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Remembering World War I
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This ridge encompassing the mountain tops Vršič, Vrh Rus, Oblo Brdo, Vrata, Krnčica (2142 m), Srednji vrh and Krn (2244 m) is known for being the site of the Isonzo Front in World War I. Photo: Brane Blokar, Wikipedija.
Through crowd-sourcing memory collection actions such as the one from Europeana organised to gather and digitise memorabilia about World War I, descendants of those who lived through the Great War and history buffs can gain a new look at the deadliest conflict in history. Alenka Pirman tells of how Slovenia was involved in the collection efforts.
Books in the Time of Corona
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Was Mladinska knjiga Publishing House's banner for the book Sužnji zaslona (Slaves of the Screen) at the Slovene Book Fair in November 2019 an omen of what readers and the publishing industry would become in 2020? Photo: Alenka Štrukelj.
How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect the publishing industry in Slovenia in terms of the production, promotion and distribution of books? Alenka Štrukelj from the blog Literarna lekarna (Literary Pharmacy) delves into the shifts in habits among readers and publishers and questions whether any of the responses to the imposed measures of social distancing during the quarantine will result in long-term practices.
Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
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The Way of the Rider, a grand equestrian theatre spectacle by Bartabas, founder of Académie du Spectacle Équestre de Versailles at the Hippodrome Kamnica, Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012
The city of Maribor won the prestigious European Capital of Culture title in 2008 with an ambitious regional proposal that mobilised 5 partner cities in Slovenia (Murska Sobota, Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec, Novo mesto and Velenje). Some of the programme was co-organised with the Portuguese town of Guimarães, another European Capital of Culture in 2012.
Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025
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Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy are the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Based on these cities' specific political, cultural and geographical context, their 2025 ECoC programme explores the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless”.
The opening event, From Station to Station, was held on 8 February, the Slovenian cultural holiday.
Nova Gorica municipal building with light installations during R.o.R festival
Aksioma Project Space
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In 2011, the Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art opened up the Aksioma Project Space, a new venue in Ljubljana dedicated to exhibitions and presentations of either its own art productions or those of various internationally acclaimed intermedia art projects.
Its programme focuses on artistic explorations of the social and political aspects of the "technological unconscious" and strives to deconstruct the "normality" of the media and other ubiquitous communication tools. The size of the exhibition space is ca 40 m².
Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory
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Ljudmila in lights, Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab, the predecessor of Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.
Set up in the mid-1990s, Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory has been bringing together technology, art, science and civil society ever since. As such, it is not only a place where hackers, researchers and artists meet, but also a platform for reflecting and modifying culture through the lens of politics, as generated by the developments in communications technologies.
ID20 Institute
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ID20 Institute was founded in 2012 in Idrija, a UNESCO World Heritage Site well reknown for the former second-largest mercury mine in the world. Guided by the motto “Taking heritage one step further”, the institute provides services in the fields of entrepreneurship, marketing and architecture to a wide range of clients, with a particular focus on brands and organisations that build on the rich cultural and natural heritage of their surrounding. In addition, ID20 participates in various cultural heritage projects, both in collaboration with partner organisations and on its own. Among these, ID20 dedicates special attention to traditional Idrija miners’ houses which are comprehensively presented on the website Idrija Miners' Houses.
Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)
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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: as such, in November 2016 the SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre was inaugurated.