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| name                = Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre
| localname           = Zavod za kulturo Delavski dom Trbovlje
| logo                = Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre (logo).svg
| street              = Trg svobode 11a
| town                = SI-1420 Trbovlje
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| telephone           = 386 (0) 3 563 3481
| fax                 = 386 (0) 3 562 1079
| email               = ddt@siol.net
| website             = http://www.dd-trbovlje.si
| proprietor          = Municipality of Trbovlje
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{{Image|Laibach 2009 Volk performance Photo Nejaaka.jpg}}
{{TeaserImgDesc|Laibach, Volk, Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre, 2009. This performance is also documented on the DVD Dead in Trbovlje (directed by Sašo Podgoršek)}}

Set in a modernist building in the centre of the town of Trbovlje, [[Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre|Delavski dom in Trbovlje]] (DDT) is a local and a regional cultural centre, being the biggest such institution in the Zasavje region. Besides the venue's own diverse and ambitious cultural programme of music, film, theatre, puppetry and visual arts, the centre also runs a new media culture project called [[Trbovlje, The New Media Setting|Trbovlje, New Media Setting]]. While DDT's name points to its historical role as a "home" for workers, that is, a meeting place built to provide a venue for a large number of social related activities, today, Delavski dom Trbovlje is home to a number of cultural and educational institutions, including a music school, thus meeting many of the cultural and social needs of the local and wider community. 
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Delavski dom co-organises the festival [[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival|Rdeči revirji!]] and, as of 2009, produces the new media art festival [[Speculum Artium Festival|Speculum Artium]]. In 2017, it opened [[4. Dritl]], a virtual (and actual) mining museum. 

{{Image|Laibach - 23.jpg}}

{{TeaserSlo|Zavod za kulturo Delavski dom Trbovlje je največja kulturna ustanova v Zasavju. Ukvarja se z bogatim kulturnim programom na področju glasbenih, novomedijskih, filmskih, vizualnih in gledaliških umetnosti.}}

==Venue==

[[Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre|Delavski dom in Trbovlje]] opened in [[established::1956]] in a newly-built building, known for its façade mosaic by [[Marij Pregelj]] (which earned him the highest Slovene award in art, the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Award]]) and sculptures by [[Stojan Batič]] with miners as a leitmotiv. 

The upper floor reception hall can host up to 500 people. The cinema hall was renovated in 1999 and has 354 seats. The main theatre hall, renovated in 2000, seats 434 spectators. The gallery has 45 linear metres of exhibition space.

==Programme==

The theatre programme ranges from local cultural events to performances by renowned Slovene theatre houses and independent groups. Several well-known Slovene cultural groups from the Zasavje region often return to their home town to perform at Delavski dom, including the [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], led by Trbovlje-native, choreographer [[Iztok Kovač]], and [[Laibach]]. DDT's cinema is a member of the [[Art Cinema Network]], which distributes selected high-quality films around Slovenia, here balanced with a selection of children's films and Hollywood flicks. 

===Trbovlje, New Media Setting===

Eventually, the cultural centre set its gaze to new media art and culture. It organises the [[Speculum Artium Festival]] (hosting the likes of the artist Stelarc, the robot Asimo and the scientist Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro) and the video art festival ''DigitalBigScreen'' (utilising its renovated cinema to give video art an impressive venue). In organising the festivals, DDT often collaborates with the University of Arts and Design Linz (AT), the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Science IAMAS (JP), the [[Arts Academy of the University of Nova Gorica]], and many others.

DDT is among the founders of the [[Trbovlje, The New Media Setting|Trbovlje, New Media Setting]], which also organises courses and workshops for youth, collaborates with local IT companies, and sets up art exhibitions. In a way, the establishment of the virtual museum [[4. Dritl]] is part of the same "modernising" drive. 

{{Wide Image|Speculum Artium Festival 2015 Japanese artists visiting the president.jpg}}

==New gallery DDT==

The New Gallery DDT opened its doors in 2010, with two separate gallery spaces. Set on the former grounds of the boiler room and the coal storage room, one of the two spaces retains its old industrial look while the other is a white cube. 

The programme ranges from classical visual arts such as painting and sculpture to new media art installations. The gallery supports a group of young artists from the region, producing and presenting their work, which also shapes the general aesthetic vision of the gallery. Among them, are [[Maša Jazbec]], [[Špela Pavli]], [[Boris Beja]], [[Vesna Davidovič]], and others. 

{{Wide Image|Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre 2013 New gallery DDT.jpg}}

==See also==
* [[Speculum Artium Festival]]
* [[Trbovlje, The New Media Setting|Trbovlje, New Media Setting]]
* [[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival]]
* [[Laibach]]
* [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]]

==External links==
* [http://www.dd-trbovlje.si Trbovlje Cultural Centre website] (in Slovenian)
* [http://www.tnm.si/ Trbovlje New Media City (TNM) website]
* [http://novagalerijaddt.si/ New gallery DDT website] (in Slovenian)
* [http://speculumartium.si/?lang=en Speculum Artium website]

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