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Revision as of 12:14, 8 November 2011
Background
The name Speculum Artium is related to the statement of Peter Weibel: "... there is a highly sophisticated relationship between art and politics which can be expressed as the speculum artium, or the mirror of art".
First held in the City Art Gallery Ljubljana the festival was permanently moved in 2009 to Delavski dom Trbovlje. It was organised by the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Trbovlje, The New Media Setting and Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre, the former being in charge of the organisation since 2010.
Programme
The festival is held in spring and includes the exhibition of students' artworks reflecting questions of contemporary society focused on audio and video installations and interactive projects. There are also invited guest artists. In 2009 Peter Weibel selected guest artists: Dorcas Müller, Herwig Steiner, and Brigitta Zics.
The festival has also a rich accompanying programme with performances, happenings, workshops and concerts. In 2009 there was a musical spectacle by Laibach. The extended parallel program in 2010 included video festivals Digital Big Screen and Genius Seaculi.
Speculum Artium 2011
The Speculum Artium 2011 was curated by professors of participating academies: Herwig Steiner (Vienna), Srečo Dragan (Ljubljana), and Michaela Ortner (Linz). The participating artists were: Dan Scott, Michael Fisher, Juan Suanca, Lisa Hall, Aram Zarikian, Paolo Zappala, Jessica Pinney, Philip Cornett, Marc Bonet Folgosa, Christoph Schwarz, Julian Palacz, Thomas Frierss, Nik Skušek, Jure Fingušt, Dorian Španzel, Reinhard Gupfinger, Travis Kirton, Maša Jazbec, Group V.A.T., and Tiago Martins. The opening was accompanied by a performance of the group The Awkwardstra from London.