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ZEBRA Film Festival
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An evening venue of the ZEBRA festival in the central town square of Slovenj Gradec. Author: Aljaž Uršej
Shots International Short Film Festival
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Shots International Short Film Festival, Rotenturn Castle in Slovenj Gradec, 2022. Photo: Nika Hölcl
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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024
Current events
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6 Jul 2024
29 Sep 2024
This year's Bioregional Assembly Gmunden will feature Slovenian collective Krater, represented by Andrej Koruza, Gaja Mežnarič Osole, and Danica Sretenović, with a projection of the film "Feral Practices", performative lecture "Table of Curiosities" and individual Krater's Feral Coaching sessions.
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4 Jul 2024
10 Aug 2024
"On History" - an exhibition featuring Neja Tomšič alongside Darije Petković and Vladimir Živojinović, presenting her long-term project, a visual essay "Opium Clippers". The event is supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade.
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13 Jun 2024
30 Sep 2024
Opening of an exhibition "Slovenian Rock - Slovenski rock". Organised by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Sarajevo in honour of Slovenian Statehood Day.
Upcoming events
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26 Jul 2024
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27 Jul 2024
"A Drop of Salt - Kaplja soli/Goccia di sale" is a project by actor and director Patrizia Jurinčič Finžgar, inspired by poetry of Edelman Jurinčič, with original music by Andrejka Možina and guitarist Janoš Jurinčič. Produced by Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste.
at the Trieste Estate
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27 Jul 2024
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.
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