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Established in 2006 as a non-profit space, the Simulaker Gallery has grown into the most important space for presentations of contemporary art practices in the southeast region of Slovenia. Located in the old town centre of Novo mesto in a 160-square-metre renovated stable for horses, the programme was initially run by curator Iztok Hotko. Since 2009 the programme is created by curator and art critic Matjaž Brulc.

Programme

Administered by the Novo mesto-based organisation LokalPatriot, Simulaker Gallery showcases all forms of contemporary visual arts. In the last two years the space has featured more than 10 exhibitions annually, paying strongest attention to local artists of the young generations. The space was inaugurated by the exhibition Transsubstanciacije of Uroš Weinberger, one of the representatives of new media painting, a kind of phenomenon of the young generation of Slovene painters.

Besides internationally respected Slovene artists such as Marija Mojca Pungerčar, the new media artist Janez Janša and Son:DA (both have already prepared 2 projects here), the exhibition programme has continued further with nationally-established young artists such as Vesna Bukovec, Suzi Bricelj, Viktor Bernik, and Borut Peterlin, among others.

In 2008 the gallery exhibited the solo exhibition Mrežne strukture of Miha Štrukelj, who later represented Slovenia at the Venice Biennial in 2009 at A+A Gallery. In the beginning of 2007 the group exhibition Ctrl C presented art works questioning and reflecting the phenomena of artistic uses of the digital copy and the digital original. This exhibition presented also the work of Slovene net.art pioneer Vuk Ćosić. Photographic works of Bojan Radovič, featured in the exhibition entitled On Photography [O fotografiji] in the beginning of 2009, opened many fundamental questions on contemporary photography including the role of the photographer working for artists, as Radovič did for Roman Uranjek (Irwin) and his project entitled Skopje 6.12.2007.

Recently Simulaker has presented solo exhibitions of Luka Prinčič, Sašo Vrabič, and the complex project The Lovest by Jaša (Mrevlje), who at the opening offered a specific micro-utopian atmosphere, which resulted in a film that opened questions about provocations and manipulations of (film) directors.

In spring 2009 the gallery started an annual project entitled The First Chance [Prva priložnost] with the aim to collaborate with institutions of higher education that have art-related programmes and give their best students an opportunity to present a gallery exhibition. The first edition of this national project with international intentions presented the sculpture department of the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, mentored by sculptor Roman Makše. The 5 artists who received their first chance were: Tina Grobovšek, Meta Kos, Matija Lapuh, Matic Praznik, and Valentina Štirn.

