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Kersnikova Institute
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Kersnikova Institute (before 2014 named K6/4 Institute) is a not-for-profit cultural institution for artistic, technical and educational activities. It produces, organises and promotes various creative (often unconventional and avant-garde) endeavours, especially within the framework of its well-known venues and the teams of art producers at the Kapelica Gallery, the Rampa Lab and BioTehna. It is also responsible for the legendary Klub K4, which is currently run by a subcontractor.
Cona Institute
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CONA Institute for Contemporary Art Procesing was established in 2007 by the musician and new media artist Brane Zorman and the architect and scenographer Irena Pivka. The institute owes its name to Cona (Zone), an ongoing series of engaged urban artistic projects related to migration issues that the duo has been developing since 2001. Its main activity, mission and objective is production of contemporary art projects merging different fields of creativity, mainly classified in multimedia and musical arts, encouraging and producing education activities.
Projekt Atol Institute
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Projekt Atol is a non-profit cultural institution founded in 1992 by Slovene conceptual and new media artist Marko Peljhan and officially registered in 1994. Its activities range from art production to scientific research and technological prototype development and production. The technological arm of Projekt Atol, called PACT Systems (Projekt Atol Communication Technologies), was founded in 1995, and the flight operations branch, Projekt Atol Flight Operations, was founded in 1999 to support art and cultural activities in the atmosphere, in orbit, and beyond.
KID PiNA
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The Koper-based Association for Culture and Education PiNA (KID PiNA) is certainly one of the most active and diversely oriented Slovenian NGOs. Always simultaneously involved in several artistic, educational and civil society projects, PiNA also manages a multimedia centre and a separate event space. It has produced numerous research documents, booklets, documentaries and video manuals on everything from cultural management to human rights alongside an uncountable number of events.
City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture
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The City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture was established in 1996. It organises the annual international festival of contemporary arts in Ljubljana called City of Women and aims to raise the visibility of high-quality innovative creations by women artists, theorists and activists from all over the world. It also promotes Slovenian artists abroad within various partnerships and/or international co-productions.
In 2019, the City of Women Association received the prestigious international prize for culture Princess Margriet, awarded by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).
Photon Gallery
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Since 2003 the non-profit organisation Photon Gallery – Centre for Contemporary Photography researches and presents contemporary fine art photography. The gallery focuses on recognising and promoting various Slovene and international artists, with an emphasis on the production from Central and South-eastern Europe.
City Library Postojna
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City Library Postojna is one of the Notranjska region's main cultural, educational and free time activity centres. It has branches in Pivka and Prestranek. Originally established in 1905 as the People's Library, this institution was known from 1957 as the City Library before it acquired the name Beno Zupančič Library in 1981. It acquired its current name in 2024.
Fužine Castle
updated 18 hours ago
The Renaissance Fužine Castle, in the past also named Kaltenbrunn, is named after fužine ("ironworks"), which were located together with other industrial objects (forge, paper mill) nearby the castle at the crossing over the Ljubljanica River. It was erected between 1528 and 1557 by architects Črt and Janez Weilheimer for owners from the Khisl family. Today it houses the Museum of Architecture and Design.
Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO)
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The Architecture Museum of Ljubljana was established in 1972 by the Municipality of Ljubljana. In April 2010, the management of the museum was transferred from the city to the state. With the move of management came a new name, the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) (MAO is an abbreviation for Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje), and a central role as the main repository for documents and materials pertaining to architecture, town planning, industrial and graphic design, and photography in Slovenia. MAO has been located at Fužine Castle since 1992.