Klub Gromka
Masarykova 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Founded byTeater Gromki
Managed byKUD Anarktika
Jasna Babič, Programme Head
Phone386 (0) 40 994 809
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History
The beginnings of Gromka go back to 1995, when performers of various theatre groups decided to set up the Teater Gromki theatre. It was basically street theatre group with strong improvisation tendencies. Some other individuals joined in and it eventually transformed into a club. Its beginnings were regular Tuesday events called Tajna loža živih (The Secret Lodge of the Alive), organized like a semi-public living room gathering with subtly chosen cultural programme.
The current Gromka collective comprises of a colourful bunch of literature, music and film enthusiasts with one thing in common: "(...) we love our Gromka, it gives us shelter and serves as a location where we can socialise and be creative". The little-big Gromka is located in the very heart of Metelkova, and is different from other Metelkova clubs, because it is not just a concert venue, but can be organised more like a jigsaw. It can transform from a lecture hall into a cinema, from a concert venue into a lounge room or a theatre. Gromka is the patron of urban (sub)cultural and underground practices, a shelter for music left with nowhere to go, supporter of political activism and informal education, basically founded on the do-it-yourself principles.
Programme
Gromka is fully open six days a week, from Monday to Saturday. The week usually kicks off with a Retrovizor crew film screening or a poetry or fiction reading of the LUD Literatura group and cinema evenings of the Cultorologist Association, while the second part of the week is dedicated to various club evenings (regular ReŠetanje of the Radio Student resident DJ’s, thematic music club nights, etc.) Gromka’s programme includes African nights, organised by the African society, occasional theatre plays, performances and stand-up comedy evenings.
There are weekly lectures of the Workers' Punk University, organised by the Peace Institute. Working outside the institutionalised academic setting, this particular university enables an alternative production of theory and presents an important space for dissemination of autonomous and theoretically ambitious thought. In an attempt to examine otherwise neglected and anathematized topics, the sociologist Tonči Kuzmanić set it up in 1998; since then, numerous (under and postgraduate) students of humanities have either actively or passively formed their theoretical competences.
The concert programme is varied and extremely colourful: in addition to some specific individual concert events, Gromka hosts the ska and street punk concerts courtesy of Twotonebinas, genre unbound and loud events by KiborgSpužva Büking and raging R.A.F.A.L. concerts with grind core, d'beat, crust, anarcho and other punk and hard core tendencies. Improvised, experimental, avant, free music concerts are hosted by Defonija and organised under its wing, while jam sessions are set up by MetlaBluzKoruza and offer evenings of open ended sonic socialization.
See also
External links
- Gromka Club website (partly also in English)
- R.A.F.A.L. website
- Twotonebinas Promotions website
- Workers' Punk University website (in Slovenian)
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