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| name                = International Triennial Ecology and Art
| localname           = Mednarodni trienale umetnost in okolje
| logo                = EKO 8 + UGM, author Rafaela Dražić.jpg
| street              = Strossmayerjeva 6
| town                = SI-2000 Maribor
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| fax                 = 386 (0) 2 252 7784
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| organised by       = Maribor Art Gallery
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| frequency          = triennial
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| festival dates     = 21.05.2021 – 18.07.2021, 17.5.2024 - 27.7.2024 
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Simona Vidmar Čelik
| role                = Director
| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 250 2543
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{{Wide image|Closing Days of EKO 8, Festival Environment -1 Melje, 17.7.2021, foto Janez Klenovšek (5).jpg}}

The [[International Triennial Ecology and Art]] (ECO Triennial) was established in [[established::1980]] by [[Maribor Art Gallery]]. Addressing environmental issues first as a topic and later on contextualising them in terms of ecology and social change, this triennial has been organised regularly till 2006. The gallery reconceptualised the event and the next triennial took place in spring 2021 in the complex of the former MTT textile factory in Maribor. Under the title ''A Letter to the Future'' its main exhibition was curated by Alessandro Vincentelli (UK, Greece). ''EKO 8'' was accompanied by a vast discursive programme, focused on the city and the urban community and realised in co-operation with the [[Centre for Creativity]] and [[Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory]] as partners, and building on the institutional network in the city itself.

The 9th [[International Triennial Ecology and Art]] ''Eyes in the Stone'' will take place between 17th May and 27th July 2024 in The Old Sanatorium in Maribor. 




{{Wide image|EKO 8, A Letter to the Future, exhibition opening, 21.5.2021, photo Sara Rezar (2).jpg}}

{{Wide image|EKO 8, A Letter to the Future, exhibition opening, 21.5.2021, photo Sara Rezar (3).jpg}}

{{Wide image|Closing Days of EKO 8, Festival Environment -1 Melje, 16.7.2021, foto Janez Klenovšek.jpg}}



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==Background==
The [[International Triennial Ecology and Art]] was launched as a Yugoslav exhibition, inviting artists from the whole country and curated by the established selectors as they were called at the time ([[Zoran Kržišnik]], Meta Gabršek Prosenc, Aleksander Bassin, Muhamed Karamehmedović, Marijan Susovski, Irina Subotić, Berislav Valušek, Ješa Danegri, Nermina Zildžo, [[Igor Zabel]], and others). After the dissolution of Yugoslavia it continued as a curated international event. Among the curators were Werner Fenz (AUT), Želimir Koščević (CRO), Ernesto L. Francalanci (IT), Katalin Timár (HU), Nancy Buchanan (ZDA), Anda Rottenberg (POL), Maria Vassileva (BOL), and Janka Vukmir (CRO). 

During its last editions the triennial "with its exhibition format and ever-expanding focus, had somehow lost sight of its mission and had become unresponsive to changes in both the art ecosystem and wider society" and was therefore suspended from 2006 till 2020 when it was reconceptualised.

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== See also ==
* [[Maribor Art Gallery]]
* [[UGM Studio]]


== External Links==
*[http://www.ugm.si/en/ Maribor Art Gallery (UGM) website] 
*[http://www.ugm.si/en/exhibitions/eko-triennial-a-brief-history-3911/ A brief history of the ECO Triennial]
*[http://www.ugm.si/razstave/pismo-za-prihodnost-eko-8-mednarodni-trienale-umetnost-in-okolje-3979/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ugm_novicnik&utm_term=2020-12-08 Information about the ECO Triennial in 2021]

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