Culture of Slovenia
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Linhart Encounter
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Actors Martin Valič, David Radej, Klemen Kovačič, Maja Pinterič, and Tina Lipovec in the play Phoenix, written and directed by Rok Sanda. The play was awarded the Matiček award for the best overall performance at the Linhart Encounter in 2017. Author: Matej Maček
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Explore a huge database of Slovenian cultural creators and producers. Don't know where to start? Here are some suggestions.
Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024
Current events
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Slovenian art collective Pjorkkala, with core members Žan Girandon, Pia Grolegar, and Luka Pleskovič, will be exhibiting in the Diploma Selection (student section), as one of the 15 finalists. Their work, "Dodola" is an installation that purifies water, intended as a solution for inhabitants of areas without state water supply, and has been developed as a Master's thesis of Academy of Fine Arts and Design Ljubljana. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Prague.
at the Designblok
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"Volatile Season" is an exhibition about the unpredictability of weather and what that means for our future. Featuring works by Sara Rman, Maruša Uhan, and Neja Zorzut, and curated by Hana Čeferin.
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"repeated words lose their meaning", a group exhibition about the concept of language featuring artists from Lithuania, Estonia, and Slovenia: Ana Likar and Teja Miholič. The exhibition is curated by Justina Špeirokaitė and Hana Čeferin.
Upcoming events
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A live performance by the Czajka & Puchacz duo project with Kaja Draksler on piano and Szymon Gąsiorek on drums and electronics.
Festivals
The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. Later on, in 2019, the festival number rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.
Images
Museum of Modern Art is the central museum and gallery of the Slovenian art works from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Female nude, by Zdenko Kalin and Echo, by Karl Putrih.
The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015
The Čaplja service building at the Nordic Centre Planica designed by the STVAR architects, 2016
Corporate identity for the Museum of Architecture and Design by IlovarStritar design studio, 2011
Pocar Homestead, Mojstrana main dwelling from the outside, built in 1775
The tank from the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) in front of the National Museum of Contemporary History. On the eve of the International Women's Day in 2012 it was sprayed pink by the unknown activists and became a new popular landmark in Ljubljana. It is owned by the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and was transferred to the Park of Military History Pivka only a few months after the action. The pink paint was removed.
A Place under the Sun by students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2011
Overview
Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia
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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020
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