summer kitchen’s floor to be used as a main food preparation space during the event. All materials will be provided by the h/2 Foundation