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Lighting Guerrilla Festival
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The light-sound installation Portal by the authorial group Beam Team (Stella Ivšek, Anja Romih, Aleš Zupanc, Črt Trkman) at the 23rd Lighting Guerrilla Festival at Match Gallery, Ljubljana 2023. Author: DK
Summer in Velenje Festival
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Sailor's Day with children's workshops and events at Pippi's House by the Lake Velenje, Festival Velenje 2023. Author: Peter Žagar
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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024
Current events
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26 May 2024
2 Jun 2024
Short animated film "Three Birds - Tri tičice" by director Zarja Menart, produced by Finta Film, will be first shown at the festival. The film was coproduced by RTV Slovenia and Adriatic Animation, and is supported by Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film Studio, and Croatian Audio-Visual Centre.
at the Krakow Film Festival
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16 May 2024
31 May 2024
A photography exhibit of Jože Plečnik's work in Ljubljana, Vienna, Prague, and Belgrade, accompanied by a talk about his work with Tomaž Štoka, Boris Podrecca, and fra Ilija Alanđak. The event is organised and supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade in collaboration with partners Austrian Cultural Forum and Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgrade.
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10 May 2024
19 Jun 2024
"GrazLjubljana", a group exhibition by Veronika Hauer and Maja Babič Košir. The exhibition opens on the 10th of May. In collaboration with Ravnikar Gallery Space, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, and Galerientage Graz.
at the Graz Gallery Weekend
Upcoming events
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27 May 2024
2 Jun 2024
Academic painter Nuša Smolič is inviting viewers on a profound journey through philosophy and psychology of human existence with her solo exhibition, "A Tribute to Identity".
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27 May 2024
Postmedia artist Saša Spačal will present her research project "Radiotrophic Fungarium". This artistic endeavour is exploring the potential symbiosis between fungi and humans with the intention of protecting both from radiation and UV rays.
at the Building Bridges for the Next Generations
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27 May 2024
28 May 2024
Two live performances of the internationally acclaimed retro-avantgarde music group Laibach, as part of their "Opus Dei" tour.
Festivals
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.
Images
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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