Difference between revisions of "Alkatraz Gallery"

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Situated in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone and run by KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association, Alkatraz Gallery started out as a project iniciated by young students of academy in 1996. Encuraging experimental art, site specific projects in different approaches and media, the main goal of the gallery is to feature monthly projects of young (inter)national artists. With the seria entitled Contemporary Art Tea Parties, it gives occasionally the platform for the comunication on issues of contemporary art, culture and society with the aim to encurage discussions missed in the local, microcultural context.

History

After studios in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone were in the middle of 90s slowly filled by artist, the Alkatraz Gallery was founded by the informal group of artists, at that time mostly students of the Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design with Boštjan Drinovec and Nataša Tajnik on the head and primarily with the goal to present home production of Metelkova.

In 1998, the gallery obtained two curators, historians of art Bojana Piškur, today the senior curator of Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, and curator Jadranka Ljubičič, who is managing the Gallery since 2000. They reorganized the programme: besides exhibiting authors from Metelkova, the gallery began to feature works also of more recognized artists. In time, it expanded its horizons by hosting foreign authors.

As a non-profit space, the Alkatraz Gallery has been sponsored by the Soros Foundation from the time of its formation until its withdrawal from Slovenia. Since 1998, its has been sponsored also by the city of Ljubljana and by the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia.

Location

Exhibitions and activities

Tea parties

Commercial brunch

Old material - writing in the process

The building, which is continuously under construction, is covered almost entirely with mosaics and different sculptures. The gallery programme presents emerging artists as well as international artists along with several other events, eg lectures and discussions accompanied by poster exhibitions. Alkatraz Gallery has been presented at the Sao Paulo Biennial and in New York.

Exhibition space

Gallery: 90m² (10m W x 9m D x 4.5m H), incorporating 30 linear metres of wall space; installation system: hammer-and-nail installation throughout; lighting: halogen lighting system; sound: mixing table, amplifiers; technical equipment: 2 TV sets, digital camera, digital camera, video recorder, screen, video projector, slide projector, laptop computer; climate control: none; availability: space can be rented by appointment if it fits the programme.

External links

[www2.arnes.si/%7Eljkudmr1s/alkatraz.htm Alkatraz Gallery old web page]

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+==History==
+After studios in [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]] were in the middle of 90s slowly filled by artist, the Alkatraz Gallery was founded by the informal group of artists, at that time mostly students of the [[Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design]] with [[Boštjan Drinovec]] and [[Nataša Tajnik]] on the head and primarily with the goal to present home production of Metelkova.
+In 1998, the gallery obtained two curators, historians of art [[Bojana Piškur]], today the senior curator of [[Museum of Modern Art]] in Ljubljana, and curator [[Jadranka Ljubičič]], who is managing the Gallery since 2000. They reorganized the programme: besides exhibiting authors from Metelkova, the gallery began to feature works also of more recognized artists. In time, it expanded its horizons by hosting foreign authors.
+As a non-profit space, the Alkatraz Gallery has been sponsored by the Soros Foundation from the time of its formation until its withdrawal from Slovenia. Since 1998, its has been sponsored also by the city of Ljubljana and by the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia.
+==Location==
+==Exhibitions and activities==
+==Tea parties==
+==Commercial brunch==
+==Old material - writing in the process==
 The building, which is continuously under construction, is covered almost entirely with mosaics and different sculptures. The gallery programme presents emerging artists as well as international artists along with several other events, eg lectures and discussions accompanied by poster exhibitions. Alkatraz Gallery has been presented at the Sao Paulo Biennial and in New York.
+==Exhibition space==
+Gallery: 90m² (10m W x 9m D x 4.5m H), incorporating 30 linear metres of wall space; installation system: hammer-and-nail installation throughout; lighting: halogen lighting system; sound: mixing table, amplifiers; technical equipment: 2 TV sets, digital camera, digital camera, video recorder, screen, video projector, slide projector, laptop computer; climate control: none; availability: space can be rented by appointment if it fits the programme.
 == See also ==
+* [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]
+* [[Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]
+* [[Museum of Modern Art]]
 ==External links==
-* [www2.arnes.si/%7Eljkudmr1s/alkatraz.htm Alkatraz Gallery old web page]
+* [www2.arnes.si/%7Eljkudmr1s/alkatraz.htm  Alkatraz Gallery old web page]
-* Exhibition space
-Gallery: 90m² (10m W x 9m D x 4.5m H), incorporating 30 linear metres of wall space; installation system: hammer-and-nail installation throughout; lighting: halogen lighting system; sound: mixing table, amplifiers; technical equipment: 2 TV sets, digital camera, digital camera, video recorder, screen, video projector, slide projector, laptop computer; climate control: none; availability: space can be rented by appointment if it fits the programme
 [[Category:Visual arts venues]]
 [[Category:Visual arts galleries]]