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| − | Set in a former power plant, the aptly named [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Stara Elektrarna]] can be translated as | + | Set in a former power plant, the aptly named [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Stara Elektrarna]] can be translated as "the Old Power Station". One of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana, it is run by a non-governmental organisation, the [[Bunker Institute]]. The place is primarily used for theatre and dance performances, yet also frequently utilised as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events also take place here. |
| − | Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna, among them the [[Mladi levi Festival]], the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]], the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance|Gibanica Festival of Slovene Dance]], [[MENT Ljubljana]], the [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]], | + | Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna (in part or in their entirety), among them the [[Mladi levi Festival]], the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]], the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance|Gibanica Festival of Slovene Dance]], [[MENT Ljubljana]], the [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]], and also the [[Lutke International Puppet Festival]], etc. |
| − | Stara Elektrarna is included in the ''Transferzala'' project, a combined season ticket for | + | Stara Elektrarna is included in the ''Transferzala'' project, a combined season ticket for 6 independent Ljubljana performing arts venues: besides Stara Elektrarna, also [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]], [[Španski borci Culture Centre]], [[Mini Theatre]], [[Glej Theatre]]. and [[Vodnik Homestead]]. |
| − | The | + | The venue's foyer features a small museum displaying various pieces of now-defunct equipment from the old power station . |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Protected as | + | Protected as immovable cultural heritage of Slovenia, the brick building itself was built in 1898 as Ljubljana's first power plant. When its technology became obsolete in the 1940s, it stopped its operations, but it became modernised in the 1960s and from then onwards the place still produces some of the city's electricity. |
| − | However, in the mid-1980s the potential of the old industrial architecture was already being discovered by alternative artists. [[Ema Kugler|Ema Kugler's]] ''Mankurt I'' opened the space as a performance venue and during the 1990s several site-specific performances, for example | + | However, in the mid-1980s the potential of the old industrial architecture was already being discovered by alternative artists. [[Ema Kugler|Ema Kugler's]] ''Mankurt I'' opened the space as a performance venue and during the 1990s several site-specific performances, for example, Enrique Vargas's piece, were staged here. |
| − | During the 1990s it came about that the city of Ljubljana | + | During the 1990s, it came about that the city of Ljubljana lacked performing arts rehearsal spaces and the building was originally planned as a space for rehearsals. In 1998, the [[Ministry of Culture]] began the renovation works and in [[established::2004]] (together with the [[Ljubljana Urban Municipality]]) made it available for the independent performing arts scene. Following an open call for NGOs to run the space, the contract went to [[Bunker Institute]]. |
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* [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website] | * [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website] | ||
* [http://www.transferzala.si/ Transferzala website] | * [http://www.transferzala.si/ Transferzala website] | ||
| − | * [http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?theatreId=279 Stara Elektrarna architecture] | + | * [http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?theatreId=279 Stara Elektrarna architecture] – the history of the building from the ''Theatre Architecture in Central Europe'' web database |
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Protected as immovable cultural heritage of Slovenia, the brick building itself was built in 1898 as Ljubljana's first power plant. When its technology became obsolete in the 1940s, it stopped its operations, but it became modernised in the 1960s and from then onwards the place still produces some of the city's electricity.
However, in the mid-1980s the potential of the old industrial architecture was already being discovered by alternative artists. Ema Kugler's Mankurt I opened the space as a performance venue and during the 1990s several site-specific performances, for example, Enrique Vargas's piece, were staged here.
During the 1990s, it came about that the city of Ljubljana lacked performing arts rehearsal spaces and the building was originally planned as a space for rehearsals. In 1998, the Ministry of Culture began the renovation works and in 2004 (together with the Ljubljana Urban Municipality) made it available for the independent performing arts scene. Following an open call for NGOs to run the space, the contract went to Bunker Institute.
Type of venue: black-box theatre; main use: contemporary theatre, dance, music, multimedia events, rehearsal space and space for workshops; seating: 300 seats total; performing area: 25m W x 15m D x 3.5m H to grid, floor suitable for dance; suspension equipment: overhead pipe grid for suspension of masking and lighting; forestage: dance floor; lighting: details on request; sound: details on request; stage equipment: details on request; backstage: 2 dressing rooms accommodating 15 persons total; climate control: air-conditioned.
Though leased to Bunker, the place is still owned by Elektro Ljubljana (Enterprise for Distribution of Electric Energy, Co.).
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