Slovene artists and producers feature regularily on cultural events in Croatia. Check below a selection of some current events or explore the interactive map of events. Almost half of the events have taken place in Zagreb; however the coastal towns of Rijeka, Pula, Split and Dubrovnik, or Čakovec and Osijek have hosted Slovenian creators, too. Especially in Istria, and also in Zagreb, cooperation with a culturally prolific Slovenian minority is vibrant.
At the festivals in Croatia
Slovene artists and producers regularly participate at established Croatian festivals:
Cf. the list of all the festivals in Croatia with Slovenian participation below.
Connections
The group exhibition Radical Geometries at the Lexart Depot in Zagreb features also the installation by Roman Uranjek, 2021. The artists (from left to right) Dean Jokanović Toumin and Roman Uranjek.
KGBL Chamber Choir of the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory Conservatory, under the direction of Ambrož Čopi, is an ensemble of approximately 40 dedicated singers. The Japan tour including the performance at the Yokohama Festival Japan showcases also Slovenian music. Concerts present not only established works and masters, but also the creativity of a younger generation of composers.
The performance "Pinocchio", directed and visually designed by Matteo Spiazzi was widely recognized. The tour in Japan is a confirmation that puppetry is a strong and vibrant part of Slovenian culture. The story of Pinocchio is an incredible adventure that has been a source of excitement for many generations and is still alive today. Pinocchio is a metaphor for how mistakes can also shape man.
The singing performance "non-choir" led by Tisa Neža Herlec rather deals phenomenologically with the human voice. The queer-feminist collective Grrrls, co-founded by the Carinthian-Slovenian artist Majda Krivograd, provides the music. By planting a peaceful persimmon tree, they express the rejection of nuclear weapons and even apriori rejection of peaceful nuclear energy.
As part of the summer film festival, which focuses on contemporary European film culture, two Slovenian films are screened: "Hidden People", directed by Miha Hočevar with an actor Luka Marčetič as a guest of the festival, and the youth film "Block 5", directed by Klemen Dvornik.
Vivijana Kljun (IT) & Helmut Blažej (A) present an exhibition entitled "The Light and the Background". Both artists connect reality, memory and artistic interpretation in their works. They open up new perspectives on the landscape as a space of perception, memory and inner experience.
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