We didn’t put a full stop. We planted roots.

To close the tenth edition of the art+science festival Putanje tehnologija, at Dom kulture Silosi, we didn’t want an ending. We wanted a beginning. So we planted an oak together.

From October 7 to 26, 2025, through art, science, and research, we explored technology, memory, time, and intergenerational dialogue. We talked about the future—and then did something that lasts longer than any format.

In mythology, the oak is a tree of strength, long memory, and community—a tree that connects generations, a tree that remains. But the oak isn’t just a symbol. It is an important source of pollen for bees in spring, a home for birds, shelter for insects, shade for people, and a place for gatherings, conversations, and silence. Over time, it becomes a small ecosystem.

Instead of something that gets used up, discarded, or forgotten—we planted something that grows. Something that one day will be shade for children who haven’t even been born yet.

This isn’t just a symbolic gesture. This is an extension of the exhibition. A living installation that remembers.

Because if we’re already talking about technologies and the future, it’s only right to leave something real.

Not just for us. But for those who are coming.