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The Independent Biennial, originally named as the Slovenian Independent Illustrators' Biennial, was established in 2007. The biennial set out to be an answer to the burgeoning illustration scene in Slovenia that up until then had lacked the proper means of exposure, overview, and reflection of this very heterogeneous artistic practice. Due to its specific nature and relatively young protagonists, this practice had not been integrated into the established gallery networks and logics, and, furthermore, had not been properly conceptualised or even recognised as an artistic practice due to it being foremost a commercially exploitable endeavour. Consequently, cultural and educational policies often missed out on it as well.

Thus, the Independent Biennial strives to change this situation and to establish some sort of a history, a more integrated community and also itself as a platform for the promotion, collaboration, and reflection of independent illustration. That said, the biennial recognises illustration as a very wide phenomenon, featuring not only book illustration, caricature, comics, design illustration, commercial logotypes and graffiti, but also the more "dynamic" creations such as animation, multimedia interventions, and interactive websites, and many other formats. As illustration is often embedded in other artistic practices, the biennial in a way addresses the wider creative community in Slovenia.

The Independent Biennial strives to establish a more integrated community of illustrators and also position itself as a platform for the promotion, collaboration and reflection of independent illustration, 2015

Programme

The selection logic of the biennial is quite different from other similar institutions, as the typical curator role was only carried out by the organisers in 2007, when they chose the 40 artists presented at its first edition. Afterwards, these artists were asked to nominate the participants of the 2009 biennial, and each subsequent biennial follows the same logic. Thus, instead of institutions determining quality and innovation, the community itself has taken this role in its own hands.

Each biennial is spaced throughout Ljubljana and its various galleries and public spaces, with the chosen artists and their works also being extensively presented on the IB website and social media. Each year, there are about 20 independent exhibitions for particular artists, who are offered to present brand new works, created just for the biennial (thus, experimental projects are more likely to find their place here as well). The biennial also holds discussions (with both illustrators as well as theorists, trying to outline what is currently happening on a local as well as a global scale); public events (such as live in situ illustrating in open spaces); audio-visual events (in 2013 involving the renowned electronica producer Vladislav Delay); and workshops (one, for example, made in cooperation with the Aalto University from Finland). Occasionally, books are also being prepared and released, chronicling contemporary Slovene independent illustration and the wider field of visual culture.

Some of the artists who have been presented at the biennial include Ana Baraga, Anka Kočevar, Aphra Tesla, Dunja Janković, Dušan Moldovan, Eva Lucija Kozak, Gregor Balog, Kaja Kisilak, Milan Erič, Špela Škulj, Žiga Artnak, Tilen Sepič, Leon Zuodar, Matej Jarc, Stipan Tadić, Jan Pogorelec, Evgen Čopi Gorišek, Uroš Vnuk, Ivana Bajec, Tjaša Križnar (Pirate Piška), Matevž Sterle, Gašper Kunšič, Meta Šolar, Helena Tahir, and many more.

INDEPENDENT BIENNALE FOURTH EDITION by bienale neodvisnih on Vimeo

Venues and exhibitions grounds

A very important venue for the biennial has became Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture (as of 2017 together with its DobraVaga sales gallery), where most of the happenings take place and which actually functions as a co-producer. Other venues are the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM), Škuc Gallery, KUD France Prešeren Gallery, Prostor Gallery, Galerija JE2, Bi-ko-fe, Café Open, City Museum of Ljubljana, LP Bar, Zaklonišče II, etc.

In 2016 GT22 in Maribor hosted an exhibition of the works presented at the 2015 Independent Biennial.

Bienale slovenske neodvisne ilustracije 2011 - Luksuz tv report by bienale neodvisnih on Vimeo

Excursions abroad

In 2015, the Independent Biennial – in cooperation with Kino Šiška – travelled to Washington as a part of the European Month of Culture programme. There were two exhibitions set up, one in the premises of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington and the other in the gallery space of New York University (NYU). Presented there were the authors who participated in the biennial between 2007 and 2013, altogether more than 80 of them with about 100 hundred works. In 2017, they once again exhibited at the Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville, and at the Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville.

This "travelling biennial overview" also stopped in the summer of 2015 in Finland, where around 50 visual works were featured in a screening exhibition at Merkillinen – visual poetry exhibition at Gallery Aila Seppälä Lahti. It was organised by Sanakuva Collective, a Finnish cross-disciplinary arts group and experimental platform, with the idea for it emerging during the planning of the collaboration for the 5th edition of the Independent Biennial.

