LIFE AND ART

Practically my work is evolving through:
Lithopuncture projects, acupuncture systems being built for certain places, towns or landscapes
Seminars and lectures
Books
Education projects: see Hagia Chora, School for Geomancy

 

	Marko Pogačnik born in 1944 in Kranj, Slovenia; graduated as sculptor on the Academy of fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1967. He is living with his wife Marika in Šempas, Slovenia. They have three daughters and three grand children.
	From 1965 till 1971 he worked as a member of an international art group called OHO, in the fields of alternative art, conceptual art and land-art. Exhibitions include Information Show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1970 and Paris Biennalle 1971.
	In 1971 he has together with his family and friends founded a rural and artistic community, the "Šempas family" at Šempas, Slovenia. This existed up to 1979. Exhibitions by the Family include Trigon 1977 in Graz and the Venice Biennalle of 1978.
	Since 1979 he has been engaged in geomantic and Earth healing work. In the mid 80-s he has developed a method of Earth healing similar to acupuncture by using stone pillars and positioning them on acupuncture points of the landscape. He called it "lithopuncture".
	In 1991 he has designed the official coat of arms of the newly constituted Republics of Slovenia

It is a great pleasure for me to work within a family team. My wife Marika is helping me with carving of stone needles for our lithopuncture projects. Our daughter and colaborator Ajra Miąka is working as spiritual healer and book author. She has helped with many of our projects by channelling the knowledge of her angel master. Our youngest doughter Ana Pogačnik has been channelling angelic messages during the last ten years thus collaborating also in the most of our Earth healing projects. The messages of the Earth healing Angel Devos are of fundamental importance to our work. The messages received by both daughters are being included in my books. They have published their own books as well.