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Skiing in the Museum
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Are you looking for sport in a museum? In the case of Slovenia, skiing would be the most ubiquitous of them all. Beyond the stereotype of being a national sport, skiing has also grown into both an internationally successful business and industry and a rather commonplace lifestyle at the same time. But let's start our slalom through the skiing heritage with the fear of winter.
A pair of skis, used in the Yugoslav People’s Army. From 1974 onwards, its mountain warfare forces would use the equipment produced by Elan.
Motovila Institute
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Motovila, Centre for the Promotion of Cooperation in the Cultural and Creative Sectors, established in 2013 as a non-governmental and non-profit institute based in Ljubljana, focuses on encouraging international collaboration in the cultural and creative sectors as well as in related and complementary sectors.
Motovila’s programme encompasses counselling, training, networking, promotional and research activities in order to facilitate international cultural connections. The team strives to equip cultural workers with skills that are necessary for successful access to cooperation opportunities available within the EU and other international mechanisms.
Creative Slovenia up to 2020: a fascinating feat
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The infographic featuring the international impact of 18 successful producers from Slovenia who have received the Creative Europe funds in 2020 for cooperation with 94 partners from 24 countries! Prepared by Motovila Institute that operates the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia.
Slovenian cultural producers have been consistently successful in the European Union's programmes for the cultural and creative sectors. Today, these programmes are united under the name Creative Europe. The national information office Creative Europe Desk Slovenia is led by the dedicated and trusted NGO Motovila Institute.
Through an impressive performance of their application-genius, in 2020, 4 project leaders managed to claim no less than 1,4 million euros, while 14 Slovenian producers are engaged as partners in the granted Cooperation Projects of the Culture subprogramme. The producers located in Ljubljana, Škofja Loka and Kranj have been collaborating with 94 partners from 24 countries, mostly the Netherlands (10), Italy (10), Spain (9), France (9), UK (6) and Greece (5). This time performing arts projects (music, theatre, dance) prevail (almost 50%), while the number of cultural heritage and visual arts projects is not scarce as well (circa 20% each).
Besides, the EACEA has selected 13 projects within the Cultural Cooperation Projects in the Western Balkans scheme, and among them supported one project with Slovenian leader (Pazi!Park Association) while 7 Slovenian partner organisations are involved in further sucessful projects.
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.
The Hidden Gems of Slovenian Museums
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Alma Karlin wearing a yukata. Alma Karlin Estate, Manuscript Collection, National and University Library, MS 1872.
When you think of fascinating collections of objects from East Asia, visiting Slovenian museums probably doesn't even cross your mind. This perception is about to change as you embark on an exciting journey to discover hidden gems in the museum cellars and attics brought to Slovenia from China, Japan and Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In this article, two researchers involved in the project East Asian Collections in Slovenia of the Department of Asian Studies at Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana lead us on a tour of items from these lands that are tucked away in the repositories of Slovenian museums and reveal the unique stories of how they found their way to Slovenia. A must-read for anyone interested in ethnographic and art collections, especially those from East Asia.
Theatre Traditions and Heritage in Slovenia
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Ivan Cankar's Lepa Vida directed by Sebastijan Horvat, Maribor Theatre Festival, 2008.
Slovenia's theatre heritage includes an active repertory scene, stemming from regularly keeping in touch with global drama theatre trends (established primarily through the theatre activities between the two wars (1918–1941). Afterwards, we see the development of the independent/experimental scene (established primarily after 1955) and the and scenes belonging to the flourishing contemporary theatre activities.
Experimental Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s
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Primož Jesenko provides a brief sketch of the developments of experimental theatre in Slovenia of the 1950s and 1960s. In this post-war time of the newly-established Yugoslavia, we see how experimental practices became a way for theatre artists working to link to the international, avant-garde space in Europe and beyond. The next questions became: in which spaces could such activities be carried out and how to blend the "institutional and non-institutional"?