Besides this and the aforementioned Aalto University workshops, another collaboration between Slovene and Finish illustrators took place in 2012. It was a simultaneousness web-based project during which various artworks and applicative projects were created, thus fostering communication and networking.

External links

Gallery

A part of the Independent Biennial exhibition, 2015

Kamera, the exhibition space of Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, is regularly used to exhibit the works of the younger generation of Slovene illustrators, 2015

Opening of the 2015 Independent Biennial took place at the Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture

The Independent Biennial strives to establish a more integrated community of illustrators and also position itself as a platform for the promotion, collaboration and reflection of independent illustration, 2015

The Independent Biennial exhibition, held at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, dealt with a variety of formats, recognising illustration as a very wide and dynamic phenomenon, 2015

A detail of a design composition by Ana Baraga, presented at the Independent Biennial, 2015

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+The [[Independent Biennial]], originally named as the Slovenian Independent Illustrators' Biennial, was established in [[established::2007]]. The biennial set out to be an answer to the burgeoning illustration scene in Slovenia that up until then had lacked the proper means of exposure, overview, and reflection of this very heterogeneous artistic practice. Due to its specific nature and relatively young protagonists, this practice had not been integrated into the established gallery networks and logics, and, furthermore, had not been properly conceptualised or even recognised as an artistic practice due to it being foremost a commercially exploitable endeavour. Consequently, cultural and educational policies often missed out on it as well.
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+Thus, the Independent Biennial strives to change this situation and to establish some sort of a history, a more integrated community and also itself as a platform for the promotion, collaboration, and reflection of independent illustration. That said, the biennial recognises illustration as a very wide phenomenon, featuring not only book illustration, caricature, comics, design illustration, commercial logotypes and graffiti, but also the more "dynamic" creations such as animation, multimedia interventions, and interactive websites, and many other formats. As illustration is often embedded in other artistic practices, the biennial in a way addresses the wider creative community in Slovenia.
-The [[Independent Biennial]], originally named as Slovenian Independent Illustrators' Biennial, was established in [[established::2007]]. It was established as an answer to the burgeoning illustration scene in Slovenia that up until than lacked a proper means of izpostaviti, pregled, reflection of this very heterogenous artistic practice. Due to its specific nature and relatively young protagonists, it was not všeta v established gallery networks and logics, and furthermore, it was not even properly theortically conceptualised and even recognized as an artistic practice due to its position of being commercially exploited. Both cultural policies and educutaional gabarites miss out on it as well.
-So, the [[Independent Biennial]] works on changing this and establishing a history, community and platform for promotion, collaboration and reflection. This being said, illustration recognized by biennial
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-is very wide phenonemaa and can be caricature, comics, design illustration, logos, graffiti, and also "dynamic" such as animation, multimedia interventions and webdesign, and many other thigs as well. Illustration has a position in other artistic practices, so these are subsumed in the biennial that caters to the wider creative community in Slovenia.
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 ==Programme==
-The logic of the biennial is quite different from other similar institutions, as the proper curator role was enacted by the postavljalci of the biennial only in 2007, when they chose the 40 artists they presented. Afterwards, these artists had the oppurtunity to nominate the chosen ones for 2009 and so on. These illustrators are often present new works, created for the biennial, whioch is also its specific, as otherwise the presented works have to be published somewhere. Here, experimetal illustrations are so much easier to present. Also, the logic of institutions in determening quality is replaced by this being defined by the community itself. By now, the producers of the biennial already have a feeling that the scene has grown even more and establsihed itself in the field of Slovenian culture.
