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V-F-X Ljubljana

The international festival of experimental audiovisual practices V-F-X Ljubljana (Video-Film-Experiment) was launched in 2021 by SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts and the Slovenian Cinematheque.

The creation of a new festival dedicated to experimental and avant-garde audio-visual practices was spurred by the need to acknowledge and celebrate groundbreaking AV creations within experimental environments. Rather than starting from scratch, this festival builds upon the foundations laid by numerous exceptional directors, videographers, and artists who have a rich history of experimentation in this field. The festival's aim is to showcase experiences and practices from around the globe, including international platforms, festivals, and programs dedicated to experimental work. It emphasizes both the past and the future, with the goal of uncovering curators, programs, films, videos, installations, and performances that transcend established and classical boundaries, exploring new avenues of expression and utilization of the medium.

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Vladislav Knežević's Retrospective, shown in stereoscopic 3D projection, at the 2nd international festival of experimental audiovisual practices V-F-X Ljubljana in 2022. Author: Asiana Jurca Avci

International Triennial Ecology and Art

The International Triennial Ecology and Art (ECO Triennial) was established in 1980 by Maribor Art Gallery. Addressing environmental issues first as a topic and later on contextualising them in terms of ecology and social change, this triennial has been organised regularly till 2006. The gallery reconceptualised the event and the next triennial took place in spring 2021 in the complex of the former MTT textile factory in Maribor. Under the title A Letter to the Future its main exhibition was curated by Alessandro Vincentelli (UK, Greece). EKO 8 was accompanied by a vast discursive programme, focused on the city and the urban community and realised in co-operation with the Centre for Creativity and Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory as partners, and building on the institutional network in the city itself.

The 9th International Triennial Ecology and Art Eyes in the Stone will take place between 17th May and 27th July 2024 in The Old Sanatorium in Maribor.

Opening of the exhibition A Letter to the Future at the former MTT textile factory in Maribor, 8th EKO 2021.

Closing days of the 8th International Triennial Ecology and Art EKO at the former MTT textile factory in Maribor, 2021.

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Closing days of the 8th International Triennial Ecology and Art EKO at the former MTT textile factory in Maribor, 2021.

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United States of America Atlanta,Charlotte,Louisville,Nashville,Piladelphia Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia,Buckhead Theatre,Mercury Ballroom,The Basement East,The Fillmore Charlotte

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Five live performances by internationally renowned metal band Within Destruction.
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Austria Graz Fotogalerie im Grazen Rathaus

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A joint photography exhibition of Boris Gaberščik and Branko Lenart. In collaboration with Kulturvermittlung Steiermark.
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Hungary Kaposvár

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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre will be visiting the 11th ASSITEJ Hungary Theatre Biennial for Children and Youth and putting on the play "Tunnel". Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest.
at the ASSITEJ Hungary Theatre Biennial for Children and Youth

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9 May 2024

United Kingdom of Great Britain London St John's Smith Square

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A concert by Slovenian Choir in London, led by Kaja Pečnik, on the occasion of Europe Day Festival. Organised by the European parliament Liaison Office in the UK and promoted by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London.
at the Europe Day Festival
9 May 2024

Croatia Zagreb Močvara

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A live performance by stoner/doom metal band Omega Sun.
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Spain Madrid Nadie Nunca Nada No

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Artist Sara Bezovšek will be participating in the group exhibition "i'm feeling lucky" with her project "SND".
at the MMMAD – Festival Urbano de Arte Digital de Madrid

Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

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Our graphic calendar of festivals shows almost 190 festivals in 2023.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. Later on, in 2019, the festival number rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

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The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015
The Čaplja service building at the Nordic Centre Planica designed by the STVAR architects, 2016
Corporate identity for the Museum of Architecture and Design by IlovarStritar design studio, 2011
Pocar Homestead, Mojstrana main dwelling from the outside, built in 1775
The tank from the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) in front of the National Museum of Contemporary History. On the eve of the International Women's Day in 2012 it was sprayed pink by the unknown activists and became a new popular landmark in Ljubljana. It is owned by the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and was transferred to the Park of Military History Pivka only a few months after the action. The pink paint was removed.
A Place under the Sun by students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2011
Narodni dom (National House) building by František Škabrout, built in Ljubljana 1894–1896. In 1927 the National Gallery of Slovenia rented some rooms in the building that housed also sport and leisure activities. Postcard, 1910.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor, designed by Styria arhitektura d.o.o.

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Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia

Luka T. Zagoričnik

Let's take a ride on the term experimental music, which currently mainly defines certain more fringe musical practices, across the expanses of various musical plains, styles and genres. We can apply this (overly) broad term to designate the varied creative simmering in certain segments of the present-day Slovenian music scene. A scene that spans the realms of electro-acoustic music, musique concrète, experimental music in the context of modern classical music, free improvisation, experimental electronic music and sound art as well as their associated present-day trends. This scene is diverse and exceptionally agile. It has developed a strong infrastructure for itself (festivals, concert series, labels, international networks) and exists in the space between self-organising and DIY models and institutional environments.

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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020

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