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-Established in 2006 as non profit space, the [[Simulaker Gallery]] grow up into the most important space for presentations of contemporary art practices in the south-east regions of Slovenia. Located in the old centre of Novo mesto in the 160 square meters renovated edifice of stable for horses, the programme of first years was run by curator [[Iztok Hotko]], since 2009 it is created by curator and art critic [[Matjaž Brulc]], opened also for international cooperations.
+Established in [[Established::2006]] as a non-profit space, the [[Simulaker Gallery]] has grown into the most important space for presentations of contemporary art practices in the southeast region of Slovenia. Located in the old town centre of Novo mesto in a 160-square-metre renovated stable for horses, the programme was initially run by curator [[Iztok Hotko]]. Since 2009 the programme is created by curator and art critic [[Matjaž Brulc]].
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 ==Programme==
-Administrated by the [[LokalPatriot, Novo Mesto]], the Simulaker showcases all forms of contemporary visual arts. In last two years the space featured more than 10 exhibitions annual. It pays strong attention to local artists especially of young generations. The space was inaugurated by the exhibition ''Transsubstanciacije'' of [[Uroš Weinberger]], one of representatives of the newmedia painting, kind of the phenomena of the young generation of Slovene painters.
+Administered by the Novo mesto-based organisation [[LokalPatriot, Novo Mesto|LokalPatriot]], Simulaker Gallery showcases all forms of contemporary visual arts. In the last two years the space has featured more than 10 exhibitions annually, paying strongest attention to local artists of the young generations. The space was inaugurated by the exhibition ''Transsubstanciacije'' of [[Uroš Weinberger]], one of the representatives of new media painting, a kind of phenomenon of the young generation of Slovene painters.
-Beside internationally respected Slovene artist as [[Marija Mojca Pungerčar]], Davide Grassi alias [[Janez Janša]] and [[son:DA]] (both prepared here already 2 projects), the exhibition programme continued with further national established young artists as [[Vesna Bukovec]], [[Suzi Bricelj]], [[Viktor Bernik]], and [[Borut Peterlin]] among others.
+Besides internationally respected Slovene artists such as [[Marija Mojca Pungerčar]], the new media artist [[Janez Janša]] and [[son:DA]] (both have already prepared 2 projects here), the exhibition programme has continued further with nationally-established young artists such as [[Vesna Bukovec]], [[Suzi Bricelj]], [[Viktor Bernik]], and [[Borut Peterlin]], among others.
-In 2008 the space exhibited solo exhibition ''Mrežne strukture'' of [[Miha Štrukelj]], who the year later represented Slovenia on the Venice Biennial. In the beginning of 2007 the group exhibition ''Ctrl C'' presented art works questioning and reflecting the phenomena of artistic use of the digital copy and the digital original. This exhibition presented also the work of Slovene mediaart pioneer [[Vuk Ćosić]]. Photograph works of [[Bojan Radovič]], featured in the exhibition entitled [[On Photography]] [O fotografiji] in the beginning of 2009, opened many elementary questions on contemporary photography also about the role of the photographer working for artists as Radovič did for [[Roman Uranjek]] ([[Irwin]] and his project entitled ''Skopje 6.12. 2007''.
+In 2008 the gallery exhibited the solo exhibition ''Mrežne strukture'' of [[Miha Štrukelj]], who later represented Slovenia at the Venice Biennial in 2009 at [[A+A Gallery, Venice|A+A Gallery]]. In the beginning of 2007 the group exhibition ''Ctrl C'' presented art works questioning and reflecting the phenomena of artistic uses of the digital copy and the digital original. This exhibition presented also the work of Slovene net.art pioneer [[Vuk Ćosić]]. Photographic works of [[Bojan Radovič]], featured in the exhibition entitled ''On Photography'' [O fotografiji] in the beginning of 2009, opened many fundamental questions on contemporary photography including the role of the photographer working for artists, as Radovič did for [[Roman Uranjek]] ([[Irwin]]) and his project entitled ''Skopje 6.12.2007''.
-Recently Simulaker presented solo exhibitions of [[Luka Prinčič]], [[Sašo Vrabič]], and the complex project ''The Lovest'' of [[Jaša]] (Mrevlje), who offered for the opening specific micro utopia atmosphere, which that resulted a film and opened questions about provocations and manipulations of the (film) directors.
+Recently Simulaker has presented solo exhibitions of [[Luka Prinčič]], [[Sašo Vrabič]], and the complex project ''The Lovest'' by [[Jaša]] (Mrevlje), who at the opening offered a specific micro-utopian atmosphere, which resulted in a film that opened questions about provocations and manipulations of (film) directors.
-In spring 2009 the Gallery started to run the annual project ''The First Chance'' [Prva priložnost] with the aim to give the possibility to institutions of higher education and their best students. The first edition of the project with the national and as planned international character presented sculpture department of the [[Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana]], mentored by sculptur [[Roman Makše]]. The chance was given to 5 artists: [[Tina Grobovšek]], [[Meta Kos]], [[Matija Lapuh]], [[Matic Praznik]], and [[Valentina Štirn]].
+In spring 2009 the gallery started an annual project entitled ''The First Chance'' [Prva priložnost] with the aim to collaborate with institutions of higher education that have art-related programmes and give their best students an opportunity to present a gallery exhibition. The first edition of this national project with international intentions presented the sculpture department of the [[Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana]], mentored by sculptor [[Roman Makše]]. The 5 artists who received their first chance were: [[Tina Grobovšek]], [[Meta Kos]], [[Matija Lapuh]], [[Matic Praznik]], and [[Valentina Štirn]].
 ==See also==
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+* [http://www.simulaker.si Simulaker Gallery website]
 * [http://vimeo.com/2619212 Video documentation of Bojan Radovič exhibition in Simulaker by Bojan Peterlin]
 * [http://vimeo.com/2123788 Video documentation of Auke Touwslager & Ursula Lavrenčič exhibition Cell Phone Disco in Simulaker]

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