Nova Gorica–Gorizia, Evropska prestolnica kulture 2025
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Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025
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Production and coordination
The ECoC is produced by the GO! 2025 - Evropska prestolnica kulture, Nova Gorica Public Institute (shortname: GO! 2025), established by the Nova Gorica Urban Municipality in 2022, and its Italian counterpart GECT GO / EZTS GO, a public institute dedicated to regional development, established in 2021 by the Gorizia, Nova Gorica and Šempeter-Vrtojba municipalities. It manages the Transalpine / Europa Square renovation project and numerous other cross-border projects, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and through Italian national co-financing.
Nova Gorica municipal building with light installations during R.o.R festival
The ECoC's ambitious programme of over 140 events is backed by 40 other municipalities from both countries and kicks off on 8 February 2025. Some events are co-organised also with the German town of Chemnitz, another city with the title European Capital of Culture 2025.
Programme
The programme evolves around four themes: War and Peace, Creating the New, Smugglers, and Very Green. The inaugural performance will be directed by Neda Rusjan Bric, the artistic advisor for GO! 2025 and the main local initiator of the bid for the European Capital of Culture.
Other notable projects include Destin(y)ation/Touch of Destiny, a year-long omnibus of international performances directed by Tomi Janežič and co-produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica as well as the theatrical trilogy Inabili alla Morte, co-produced with the Italian Mittelfest.
The main exhibition project is dedicated to world-renowned Modernist painter Zoran Mušič (1909-2005), who was born in the nearby village of Bukovica. Among the exhibitions, there's also an enhanced edition of the Biennial of Textile Art BIEN exploring contemporary textile art and design, taking place in Nova Gorica, Idrija, Kranj, Jesenice and Škofja Loka.
The 25th edition of the FICE Convention, the largest professional meeting of the Italian film industry, will take place in Nova Gorica and Gorizia, organised by the Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai.
A cross-border dance ensemble formed and developed under the notion of Borderless Body by MN Dance Company will host its central event in the post-apocalyptic local quarry.
The program also features EPICentre, a unique flagship project devoted to capturing the diverse personal and historical perspectives of life on the border.
The enhanced edition of the R.o.R Festival featured a wide span of contemporary, intermedia and performative art practices by world-renowned artists and scholars from October to December 2024.
Venues
The GO! 2025 headquarters offices are situated in the X Centre close to the iconic monument to Edvard Rusjan (1886–1911), a Slovenian flight pioneer.
GO! 2025 communications office with Edvard Rusjan statue
The European Capital of Culture's urban and symbolic backbone, however, is the so-called ECoC district, a kilometre-long border strip between two former customs houses (see Carinarnica) with the iconic venues such as the Transalpina / Europa Square and the dominant railway station (built in 1906). The EPICenter will be housed on the vast premises of a nearby renovated railway warehouse.
The events will also be co-produced in collaboration with the existing cultural and educational institutions and will take place in the respective venues (cf. Nova Gorica Arts Centre, France Bevk Public Library Nova Gorica, Goriška Museum (Kromberk Castle and Dobrovo Castle), Nova Gorica City Gallery, Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Arts Academy of the University of Nova Gorica, Carinarnica, etc.).
Bevk square with a Mars installation during R.o.R festival
See also
- GO2025 The City Yet to Become
- Nova Gorica Urban Municipality
- Category: European Capital of Culture 2025 in Slovenia
- Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
External links
- GO!2025 ECoC Nova Gorica-Gorizia official website
- GECT GO / EZTS GO official website
- Go Borderless Bid Book, 2020 (pdf)
- The European Commission documents: Selection of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2025 in Slovenia, 2020 (pdf)
- European Commission: First Monitoring Meeting Report by the ECOC Expert Panel, 2021 (pdf)
- A playlist of videos by Radio Robin highlighting the ECoC programme preparations (in Slovenian)
In the media
- John Brunton for the Guardian, August 2024
- Simone De La Feld for the EUnews, November 2024
- Noah Charney for the BBC Travel, December 2024
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