Maribor, Evropska prestolnica kulture 2012
Vetrinjska 30, SI-2000 Maribor
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Organised byMunicipality of Maribor
Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
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Past Events
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16 Nov 2017
Along the Mediterranean Sea, a conference on the topic of European Capitals of Culture, attended by Mitja Čander, a former programme director of Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012, an event being supported also by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Rome,
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15 Sep 2012
15 Oct 2012
Austria Graz Various venues in Graz and Maribor
Maribor-Graz, visual arts exchange projects, art academies and other cooperation projects within the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 programme
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26 Jun 2012
A presentation of the project Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 by director-general Suzana Žilič Fišer
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5 Jun 2012
The presentation of the Urban Furrows programme within Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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6 Jun 2012
War and Peace by Tomaž Pandur, coproduced by Pandur.Theaters and Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
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16 May 2012
Liverpool 2008. Capital of Vulture film screening and the European Culture: How Much Milch Gives the Holy Cow? panel discussion, coorganised by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)(Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), . Participating Marta Gregorčič, Urban Furrows Programe of Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
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12 May 2012
EU Open House programme, Lučka Koščak's sculpture, ArtVento Quintet Performance, the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 presentation
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31 Mar 2012
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28 Mar 2012
Presentation of the publication Une rassurante étrangeté: regards croisés sur Mons et Maribor by Caroline Lamarche and Dušan Šarotar in Mons, ECoC 2015 in collaboration with Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
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23 Mar 2012
United Kingdom London Embassy of Portugal
Presentation of the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 programme in London, coorganised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London
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13 Mar 2012
Slovene literary evening with Drago Jančar, Andree Lück-Gaye (translator of his novels), Zoran Predin and Mitja Čander, co-organised by the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris
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17 Jan 2012
Official opening of the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), including the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 programme presentation
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24 Sep 2011
Slovene Focus in Mons presents installation by Marko Batista (Aksioma Institute), Jan Cvitkovič's films, Dušan Šarotar's literature in cooperation with Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
at the Festival L'espace des possibles
Infrastructural investments
The seat of the Maribor 2012 Public Institute is situated in the recently renovated Vetrinje Mansion (Naskov dvorec) in the very heart of the city. The architects Maruša Zorec and Matjaž Bolčina won the 2010 Piranesi Award for its renovation.
At first the City of Maribor gave the leading position to the new Maribor Cultural Centre (MAKS), which is to be erected on the grounds of the former knitting factory in the Studenci area. The plans for this edifice with its 2-multi-purpose halls for 650 visitors each were made by SADAR + VUGA Architects. According to the current plans the cultural centre will comprise also the new premises fo the Maribor Art Gallery.
Programme
The programme of the Cultural Capital of Europe 2012 will be opened with Marij Kogoj's opera Black Masks (written in 1924–1927), directed by Janez Burger and performed by the joint ensembles of the Maribor and Ljubljana National Theatres.
The Cultural Capital's programme highlights also the performances by the so-called Maribor Directing School (Tomaž Pandur, Jernej Lorenci, Matjaž Latin, and Sebastijan Horvat). It will, however, also include inventive urban projects such as "social ecology" or "militant research" in the suburbs and a new installation of the Maribor Regional Museum's permanent collection.
The programme has been divided into four strands: Terminal 12 (led by Aleš Šteger), Townkeys (led by Boris Cizej), Urbanfurrows (led by Marta Gregorič), and Lifetouch (led by Aleš Čar).
Featured international artists
Within the Terminal 12 programme strand each month in 2012 Maribor will host one of the prominent international guests, among them Charles Simic, Boris Groys, Jan Fabre, Rebecca Horn, Laurie Anderson, Goran Bregović, Cvetan Todorov, Gari Kasparov, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Peter Zumthor.
Partner cities
The partner cities have already announced some of the highlights in their programmes. The Ptuj Regional Museum prepares the 4th World Congress of Archaeologists. Slovenj Gradec plans the opening of the museum and documentation centre of the Austrian composer Hugo Wolf and an ambitious performance based on his lieder, accompanied by the first international workshop on classical solo singing. The city will also produce the Peace Festival "From People to the People" and collaborate with the Herman Potočnik Noordung Memorial Centre in Vitanje on contemporary visual arts production.
Partners
The international programming in 2012 is going to be supported also by cultural centres located in Slovenia, for instance the Goethe-Institut Ljubljana.
See also
- Municipality of Maribor
- Municipality of Slovenj Gradec
- Municipality of Murska Sobota
- Municipality of Ptuj
- Municipality of Novo mesto
- Municipality of Velenje
External links
- Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 official website
- The new programme strands outline
- The Guimarães 2012 official website
- European Capital of Culture on Wikipedia
Critical reviews
- Zofijini in EPK (in Slovenian)
- Raw Energy Manifesto (2009, in Slovenian)
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