Culture of Slovenia
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World Literatures - Fabula Festival
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Opening event of Fabula Festival 2023 hosted the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabužko, author of the novel Field Research of Ukrainian Sex, that was interpreted by drama actor Mario Dragojević. The conversation with the author was led by Ksenija Horvat.
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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2023
Current events
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The exhibition "Thirty Years of Making a Scene - Trideset let na sceni" by Stripburger. The opening will be hosted by Stripburger's editor Tanja Skale and comic artist Andrej Štular. As part of the exhibition, there will also be a comics workshop by Andrej Štular on the 8th of June. Co-funded by Slovenian Book Agency.
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Intermedia artist Robertina Šebjanič will be premiering her project "CO_SONIC 38,144 km²" as part of the Immersive programme. She will also be participating in the Artist talk on the 6th of June.
at the TRIBECA Immersive 2024
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Two screenings of "The Man without Guilt" directed by Ivan Gergolet at the 26th European Film Festival (Festival de Cine Europeo) in Chile. Co-organised and promoted by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Buenos Aires and supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
at the Festival Cine Europeo
Upcoming events
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Opening of an exhibition "Slovenian Rock - Slovenski rock". Organised by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Sarajevo in honour of Slovenian Statehood Day.
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
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
Narodni dom (National House) building by František Škabrout, built in Ljubljana 1894–1896. In 1927 the National Gallery of Slovenia rented some rooms in the building that housed also sport and leisure activities. Postcard, 1910.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor, designed by Styria arhitektura d.o.o.
Overview
Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia
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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020
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