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World Literatures - Fabula Festival
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Opening event of Fabula Festival 2023 hosted the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabužko, author of the novel Field Research of Ukrainian Sex, that was interpreted by drama actor Mario Dragojević. The conversation with the author was led by Ksenija Horvat.
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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2023
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Members of the Kranj Foto Fest collective will be exhibiting their work, along with a lecture by their director, Fernanda Prado Verčič, and a presentation of a photography book by Matej Sitar. Supported by Cultural Fund of Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and promoted with cooperation of Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Sarajevo.
at the Sarajevo Photography Festival
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Academic painter Nuša Smolič is inviting viewers on a profound journey through philosophy and psychology of human existence with her solo exhibition, "A Tribute to Identity".
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Short animated film "Three Birds - Tri tičice" by director Zarja Menart, produced by Finta Film, will be first shown at the festival. The film was coproduced by RTV Slovenia and Adriatic Animation, and is supported by Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film Studio, and Croatian Audio-Visual Centre.
at the Krakow Film Festival
Upcoming events
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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.
Overview
Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia
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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020
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