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GO2025 The City Yet to Become
updated 8 hours ago
While winning the bid for the European Capital of Culture speaks of a city's vision for the future, Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.
Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025
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Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy are the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Based on these cities' specific political, cultural and geographical context, their 2025 ECoC programme explores the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless”.
The opening event, From Station to Station, was held on 8 February, the Slovenian cultural holiday.
Nova Gorica municipal building with light installations during R.o.R festival
Skiing in the Museum
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A pair of skis, used in the Yugoslav People’s Army. From 1974 onwards, its mountain warfare forces would use the equipment produced by Elan.
The Rebirth of Industrial Spaces through the Prism of Culture and Creativity
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From London and Paris to Berlin and Amsterdam, if we mention only Europe, some of the best contemporary museums and galleries are set in former industrial buildings, taking advantage of vast spaces, preserving cultural heritage and giving back to people what they had been creating before in a different manner.
Slovenia stepped on this path in the early 2000s and is committed to renovating, rebuilding and breathing new life into such buildings. Through revitalisation, cities, townships and private organisations are transforming these sites and structures into places that offer platforms for creative industries. However, the means towards this goal and the results vary distinctively.
Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, 2006
Experimental Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s
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Primož Jesenko provides a brief sketch of the developments of experimental theatre in Slovenia of the 1950s and 1960s. In this post-war time of the newly-established Yugoslavia, we see how experimental practices became a way for theatre artists working to link to the international, avant-garde space in Europe and beyond. The next questions became: in which spaces could such activities be carried out and how to blend the "institutional and non-institutional"?
Slovenia on the Global Music Map
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VOLKSWAGNER 3, Laibach in collaboration with RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and composer Izidor Leitinger, 2009. A sonic suite in three acts making connections between Wagner, modernism and jazz, crossbred with pop art.
Slovenian musicians and bands have a colourful history of international success in the music industry. But before such success becomes a topic of nostalgia, SIGIC's Peter Baroš tells of new initiatives helping today's music acts reach for the stars hanging over the global music map.
The Hidden Gems of Slovenian Museums
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Alma Karlin wearing a yukata. Alma Karlin Estate, Manuscript Collection, National and University Library, MS 1872.
When you think of fascinating collections of objects from East Asia, visiting Slovenian museums probably doesn't even cross your mind. This perception is about to change as you embark on an exciting journey to discover hidden gems in the museum cellars and attics brought to Slovenia from China, Japan and Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In this article, two researchers involved in the project East Asian Collections in Slovenia of the Department of Asian Studies at Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana lead us on a tour of items from these lands that are tucked away in the repositories of Slovenian museums and reveal the unique stories of how they found their way to Slovenia. A must-read for anyone interested in ethnographic and art collections, especially those from East Asia.
Arctur
updated 12 hours ago
Arctur is a hi-tech company specialising in advanced IT solutions and delivering innovative products and services in the fields of industry, health, tourism, heritage, and more. The company approaches its projects in an interdisciplinary spirit, merging research, science, art and business. Among Arctur's projects there are a VR experience discovering Kozlov Rob castle, a detailed 3D model of Kostanjevica na Krki monastery, and digitalisation of several best known works by the architect Jože Plečnik.
Afront, Institute for spatial innovation
updated 13 hours ago
Afront, Institute for spatial innovation is a non-governmental organisation working in the field of culture, popularisation of architecture and architectural heritage. Since 2013, the institute has organised the Open House Slovenia festival and managed the Open House Slovenia online platform. Another project of the Afront Institute is Invisible Houses, another online platform presenting important Slovenian architectural achievements which have been demolished or never built, are not accessible to the public or simply not sufficiently known and understood. The Institute is also the producer of Odprto, a podcast dedicated to topics related to space, architecture and design.