In 2024, artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine participated in the donumenta Artist in Residence program WORLD HERITAGE REVISITED.

The ideas they developed are now being realised. From June 27 to September 30, 2025, Bojan Stojčić (BIH), Johanna Tinzl (AUT), Erika Velická (CZE), and Anna Zvyagintseva (UKR) will present their works at various locations in the urban space of the UNESCO World Heritage City of Regensburg.

The presentation of the interventions will take place on June 27, 2025, at the World Heritage Visitor Center of the City of Regensburg.

Installation: NÄHE UND FERNE, Grieser Spitz, Regensburg

At the heart of Erika Velická’s installation NÄHE UND FERNE are Regen, Danube, and Main-Danube Canal, which confluence at the Grieser Spitz. Her work, inspired by the ancient amphitheatre and the aesthetics of harbour logistics through its functional form and materiality, reflects on the distance between the city and its infrastructure.

Although most of the sites were situated within the city walls, the harbour was here first and necessary to build Regensburg. The river once carried - along with other materials - the limestone used to build the walls of Castra Regina, as well as green sandstone for the cathedral.

One historical green sandstone block, kindly loaned by the Dombauhütte, was integrated into the installation NÄHE UND FERNE.

Erika Velická’s artwork, weighing 26 tons, offers a place to contemplate nearness and distance.