04.11.2024 — Transylvania Trust Foundation

This local debate took place across two locations: the first and last day in Cluj-Napoca (House of Religious Freedom) and the second day at Bánffy Castle in Bonțida, with a follow-up narrative-collection session on 21 March 2025 (Cultural Café of Bánffy Castle, Bonțida). It offered a comprehensive blend of theoretical input, site-specific exploration and hands-on co-creation. It began with lectures on biodiversity and the ecological value of the Someșul Mic River Valley, followed by fieldwork, creative workshops (frottage, stop-motion animation, mixed-media) and collective artistic experimentation using natural and built heritage elements. The presence of local policymakers and heritage experts strengthened the dialogue between civic, cultural and scientific sectors, exemplifying CO-VISION’s principles of community engagement, site-based inspiration and interdisciplinary creation, and feeding the artwork 'Roots and Routes'. Participants: 45 (November 2024) and 42 (March 2025), mostly university students and young professionals from visual arts, architecture, biology and psychology backgrounds.