+The selection logic of the biennial is quite different from other similar institutions, as the typical curator role was only carried out by the organisers in 2007, when they chose the 40 artists presented at its first edition. Afterwards, these artists were asked to nominate the participants of the 2009 biennial, and each subsequent biennial follows the same logic. Thus, instead of institutions determining quality and innovation, the community itself has taken this role in its own hands.
+Each biennial is spaced throughout Ljubljana and its various galleries and public spaces, with the chosen artists and their works also being extensively presented on the IB website and social media. Each year, there are about 20 independent exhibitions for particular artists, who are offered to present brand new works, created just for the biennial (thus, experimental projects are more likely to find their place here as well). The biennial also holds discussions (with both illustrators as well as theorists, trying to outline what is currently happening on a local as well as a global scale); public events (such as live ''in situ'' illustrating in open spaces); audio-visual events (in 2013 involving the renowned electronica producer Vladislav Delay); and workshops (one, for example, made in cooperation with the Aalto University from Finland). Occasionally, books are also being prepared and released, chronicling contemporary Slovene independent illustration and the wider field of visual culture.
+Some of the artists who have been presented at the biennial include [[Ana Baraga]], [[Anka Kočevar]], [[Aphra Tesla]], [[Dunja Janković]], [[Dušan Moldovan]], [[Eva Lucija Kozak]], [[Gregor Balog]], [[Kaja Kisilak]], [[Milan Erič]], [[Špela Škulj]], [[Žiga Artnak]], [[Tilen Sepič]], [[Leon Zuodar]], [[Matej Jarc]], [[Stipan Tadić]], [[Jan Pogorelec]], [[Evgen Čopi Gorišek]], [[Uroš Vnuk]], [[Ivana Bajec]], [[Tjaša Križnar]] ([[Pirate Piška]]), [[Matevž Sterle]], [[Gašper Kunšič]], [[Meta Šolar]], [[Helena Tahir]], and many more.
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-Each biennial is spaced throughout Ljubljana and it various galleries and also public spaces, as well as on the website, where the works are shown and also contextualized along with the artists milleus. Each year, there are about 20 independant exhibitons for particular artists. During the biennial, there are also discussions being held with both producers adn theoreticians, trying to at least outline what is going on currently both on a local as well as global level. There are also public events such as live in situ illustration at public spaces, audio-visual events (in 2013 involving the renowned electronica producer Vladidslav Delay), workshops (one, for example, made in cooperation with the ALto university from Finnland).
+===Venues and exhibitions grounds===
-There have also been a book released with the authors from  2007 – 2010 and the texts, being the Prva pregledna knjiga slovenske neodvisne produkcije. contempoirary visual culture
+A very important venue for the biennial has became [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] (as of 2017 together with its [[DobraVaga]] sales gallery), where most of the happenings take place and which actually functions as a co-producer. Other venues are the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM)]], [[Škuc Gallery]], [[KUD France Prešeren Gallery]], [[Prostor Gallery]], Galerija JE2, Bi-ko-fe, [[Café Open]], [[City Museum of Ljubljana]], LP Bar, Zaklonišče II, etc.
-==Venues and exhibition grounds==
+In 2016 [[GT22]] in Maribor hosted an exhibition of the works presented at the 2015 Independent Biennial.
-As said, one of the venues is the inetrnet. Another very important venue is kino Šiška, there are various bars (Nikofe, LP bar, ), there is the MSUM+, Galerija JE2, DU BOP BAR, Zaklonišče 2 v Parku slovenske, ud France Prešeren,
+{{vimeo|32510044}}
-Studio 8, ŠKUC in v netipično galerijskih prostorih kot so Kolovrateater,
-Open cafe, BiKofe, bar Maximal, Fetiche, in kavarna Mestnega Muzeja, reformacije
-The artists were Ana Baraga, Anka Kočevar, Aphra Tesla, Biba Košmerl, Dunja Janković, Dušan Moldovan, Eva Lucija Kozak, Gregor Balog, Kaja Kisilak in tandem Kitsch Nitsch.Ana Baraga, Anka Kočevar, Aphra Tesla, Biba Košmerl, Branko Humar, Davor Gromilović, Dolores Colores (Poni Mafia), Dunja Janković, Dušan Moldovan, Eva Lucija Kozak, Gregor Balog, Kaja Kisilak, Kitsch Nitsch (David Kladnik in Jaka Neon), Kolektiv Turbo Comix (Johanna Marcadé in Bruno Tolić), Leon Zuodar, Matej Jarc, Matija Medved, Miroslav Erjavec, Nejc87, Neža Jurman, Cecco/ Matej Lavrenčič/ Milan Erič / Mladen Stropnik in Nataša Skušek /
+===Excursions abroad===
-Polona Poklukar/ Neja Tomšič in Špela Škulj/ Neža Zinaić / Patricija Čičmir
