Foundational idea
Every initiative arises within a space —
a space of attention, encounter, and time.
a space of attention, encounter, and time.
The Widukind Foundation sees itself as helping to hold such a space.
Not as a form. Not as a project in the conventional sense.
But as a field in which people, nature, creativity, and stillness can come into encounter.
Attitude
There is no intention to shape people.
Only the invitation to perceive what arises in shared being.
Only the invitation to perceive what arises in shared being.
At the center is not performance—but experience.
Not comparison—but presence.
Not comparison—but presence.
This space is not finished. It is not manufactured.
It comes into being through the arrival of people
and through the allowing of attention.
Sometimes in doing. Sometimes in letting be.
What reveals itself within it is not predetermined.
What reveals itself within it is not predetermined.
It reveals itself.
Perception of the Space
There is no theoretical system that this space follows.
Nor any ideology.
Nor any ideology.
Instead, attention follows a simple experience:
What happens when people truly come into encounter with one another.
For this, there is a word:
Uplifting
Nothing exalted is meant by this.
Rather, something that carries.
Something that
- claryfies,
- connects,
- widens the space.
“Uplifting” does not describe a state of people or of content.
Rather, it describes a perception of the space
as it appears in the moment.
as it appears in the moment.
The Space
The space is not a concept. It is something that happens.
It is carried by attention, calm, and openness.
Sometimes it reveals much.
Sometimes nothing stands out — and it is precisely in this that it works.
A spacious space — an open atmosphere — is not an outcome.
It is rather a step before:
the condition that allows something to appear more easily.
the condition that allows something to appear more easily.
Without defining what exactly.
Encounter and Activities
Everything that takes place here is part of the space:
Music
Dance
Conversation
Lectures
Work on the grounds
Exhibitions
Shared activity
Meals
Silence
Withdrawal
Dance
Conversation
Lectures
Work on the grounds
Exhibitions
Shared activity
Meals
Silence
Withdrawal
None of these stands above another.
All of it is possibility.
What matters is not the form.
Place
“The Encounter” — a developing site with a spatial ensemble
on the Austrian–Hungarian border in rural Szakony.
on the Austrian–Hungarian border in rural Szakony.
Decisions
Decisions about invitations to contributions or participation in foundation activities
do not arise through discussions or through point- or evaluation-based systems.
do not arise through discussions or through point- or evaluation-based systems.
They arise through shared perception.
A circle of alternating companions each takes responsibility for orientation within a process.
No abstract criterion applies.
Instead, there is a simple shared question:
Instead, there is a simple shared question:
Does this moment— in its content and in its way—
carry the space that has been opened, or not?
“Uplifting within the space.”
carry the space that has been opened, or not?
“Uplifting within the space.”
Where a shared sense of coherence becomes visible,
something can be given space—
and thus be included.
something can be given space—
and thus be included.
If it is not clear, it remains open.
Not as a rejection,
but as an indication:
“Within the present context, no clarity has yet appeared.
Perhaps later, or within the context of another space.”
Perhaps later, or within the context of another space.”
Sometimes clarity only arises in the doing.
Then, afterward, it may be perceived and brought into alignment.
Then, afterward, it may be perceived and brought into alignment.
Tensions and Differences
Different perceptions are part of the space.
They are understood as expressions of vitality.
They are understood as expressions of vitality.
Tension does not need to be resolved immediately.
Often it is enough to let it remain in the space without fixing it.
Often it is enough to let it remain in the space without fixing it.
In this way, time is not experienced as pressure, but as a field in which things may settle —
and clarity may grow.
and clarity may grow.
What is affirmed — and subsequently included as a contribution — is what is already clear.
That is enough.
That is enough.
Responsibility
There is a small coordinating structure for organisation and process.
This structure only becomes active when necessary, in order to keep the space stable.
This structure only becomes active when necessary, in order to keep the space stable.
Beyond that, much remains situational and carried collectively.
Responsibility for the different project areas of the foundation is distributed.
Not as power, but as shared carrying of the space.
Not as power, but as shared carrying of the space.
Responsibility is distributed — perception remains shared.
Companions
Companions are not members of a system.
They are people who, for a time, help carry the same space.
They are people who, for a time, help carry the same space.
Sometimes longer.
Sometimes only briefly.
Sometimes returning.
Sometimes only briefly.
Sometimes returning.
There is no entry and no ending in a formal sense.
Only being present within the shared field.
Fundamental Understanding
The Foundation is a framework in which connection can emerge.
What arises from this does not belong to the Foundation.
It belongs to life itself.
Closing Word
Life happens in the moment.
Sometimes a single moment is enough,
in which nothing needs to be explained.
in which nothing needs to be explained.
Just being there.
Just perceiving.
Just becoming still.
And in the becoming still, it reveals itself:
The space is already there.
Widukind-Stiftung
"The Creativity Of Generous Encounter."
Unfolding what is already there.
