Kulturno umetniško društvo Mreža
Masarykova 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 434 0345
Nataša Serec, Head of the association
KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association
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Past Events
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Drummer Dré Hočevar at the international platform and concert cycle Borderless Dissonance #3, co-organised by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association,
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Saxophone player Tilen Lebar at the international platform and concert cycle Borderless Dissonance #2, co-organised by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association,
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Double bassist Gašper Livk at the international platform and concert cycle Borderless Dissonance #1, co-organised by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association,
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2 Dec 2012
The exhibition Exit station produced by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association and Alkatraz Gallery, and co-produced by Strip Core
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Established in 1997 at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone, KUD Mreža (meaning KUD Network) nowadays carries out a wide range of activities, from leading art galleries and promoting concerts, to mediating information on cultural funding opportunities. It also manages an archive of photographic, audio and video materials regarding Metelkova mesto and the events occurring there.
Since 2000, KUD Mreža is organising the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns, which features performances, concerts, exhibitions, urban interventions, as well as video projections, round tables, book presentations, and lectures. For a time, it also organised the similarly diverse [[Personal–Collective Festival], which was primarily oriented towards contemporary improvised music, dance, and visual arts. }}
Among its endeavours are also the "Urban Art Projects" [Urbani likovni projekti], devoted to the renovations and artistic augmentations of public spaces at Metelkova.
1280pxAlkatraz Gallery, established in 1996 as an artist run space, located in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone, Ljubljana
Background
Initially, the KUD Mreža Association was primarily engaged in visual arts projects at Metelkova, but it also functioned as a formal vehicle for various other initiatives that were active there. Its predecessor was, in a way, Mreža za Metelkovo (The Network for Metelkova), a collective that worked to establish and coordinate this autonomous cultural centre in the first place.
In 2000, together with the Society for the Protection of Atheistic Feelings (DZAČ), KUD Mreža also founded Menza pri koritu, a very active Metelkova venue that hosts concerts, poetry evenings, various workshops (circus, stage technique, etc) and many other events. As of 2015, the association ceased with running the place any more.
Core projects
KUD Mreža operates the Alkatraz Gallery, where contemporary art exhibitions, performances and installations take place, and the adjacent Studio Azil (Studio Asylum), which hosts artists invited to its Artist-in-Residence project. The latter was launched in 2006 and is operated together with the Art Center Prosenjakovci. It also occasionally organises art workshops (painting, graphic art, sculpture, metal sculpture, etc.).
Another KUD Mreža run gallery is the very special Night Window Display Gallery Pešak, which displays its works behind the windows on the second floor of one of Metelkova buildings. The artworks can consequently only be seen by way of a telescope, set on a nearby tower.
Music series FriForma and Metabonma
The music cycle Džezz pri Koritu, held at Klub Menza pri koritu since 2007, was remade in 2015 as the FriForma series. Still focusing on improvised music, this one now uses different venues, among them being Pocket Teater Studio, Klub Gromka, Španski borci Culture Centre, and MoTA Museum of Transitory Art. Some of its guests were Daichi Yoshikawa, Rie Nakajima in Pierre Berthet, the CRAM music collective, Jean-Luc Guionnet and Lucio Capece; before that, Džezz pri Koritu hsoted artists like All Included, Marc Ribot, Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band, Linda Sharrock, Good for Cows, Gutbucket, etc.
This cycle is complemented by the Metabonma, a series for staging contemporary classical music. It has featured the likes of Bruce Hamilton, Marko Hatlak and Drumartica.
Other international projects
In 2013, KUD Mreža became part of the international research project called "The Future of Work, and has led the consortium that has secured financing for it by the European Cultural Fund (ECF). The Future of Work is a 4 episode web-documentary by Abel Heijkamp (NL) and Julij Borštnik (SI), who are documenting their research into contemporary labour conditions in the Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany and Europe in general. The other partners of this project are Projekthaus Potsdam-Babelsberg (GE) and Zaaigrond filmproductions (NL).
KUD Mreža also acted as the Slovene host for the international project La caravane des dix mots, which takes place in more than 40 countries world-wide. It has also participated in Trans Europe Halles, a European Network of Independent Cultural Centres.
See also
- Alkatraz Gallery
- International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns
- Klub Menza pri koritu
- Art Center Prosenjakovci
External links
Gallery
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