-/ Sara Jassim/ Saša Štucin/ Špela Čadež/ Tilen Sepič/ Urh Sobočan/ Urška
-Štrukelj/ Veli Silver/ Hannes Gröblacher/ Žiga Artnak
-Ob peti obletnici svojega obstoja se je Bienale neodvisnih predstavil v sklopu Evropskega meseca kulture v Washingtonu s kar dvema dogodkoma, prvi se je odvil v osrednjem prostoru slovenskega veleposlaništva, drugi v galerijskem prostoru NYU – New York University. Na obeh razstavah so bili predstavljeni avtorji mlajše generacije, ki so med leti 2007 in 2013 sodelovali na  Bienalu slovenske neodvisne ilustracije in ki ustvarjajo na obrobjih umetnosti, oblikovanja in sodobne ilustracije. Ob peti ediciji Bienala je društvo Tretaroka, iniciator bienala, pripravili predstavitev platforme in pregledno razstavo avtorjev Bienala neodvisnih v Washingtonu v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za kulturo RS, slovenskim veleposlaništvom v Washingtonu ter Kinom Šiška. Več kot 80 avtorjev z več kot 100 deli, ki so bili v preteklih letih del Bienala, se je predstavilo na pregledni razstavi v prostorih Slovenskega veleposlaništva, platforma pa se je predstavila tudi na NYU  - New York University.  Oba dogodka sta potekala pod okriljem Evropskega meseca kulture v Washingtonu, v otvoritvenem tednu pa se ju je udeležilo skoraj 4000 obiskovalcev.
+In 2015, the Independent Biennial &ndash; in cooperation with [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture|Kino Šiška]] &ndash; travelled to Washington as a part of the European Month of Culture programme. There were two exhibitions set up, one in the premises of the [[Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington]] and the other in the gallery space of New York University (NYU). Presented there were the authors who participated in the biennial between 2007 and 2013, altogether more than 80 of them with about 100 hundred works.
+In 2017, they once again exhibited at the Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville, and at the Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville.
-Besides the aformentioned Alto universiyt workshops, there has also been another cooperation with finnish creator in 2012, Dogodek bo potekal simultano v Ljubljani in Helsinkih, udeleženci na obeh lokacijah pa bodo med sabo povezani preko spleta in dela v virtualnem prostoru, creating  different wokrs and applicative projects, and so fostering communication and dvelopment of particular local ideas.  It was cooperated with Kino Šiška and eurooppasali (where also some other IB mid-events were held)
+This "travelling biennial overview" also stopped in the summer of 2015 in Finland, where around 50 visual works were featured in a screening exhibition at Merkillinen &ndash; visual poetry exhibition at Gallery Aila Seppälä Lahti. It was organised by Sanakuva Collective, a Finnish cross-disciplinary arts group and experimental platform, with the idea for it emerging during the planning of the collaboration for the 5th edition of the Independent Biennial.
-The Independent Biennial is proud to present 50 visual works of our authors in a screening exhibition at Merkillinen - visual poetry exhibition at Gallery Aila Seppälä Lahti, Finland from 29th July to 23rd August 2015.
-The exhibition is organised by Sanakuva Collective, a Finnish cross-disciplinary arts group. It is a experimental platform where poetry, and literary texts, are interpreted via means of design, dance, photography, moving image and sound to be presented as literary interventions taking shape online, as live performances and exhibitions. It is this interdisciplinary approach and the bridging of different artistic expression that binds the Sanakuva Collective to the Independents biennial. The idea of presenting the works of the Independent Biennial authors at the Merkillinen emerged during the planning of the collaboration for the Independents Biennial 5th edition. The works and authors presented in Lahti were previously presented at the Embassy of Slovenia and the New York University in Washington.
+Besides this and the aforementioned Aalto University workshops, another collaboration between Slovene and Finish illustrators took place in 2012. It was a simultaneousness web-based project during which various artworks and applicative projects were created, thus fostering communication and networking.
+==See also==
+*[[3rdHand Association]]
+*[[Design Biotop]]
+*[[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]
+*[[DobraVaga]]
 ==External links==
-[http://www.bienaleneodvisneilustracije.com/events/independent-biennial-washington Independent Biennial presentation in Washington, May 2015]
+*[http://www.bienaleneodvisneilustracije.com Independent Biennial website]
+*[http://www.bienaleneodvisneilustracije.com/events/independent-biennial-washington Independent Biennial presentation in Washington, May 2015]
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