Slovene artists and producers feature regularily on cultural events in Croatia. Check below a selection of some current events or explore the interactive map of events. Almost half of the events have taken place in Zagreb; however the coastal towns of Rijeka, Pula, Split and Dubrovnik, or Čakovec and Osijek have hosted Slovenian creators, too. Especially in Istria, and also in Zagreb, cooperation with a culturally prolific Slovenian minority is vibrant.
At the festivals in Croatia
Slovene artists and producers regularly participate at established Croatian festivals:
Cf. the list of all the festivals in Croatia with Slovenian participation below.
Connections
The group exhibition Radical Geometries at the Lexart Depot in Zagreb features also the installation by Roman Uranjek, 2021. The artists (from left to right) Dean Jokanović Toumin and Roman Uranjek.
Amidst 26th Berlin literature festival, there is a discussion panel for directors of international literature festivals about their work, current challenges, and the dynamics of the global literary scene. From Slovenia, Aljaž Koprivnikar, director of Fabula festival is attending.
»Masterwork for six dancers« is performed by En-Knap collective and choreographed by Emese Cuhorka and Csaba Molnár. Performance celebrates the expressive power of the body while simultaneously presenting it with unusual challenges. Inspired by Bauhaus aesthetics, the dancers play with objects and movements, questioning our notions of the body.
KGBL Chamber Choir of the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory Conservatory, under the direction of Ambrož Čopi, is an ensemble of approximately 40 dedicated singers. The Japan tour including the performance at the Yokohama Festival Japan showcases also Slovenian music. Concerts present not only established works and masters, but also the creativity of a younger generation of composers.
Jan Rozman’s performance Wetware combines stand-up comedy, choreography, and theory into a dark yet humorous self-examination in the age of surveillance capitalism, where technology no longer appears as an external tool, but as a total institution within the body.