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ZIZ Association
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The ZIZ Association was established in 2013. A self-organized collective derived from a theatre workshop and works on the field of social-engaged theatre. Since it was established it works in the frame of Pekarna Magdalenske mreže Maribor. Since 2019 they have organized the ZIZ Festival
Greening Practices in Culture: Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Programmes in Slovenia
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Many artists and organisations from the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) have been reflecting on urgent environmental challenges with a particular sensitivity, confronting them in their artworks and activities or integrating greening practices into their day-to-day operations. You can read more about green festivals and other projects of Slovenian cultural organisations in our related Culture.si article. Perhaps you’ve discovered Slovenia as a potential destination for your artist-in-residence endeavours. Then you’ll be pleased to explore some of the green AiR programmes from which you can choose. Let’s have a look at a few!
Typologies of Arts Residencies
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International artist-in-residence (AiR) programmes share many common features (we outlined the basic characteristics in the second article in this series), yet they can differ greatly from one another. Because they foreground different spheres of an artist's practice through a variety of approaches, they can be classified in several ways. For example, typologies may be based on the activities artists carry out during their residency, on the characteristics of the programmes or on the expectations of AiR organisers. Let us take a look at the types of AiR programmes that exist and the categories into which they can be placed, illustrated by a few examples from the Slovenian AiR landscape.
Tipologije umetniških rezidenc
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Mednarodni umetniški rezidenčni programi (AiR) imajo marsikaj skupnega (osnovne skupne značilnosti smo opredelili v drugem članku v tej seriji), vendar pa so si med seboj lahko zelo različni. Vsak program s svojim pristopom lahko postavi v ospredje druge sfere umetnikovega delovanja, zato jih je mogoče klasificirati na več načinov. Tipologije so denimo lahko osnovane na dejavnostih, ki jih izvaja umetnik v času rezidence, na lastnostih programov ali pa poudarjajo pričakovanja organizatorjev programov AiR. Oglejmo si, kakšne vrste programov AiR poznamo in v kakšne predalčke jih lahko pospravimo, za ilustracijo pa naj služi nekaj primerov iz slovenske krajine AiR.
Greening Practices in Culture: Slovenian Organisations in Action
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If you’re an artist or a CCS professional dealing with environmental sustainability in your work, then you’ll be thrilled by the wide range of cultural organisations incorporating green practices in Slovenia. Given that more and more artists and organisations are introducing sustainable practices not only in their internal operations but also in their production and other activities, you’ll surely find plenty of options for cooperation.
Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone
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The Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto (AKC Metelkova mesto, AKC Metelkova or just Metelkova – also Meta, Metka, or Metla in the local slang) is an umbrella term for one of the liveliest cultural, artistic, social and intellectual urban areas in Ljubljana that stands among the largest agglomerations throughout Europe of alternative and underground cultures.
Mostovna Cultural Centre
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The Mostovna Cultural Centre is a youth culture venue and a regional multimedia centre that offers facilities for the development of modern urban culture, free-time activities, non-formal education and revitalisation of city life in the area of Nova Gorica (SI) and Gorizia (IT).
Slovenia - Guest of Honour Country at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024
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Over 900 titles for children and teenagers are published in Slovenia annually, representing almost a quarter of all book production. The appearance of Slovenia as honorary guest at the Bologna Children's Book Fair is a unique opportunity to focus attention on our book publishing industry and rich creativity and tradition in the field of books for children and young adults.
Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop
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The Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop was built in a secluded forest hidden above the Kanomljica River Valley on the Vojsko plateau in the Idrija Region. One of the best preserved monuments of the Second World War, this printing shop was built in 1944. In operation until 1 May 1945, nearly 50 persons worked in the printing shop. During its operation, a total of 313 various issues were printed on 1274 pages and in 1,394,000 copies. The Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop was one of the first monument sites, together with the Franja Partisan Hospital, that the Idrija Municipal Museum set out to preserve when it was established in 1953. Visitors had already begun visiting the printing shop right after WWII in 1947, because it was significant symbol of resistance in the national liberation struggle.