Kreativni tabor Sajeta
Gregorčičeva 2, SI-5220 Tolmin
Phone386 (0) 59 014 087
Organised byTolmin Union of Youth Associations
Frequencyannual
Festival dates3.7.2025 - 6.7.2025
Sajeta Creative Camp
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Background
Created by a group of young enthusiasts from Tolmin, the creative camp was at first a weekend-long event based on artist workshops. A number of artists and performers first gathered there in 1998 and 1999. After two years on standby, in 2002, the Tolmin Union of Youth Associations relaunched Sajeta (which is otherwise a mythical creature from those parts and also means a storm), expanding it with a musical and multimedia programme.
After that, Sajeta gradually became a renowned, nearly week-long festival with a (more or less) ambitious musical programme, film screenings, drama performances and literary readings, generating a creative atmosphere unlike any other summer festival and strongly differentiating it from the other, more commercially successful and genre-profiled events that also take place on the idyllic Sotočje peninsula, which in itself has in the last decades become the prime spot for summer music festivals.
Somewhat miraculously, the festival continues to bring challenging and curious experiences.
Sajeta festival venue at Tolmin's confluence, 2023. Author: Srđan Đurdanović
Musical and other festival programme
The musicians and groups presented so far are innumerable. A few of the big names include the underground diva Lydia Lunch; Vienna's electronic scene's prime protagonists Fennesz, Radian and Thilges 3; electronic pioneers such as Dieter Moebius, Richard Pinhas and Roedelius; and folk virtuosos Alexander Balanescu and Lajko Felix. An exceptional resident of Sajeta is probably the most prolific Slovenian jazz musician Zlatko Kaučič, who has performed concerts with jazz legends Trevor Watts, Akosh Szeleveny, Louis Sclavis and Peter Brötzmann. However, the programme is not built on headliners; conversely, it seeks to escape such a paradigm.
Presenting many emerging and established musicians and bands from Slovenia, the somewhat neglected Eastern Europe and elsewhere, the festival has hosted (to randomly select a few) Vasko Atanasovski Trio, Broken Heart Collector, Alzheimer Trio, Bratko Bibič, Orton, Ago Tela, Ivan Volarič - Feo, Psycho-Path, Cirkulacija 2, Random Logic and Borghesia among many others.
The almost never-absent rain and storms that occur during the festival are also thought by some to be part of the festival's programme. Any weather goes well along with the accompanying programmes: a very strong programme for children, more than a dozen workshops, lectures, photography exhibitions and video screenings.
Audience at Sajeta festival, 2022. Author: Emil Jalovec
International collaborations
At least some of the workshops are always led by foreign artists, pedagogues and collectives. Among them, two regulars are the Serbian filmmakers Kino klub Novi Sad and the Sicilian percussionist Francesco Cusa. In 2009, Sajeta started a two-way collaboration with the famous German label Staubgold, whose musicians had numerous appearances on the Sajeta stage until then. The project Fair Music, within which Sajeta works with MICA (Music Information Center Austria) and the International Music Council from UNESCO, aims to build on the idea of fairness within musical publishing.
The project Sotočja (Confluences) involves a series of concerts featuring musicians from various countries who collaborate specifically for the festival. One such international project worth mentioning is the Luminous Synergy Project, in which the international crew of the Human Synergy Project and the mostly-Slovenian Lighting Guerrilla team used different technologies to create a light and sound installation in the city centre.
See also
External links
- Sajeta Creative Camp website
- Photographies from the Sajeta Creative Camp 2011 on NovaMuska.org
- Downloadable recording of a Cirkulacija 2 performance from Sajeta 2009
Gallery
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29.7.2015 - 1.8.2015, 11.7.2016 - 17.7.2016, 3.7.2017 - 9.7.2017, 2.7.2018 - 8.7.2018, 1.7.2019 - 7.7.2019, 29.7.2020 - 6.9.2020, 6.7.2021 - 11.7.2021, 5.7.2022 - 10.7.2022, 5.7.2023 - 9.7.2023, 3.7.2024 - 7.7.2024, 3.7.2025 - 6.7.2025 +
Festival Sajeta, established in 1998, is a hidden gem offering an immersive experience for those seeking unique journeys into nature's splendour and musical creativity. +
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