Credits: Marjetica Potrč
Credits: Polonca Lovšin
Credits: Romana Kačič
Credits: Sara Mušič Žetko
The Piran Coastal Galleries present Pot Štorta/ Štorta Path) program of workshop for citizens of Piran and the general public, which will take place as part of Marjetica Potrč's exhibition Water and Land at the Piran Coastal Galleries (opening: December 17, 2022 at the Piran City Gallery, duration of the exhibition: December 17, 2022 – March 5, 2023). The purpose of the workshops is to restore or improve the accessibility and passability of traditional footpaths in Piran.
The workshops will take place in cooperation with the Piran Coastal Galleries, Marjetica Potrč, Romana Kačič (Abakkum, Institute for Landscape, Culture and Art Piran) and the local community of Piran. Students of the University of Primorska (Faculty of Pedagogy, Visual Arts and Design program) will also join the workshops under the mentorship of doc.dr. Boštjan Bugarič and doc.dr. Polonca Lovšin.
The Pot Štorta/Štorta Path workshops will take place along the Matteoti and Oljčna footpaths in between Piran gardens and olive groves. In addition to the re-established and improved accessibility and passability of the traditional footpaths, the aim of the workshops is also to create a Manual for the Co-Management of the Paths in Between the Piran Gardens in the premises of the Piran City Gallery, which will be created in cooperation between the local citizens of Piran and the city administration.
The first workshop the Štorta Path Walk will take place on Friday, November 25, 2022, from 11:00 am. to 1:00 pm. Meeting point is at the Fornače bus station in Piran. The workshop is an accompanying event of the PiDA Piran Days of Architecture Conference 2022.
This workshop will be followed by workshops on:
– Friday, February 24, 2023, Workshop Štorta – Matteoti and Oljčna Path, footpath repair, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
– Saturday, February 25, 2023, Workshop Štorta – Matteoti and Oljčna Path, footpath repair, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
– Saturday, March 4, 2023, Workshop Štorta – preparation of the Manual for Joint Management of the Paths In Between the Piran Gardens, Piran City Gallery, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Content presentation –
The footpaths in between the Piran gardens are traditional paths that lead from the city center of Piran to the green hill with cultivated gardens and olive groves that surround the city like a green belt. Footpaths are part of the cultural landscape of the city, which also breathes through these paths. A preserved and maintained network of public footpaths provides access and connects the space. By repairing these paths, informal workshops focus on preserving the paths for future generations. Among other things, the workshops remind us that these paths are a common good and one of the key elements in the mosaic of a sustainable city. At the same time, the workshops are an example of good practice of cooperation between local residents and the city administration at a time when we want to care for and manage public areas in a more sustainable way. In this context, art plays a connecting role of various stakeholders in the city.
The Štorta footpath connects the city of Piran with the green belt of gardens on top of the hill. Štorta is also the name of one of the five theme-oriented Blue-green Routes (Kapra, Štorta, Brnistra, Hrast, Polžek), which the Abakkum Institute for Landscape, Culture and Art Piran together with SUB-NET divers have been offering as a tourist product since this summer. These routes connect content related to Piran's cultural landscape and connect land with sea, and land with water.
WORK PLAN –
Workshop “Štorta Path – Oljčna Path" (purpose and goals):
1 preparing the stone for paving the path
2 paving the path with stones laid on the ground, steps
3 removing the door on the public staircase
Workshop “Štorta Path – Matteoti Path" (purpose and goals):
4 repairing the stone steps by installing missing stones in the steps
5 removing the curb between the staircase and the road
6 paving the path with stones laid on the ground, steps
The PCG will adequately and professionally present the purpose of the workshop. Its achievements will be publicly presented at the Piran City Gallery at the end of the exhibition.
