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The Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Austria (SKICA) was established in Vienna in 2011. The centre intends to integrate Slovene creativity in the field of arts and culture as well as science and research into the cultural milieu of the city of Vienna and beyond. SKICA aims to become a model for the future network of Slovene culture and information centres abroad.

The SKICA office is located at the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna as a joint project of the Slovene Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A network of Slovenian cultural centres is planned in the future: in November 2016 the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin was inaugurated.

Mission and objectives

The Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Vienna was established by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Culture. Its purpose is to create a synergy among Slovene institutions and organisations and Austrian cultural institutions, producers and venues, to foster cooperation efforts, and to facilitate communication. Thus SKICA should become a central forum and a representative of Slovene cultural, education, and scientific activities in Austria as well as a catalyst of new international projects.

Programme

SKICA endeavours to promote its cultural programme while focusing on building a multidisciplinary approach from all study fields and art disciplines. Outlined annually, the SKICA programme consists of a few complex projects that are developed in close cooperation with Slovene cultural organisations and Austrian partners, and a number of projects where SKICA facilitates realisation and broader communication of the event.

Architecture and Design

During the Vienna Design Week 2012 the exhibition Niko Kralj – The King of Chairs took place at the Architekturzentrum Wien. This retrospective exhibition of one of the pioneers and leading legends of Slovenian industrial design was prepared by the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana. The Architekturzentrum Wien hosted also the exhibition Max Fabiani, the architect of the monarchy, marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of architect in 2015.

In the framework of the designforum Wien 2013 the exhibition Silent Revolutions, presenting Slovene product design of the last two decades, took place at the Museumsquartier, while the Vienna Design Week hosted the workshop Dementia and Arthritis. What can design do for me? by Petra Černe Oven and Barbara Predan from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana. The two design theoreticians curated the Past Future Perfect exhibition of Slovene design at Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art in Vienna in 2014.

The Vienna Design Week 2014 featured the Pop-up Home programme of an open platform featuring works by young Slovene designers, architects and artists from the Ljubljana Poligon Creative Centre. The edition in 2016 featured the Friendly Enemy exhibition by Re-generacija Association.

Film

Since 2013 the Let's CEE Film Festival in Vienna that features high-quality productions from Central and Eastern Europe has presented also film production from Slovenia. SKICA collaborates with the Let's CEE team on a regular basis: in 2013 a Damjan Kozole's film retrospective and masterclass took place in Vienna, in 2014 and in 2016 the Slovene Film Days were organised, featuring also Slovene cinema classics and documentary films, and in 2015 the six screenings took place in Graz. The 2017 festival edition featured 11 Slovene films (cf. link below).

Literature

At the Buch Wien 2012, Slovene book illustration was presented: an overview of Slovene book illustration (1954–2011) was complemented with an exhibition of the award-winners of the Biennial of Slovene Book Illustration 2012.

Slovene writers of the younger generation Goran Vojnović, Katja Perat, Nejc Gazvoda, Nataša Kramberger,Jure Jakob, Vesna Lemaić, and Klemen Pisk were presented in spring and autumn 2012 to broad audiences at a well-know literary venue Literaturhaus Wien, where Anja Golob also read her poetry within the Schamrock – Festival of Female Poets 2014. At Literaturhaus Wien The Worldtravelers met Mexicans exhibition of the graphic novels by Slovene authors Jakob Klemenčič, Zoran Smiljanić and Marijan Pušavec took place in 2016.

Music

Since 2013 SKICA supported SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre and Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture who organise the presentation of Slovenia at the Waves Vienna Music Festival, where among others the bands Coma Stereo, It's Everyone Else, New Wave Syria, N'toko, Toronto Drug Bust,Werefox, Oknai, Your Gay Thoughts,Nikki Louder, Blaž & Simon, Koala Voice, All Strings Detached and Ludovik Material were promoted.

Since 2016 the collboration with the Ment Festival bore fruits: Slovenian moMENTs features in 2016 were The Canyon Observer, Karmakoma and Jardier, in 2017 the

Theatre

Arts & Culture Residency Vienna

SKICA also supports the artist-in-residence programme in Vienna organised by the Slovene Ministry of Culture.

External links

SKICA website
Let's CEE Film Festival 2017 Slovene film programme
Graphic Novels from Slovenia at Literaturhaus Wien
EUNIC Austria Cooperation, Magic of the Language project
Skicirajmo SKICO!, a website in support of SKICA (2013)

Gallery

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-In 2013 SKICA supported [[SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre]] and [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] to organise the presentation of Slovenia as a guest country at the Waves Vienna Music Festival, where among others the bands [[Coma Stereo]], [[It's Everyone Else]], [[New Wave Syria]], [[N'toko]], [[Toronto Drug Bust]], and [[Werefox]] were promoted.
+Since 2013 SKICA supported [[SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre]] and [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] who organise the presentation of Slovenia at the Waves Vienna Music Festival, where among others the bands [[Coma Stereo]], [[It's Everyone Else]], [[New Wave Syria]], [[N'toko]], [[Toronto Drug Bust]],[[Werefox]], [[Oknai]], [[Your Gay Thoughts]],[[Nikki Louder]], [[Blaž & Simon]], [[Koala Voice]], [[All Strings Detached]] and [[Ludovik Material]] were promoted.
+Since 2016 the collboration with the [[Ment Festival]] bore fruits: ''Slovenian moMENTs'' features in 2016 were [[The Canyon Observer]], [[Karmakoma]] and [[Jardier]], in 2017 the
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