Marko Pogačnik 2380619 223946168 2008-07-06T17:17:41Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other '''Marko Pogačnik''' (born 1944) is a [[Slovenia]]n artist and author. Pogačnik was born in the [[Upper Carniola]]n town of [[Kranj]]. He studied at the Academy of Arts of the [[University of Ljubljana]] where he graduated in 1967. Between 1965 and 1971, he was part of the neo-[[avantgarde]] artistic movement [[OHO]] (in which [[Tomaž Šalamun]] and [[Slavoj Žižek]] also participated). From the 1980s he embraced a [[holistic]] vision of art. He claims to have developed a method of earth healing similar to [[acupuncture]] by using pillars and positioning them on so called 'lithopuncture' points of the landscape[http://www.eomega.org/omega/faculty/viewProfile/17eeeba95485e0805b847d8a004563df/]. In 1991, he designed the official [[Coat of arms of Slovenia|coat of arms]] of the newly constituted Republic of [[Slovenia]]. In the year 2006, he joined the [[Movement for Justice and Development]] led by [[Janez Drnovšek]], the [[President of Slovenia]] at the time. He lives and works in the village of [[Šempas]] in the lower [[Vipava Valley]]. In the last decade, the town of [[Nova Gorica]], in which municipal territory he resides, has commissioned a number of public monuments to Pogačnik, most notably the monument to the 1000 years of the first mention of [[Gorizia|Gorica]] and [[Solkan]], which stands in the town's central public square. == Publications == *''Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings - Working with the Intelligence in Nature'' (Findhorn Press, [[Scotland]], 1996). ==See also== *[[Anthroposophy]] *[[New Age]] *[[Flag of Slovenia]] *[[National symbols of Slovenia]] ==External links== *[http://www.ljudmila.org/pogacnik/index.html Marko Pogacnik] *[http://www.ukom.gov.si/img/insignia/grb.html Detailed description of the meaning of the Slovenian Coat of Arms, designed by Pogačnik] {{DEFAULTSORT:Pogacnik}} [[Category:Slovenian writers]] [[Category:Spiritual writers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Marko Pogačnik]] [[nl:Marko Pogačnik]]