Kamnik Culture House

Contact

Dom kulture Kamnik

Fužine 10, SI-1240 Kamnik

http://www.domkulture.org

info@domkulture.org

Phone386 (0) 1 831 82 26, 386 (0) 41 360 399

Managed byKamnik Tourism, Sports and Culture Agency

dr. Tomaž Simetinger, Managing Director

tomaz.simetinger@domkulture.org

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The Kamnik Culture House was built in 1953 as a cinema hall and also as a kitchen and canteen for nearby factory workers. After reconstruction work in 2002, the centre, located on the outskirts of Kamnik, became the seat of the Priden Možic Cultural Association, which was running its programme until 2017. Since than the place is managed by Kamnik Tourism, Sports and Culture Agency.

Part of the same venue is also Kotlovnica Youth Centre, which is located underground the Kamnik Culture Centre building and although it is not part of the same institute their activities have been deeply intertwined. And not that far away, in the defunct gun powder facility, there is also Cultural Garden Katzenberg, which is now run by Priden Možic Cultural Association.

Programme

In total the Kamnik Culture House hosts more than 100 events each year, including drama, puppetry, and comedy, as well as music and dance performances, lectures and screenings. However, it's main focus is in presenting and staging works for youth. The culture centre also serves as an important local node and shelter for many smaller non-formal and non-professional artist groups and associations.

The Culture House has hosted guest performances from Ptuj City Theatre, Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje, Mladinsko Theatre, Glej Theatre, Špas Theatre, and Theatre 55. It also produces in-house stage performances with local theatre, dance and choir groups.

Traditionally it has also served as an important hub and supporting venue for various Kamfest festival activities and perfomances.

International projects

In 2004 one notable project was the coordination of The Ghost Town, a youth performing arts workshop exchange project supported by EU funding, which resulted in a multimedia interactive performance created by young performers from Poland, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia. As the theme was cultural heritage, it was performed at Mali grad, Zaprice Castle and some other historical venues.

Venue

Kamnik Culture centre has one larger and two smaller multipurpose halls and also a visual arts space which can be used for stage performances, concerts, seminars, lectures, screenings, public events and exhibitions.

The larger hall has 243 seats total, plus 50 seats for performers/orchestra and it is 20 x 14m in size while the performance stage measures 12 x 8m.

The smaller hall can take up to 90 guests and it has dimensions of 15 x 6,5m with the performance stage of 3 x 4m which can be expanded on demand.

There are two backstage dressing rooms for performers accommodating 20 persons total each and also one smaller dressing room for 5 persons. The dressing room space can be expanded on request to accommodate up to 150 persons.

See also

• Priden Možic Cultural Association
• Kamfest
• Kotlovnica Youth Centre
• Cultural Garden Katzenberg

External links

• Kamnik Culture House website (in Slovenian)
• Kamnik Youth Centre Kotlovnica (in Slovenian)
• Tourism, Sports and Culture Agency