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The Rebirth of Industrial Spaces through the Prism of Culture and Creativity
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Stara mestna elektrarna Elektro Ljubljana (SMEEL), known in English as the Old Power Station, 2006.
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A live performance of trio Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, featuring Kaja Draksler on piano alongside Petter Eldh and Christian Lillinger.
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.
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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.
The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor, designed by Styria arhitektura d.o.o.
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Soda 4060, workshop led by Staš Vrenko at Osmo/za, 2018.
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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.