Melodrom: step from behind the curtain
The Slovenian melodramatic rock band returns with a new line-up and some exciting, fresh material. You can catch them live in Maribor on September 5th, supporting the Icelandic legends Sigur Ros The month of August saw the Slovenian band Melodrom…
Do you speak Slovene?
For almost half a century now, people all over the world have been gathering for an annual event in the Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana to try their hands on Slovene language. Not an easy task, as you might assume If asked…
Robots in Slovenian art
The first comprehensive exhibition focused on robots in contemporary Slovenian art lands in Venice, Italy The exhibition Robotica includes fields such as interactivity, robotics, informatics and multimedia. It the first comprehensive showcase of this part of contemporary Slovenian art. The…
The Bottles Test
How a biathlon champion outsmarted the media in both countries that own him For Jakov Fak, the actual 20 km biathlon world champion, the trail to success starts on the snowy plateaus around his hometown of Mrkopalj, Croatia. His ambitions…
Whorrible!
What happens when a poster for a theatre play is accidentally placed next to an image of politician running for mayor? Art should criticize and reflect, art should create new pathways for thinking and generate ideas for questions that should…
14th Ljubljana International Documentary Film Festival @Ljubljana (SLO)
March 22- 29 at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana A diversified insight into contemporary world documentary film production, which is becoming increasingly more incisive and topical, deeply stirring the nucleus of major social and political issues and probing all walks of life. Festival…
Dark Star preview @Kinetica Art Fair (London, UK)
Feb 9-12, Kinetica Art Fair at Ambika P3, London, Uk After two successful exhibitions at London’s ICA and co-curating SonicMaze exhibiton at Netaudio Festival in Roundhouse, Slovenian media artist Martin Bricelj Baraga returns with preview of his new collaborative project…
Zeleno Sonce @Ljubljana (SLO)
Every 1st Friday of the month at Gala Hala, Ljubljana (SLO) This event in Gala Hala is the reason why even the most dapper of scenesters brave the grit and grime of Metelkova City every first Friday of the month.…
Metelkova: eighteen years of utopian freedom in a city within a city
Copenhagen has Christiania, Berlin has Tacheles and Ljubljana has Metelkova City, its very own autonomous cultural center and a positively wondrous place Metelkova is situated in the former barracks of Yugoslav People’s Army which were left abandoned after Slovenia became…
Punk museum in Ljubljana: a potential home for your precious collection of spit?
Three weeks ago, Slovenia’s long-awaited Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) finally opened its door to the public. Among MSUM’s most interesting plans for the future is a museum within a museum, a special space termed the Punk Room a.k.a…