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Vasko Atanasovski Trio
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Vasko Atanasovski Trio group portrait by Matjaž Vrečko, 2010
Performing their uplifting blend of Balkan bop, gypsy swing, and other shades of Slavic influenced jazz since 2009, Vasko Atanasovski Trio is composed of Vasko Atanasovski on saxophone, clarinet, and voice, Dejan Lapanja on guitar, and Marjan Stanić on drums. The band is closely tied to other projects by Atanasovski, an extraordinary musician whose creative output in the recent decade or so has made him one of the more prolific Slovene jazz musicians. All three artists have collaborated together before in Atanasovski's other ensembles; some of the compositions that they play as a trio come from those previous groups.
While the latest album was released in 2012, the trio has toured a lot in recent years, building its repertoire and profiling its sound. Notably, the group has made a name for themselves in China, where they first toured in 2009, earning many festival invitations and returning for another tour in 2011.
Glasbarium Institute
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Glasbarium Institute was founded in 2012 by composer and musician Vasko Atanasovski. Although it was initially focused on production of music events, concert tours and music albums, it gradually expanded its activities to include musical, humanistic and cultural research and several collaborative projects. One such project, named Musicville – Green European Opera, reinvented the form of opera as a new and creative collaboration inspired by environmental awareness, nature, local crafts, and traditions. Another project, named Arthanatos, explored the subject of death by combining music, philosophy and theatre. With Magdalena Germek, Atanasovski also developed a special methodology of combining philosophy and music, named Philo Klang.
Open House Slovenia Festival
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Guided tour of Cankarjev dom, the largest cultural and congress centre in Slovenia, Open House Slovenia Festival 2023. Author: Špela Koščak
Every year, the largest architecture festival in Slovenia, Open House Slovenia Festival, allows architecture enthusiasts and members of the public to visit architectural projects across the country free of charge. The festival aims to present examples of the best practices of contemporary Slovenian architectural production and important cultural heritage as part of Slovenian culture and national identity.
Afront, Institute for spatial innovation
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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.
NT&RC media company
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NT&RC media company manages the newspaper Novi tednik and the radio station Radio Celje. Both outlets report on events in the Savinja region and in that way inform and connect its residents. They also have quite a long history: Novi tednik was first published in 1945 (initially under the name Nova pot) while Radio Celje began to broadcast in 1954. In addition to the newspaper and the radio station, NT&RC nowadays also maintains an online media platform at www.nt-rc.si.
Greening Practices in Culture: Slovenian Organisations in Action
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If you’re an artist or a CCS professional dealing with environmental sustainability in your work, then you’ll be thrilled by the wide range of cultural organisations incorporating green practices in Slovenia. Given that more and more artists and organisations are introducing sustainable practices not only in their internal operations but also in their production and other activities, you’ll surely find plenty of options for cooperation.
Trajna society
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Trajna society operates at the intersection of design, craftsmanship and ecology. Its goals include regeneration of urban nature, the preservation of urban biodiversity and the enhancement of ecological literacy within local communities. The society is perhaps best known for managing the temporary production space Krater, established on an abandoned construction site in Ljubljana, where various events take place, ranging from discussions and workshops to art projects. Trajna also advocates the creative use of invasive plants, such as using the plants to make DIY furniture.
KUD Boja
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Boja Cultural and Artistic Society is a collective platform for creation, translation and dissemination of contemporary poetics in the fields of visual arts, literature, contemporary dance and film based in Izola, Slovenia. The platform encompasses many activities, from art residencies and artistic exchanges to contemporary dance projects and visual art exhibitions. Its projects also include translations of Slovene literature, new Slovene translations of international poetry and video- or film-based exhibitions and installations. In addition, BOJA’s members frequently take part in Erasmus+ youth exchange projects.
Jasa Society
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The Jasa Society (Društvo Jasa) is primarily dedicated to book publishing, along with some other book-related activities such as promoting reading. The society’s catalogue features various children’s books (often exploring questions of beauty, morality, our relationship to nature and other philosophical topics), literary anthologies, as well as some works dealing with the questions of fashion. Several of the books were written by a well known Slovene poet Neža Maurer.
Drugajanje Festival
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Dance performance The Lost Songs at Drugajanje Festival, Maribor 2022. Author: Janez Klenovšek
The Drugajanje Festival is an annual festival initiated in 2002, co-organised by the Bunker Institute and taking place in Maribor, Celje, Ptuj, Ljutomer, Kranj, Ljubljana and other towns across Slovenia. The festival was originally conceived as a response to the gap in the supply of cultural content for youth in the city of Maribor and aims to affirm contemporary dance and performing arts, especially among teenage audiences, with a programme of performances, workshops and lectures.