23/05/2024

Exhibition opening
Neja Tomšič: A garden, somewhat deserted 
Solo exhibition 
Curated by: Nikolaos Akritidis
@RAVNIKAR, Vošnjakova ulica 4

Meet Cute: A networking event connecting artists and curators 
@Cukrarna Gallery, Poljanski nasip 40

The event will give the selected applicants of the open call a chance to sit down with a group of renowned international and local curators (Eva Kovač, Andreja Hribernik, Miha Colner, Judit Szalipski, Barbara Gregov, Mira Macík, Erika Kovačičová) and present their work.

This is a closed event, dedicated to connecting artists & curators in a one-on-one setting.

Guided tour
Eva Bevec: Unexpected Item in Bagging Area 
Solo exhibition
Curated by: Lucija Lunder 
@TAM-TAM Street Gallery, Vegova ulica

Designer, visual artist and photographer Eva Bevec, together with the exhibition's curator Lucija Lunder, will present her practice, in which she interrogates seemingly mundane and banal aspects of her surroundings. In the exhibition, she presents a poster triptych of found utilitarian images that have recently caught her attention.

The exhibition is a collaboration between TAM-TAM Street Gallery and the School for Curatorial Practices and Critical Writing World of Art/SCCA-Ljubljana. 

Guided tour 
Picture (a) City 
Group exhibition
Artists: Igor Andjelić, Architect's bulletin; Jože Barši & Martina Bastarda, Mateja Ocepek, Nataša Skušek; Eva Bevec, Biancoshock, Fabian Brunsing, Klara Debeljak, DNLM, Leon Dolinšek, Kostja Gatnik, IRWIN, Lado Jakša, Zmago Jeraj, Staš Kleindienst, Future 14b Collective, Neven Korda, France Kralj, Krater, KUD Obrat / Obrat Culture (Stefan Doepner, Urška Jurman, Polonca Lovšin, Apolonija Šušteršič), Kvadratni meter (Teja Miholič, Urša Rahne, Anne Elisabeth Tassel), Gašper Lešnik, Miha Maleš, Metod, Rastko Močnik, Amir Muratović,  Ivana Müller & Bojana Kunst in collaboration with Ana Čigon, Ajda Bračič, Urban Belina, Klara Drnovšek Solina; The

Most Beautiful City in the World, David Nez (OHO), Nonument Group, Nikolaj Omersa,Tadej Pogačar & P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum of Contemporary Art, Marko Pogačnik, Marjetica Potrč, Marij Pregelj, Matjaž Rušt, Jakob Savinšek, Željko Stevanić, Iva Suhadolnik Gregorin; Inštitut Egon March (Urška Kristina Škerl, Marko Košnik, Domen Kosmač), Nika Špan, Miha Štrukelj, Vladimir Turner, Sašo Vrabič, Peter Žargi, The Wa
Curated by: Igor Španjol

@Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova +MSUM, Maistrova ulica 3

Guided tour with the curator Igor Španjol. The exhibition Picture (A) City that connects the works of over 50 artists and activists, will critically examine the changes in the use of public space in Ljubljana over the past years and historically shed light on key issues related to these changes. These include political geography, housing problems, (infra)structural violence, touristification, gentrification, as well as natural conditions, gardens, parks, and urban heritage.

Open Studio 
Neo Nor: himbo limbo: treasure hunt
Curated by: Lara Mejač
@R SPACE, Vošnjakova ulica 4

The artist Neo Nor will open the doors of his studio and give an insight into his creative process, which explores the escapism and alienation often associated with the use of the internet and video games. Visitors will be invited into the cosy environment of the artist's studio to play a video game in which players are challenged to find a specific hidden object in the virtual forest. Lucky winners of the treasure hunt will have the chance to win an artwork by the artist.

Presentation of the Artist Book by Jatun Risba & Franco G. Livera
@Y Gallery, Trubarjeva cesta 79

The premiere presentation of the artist book Crows in Dead Olive Groves by Jatun Risba and Franco G. Livera. The work addresses the devastation of olive groves in Apulia, a region affected by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes an incurable disease in olive trees, ornamental plants, and other woody species. Following the outbreak, a fire further weakened the landscape. One of the two copies of the artist book will be available for purchase.

COLLECTORS’ TOUR: Beginner’s guide 
Curated by: Pia Miklič
@Meeting point: EQURNA Gallery, Gregorčičeva ulica 3

Join us for a curated art ride designed for young, emerging collectors eager to understand the art scene and gain practical insights into art collecting fundamentals. Learn how the art system works, how to buy art, where to even begin, ways to build a collection, and more. This experience pedals participants through some of Ljubljana’s galleries (EQURNA Gallery, Zala Gallery, Galerija Fotografija, RAVNIKAR) with the help of bicycles, scooters, or the green transport service Kavalir, offering an accessible entry into contemporary art.  

ARTWALK: A walk through Ljubljana's landmarks, created in the capital by artists and architects from Slovenian Istria
Curated by: Mara Ambrožič Verderber 
@Meeting Point: Prešeren Square 

The Director of the Piran Coastal Galleries will present an independent view of the locations we think we are very well familiar with, by walking through some of the key urban and architectural points of the city, which are in some shape or form connected to the creators from Slovenian Istria. The art historical aspect of the walk will be complemented by the director's insights into the management of one of Slovenia's major institutions of modern and contemporary art at a time when the conversation about the task of decentralising the Slovenian cultural landscape is becoming increasingly welcomed. 

The walk will end with a glass of local wines.

Guided tour 
Neja Tomšič: A garden, somewhat deserted 
Solo exhibition 
Curated by: Nikolaos Akritidis
@RAVNIKAR, Vošnjakova ulica 4


Guided tour of the exhibition A Garden, Somewhat Deserted with artist Neja Tomšič interweaves stories from the era of botanical expeditions and the rise of exotic gardens, while engaging with the contemporary design of parks and gardens. Neja Tomšič, an exploratory visual artist, storyteller, performer, and ritual creator, combines various media in her work, guided by slow processes and in-depth research. Through material and narrative fragments, thoughtful framing of perspectives, and an interplay of botany and archaeology, she constructs a landscape, which invites visitors into a space of "nature" that delineates socio-political currents and traces of erased and revealed histories.

Guided tour Vodstvo po razstavi 
Karin Vrbek, Lara Žagar, Beti Frim: Unfamiliar Area Neznano področje
@Galerija Alkatraz

Public guided tour with the exhibition curator Lucija Zajc and the artists. The exhibition brings together a selection of artists who have participated in the Unfamiliar Area project. The exhibition explores post-catastrophic landscapes and the feelings that are nested in the state of the current world that is disintegrating before our eyes. The works reveal the spaces between reality and fiction, between the past and the future, and question the boundaries of the known and the unknown, collapse and persistence, through different approaches.

Art installation viewing with the artist
Iva Suhadolnik Gregorin: Being a map
@Space for Art NÓT, Vodnikov trg 5a

Who holds the pen to draw the map? Is there room for error in mapmaking? Can subjectivity bleed into its lines? Can the map of a space become the space itself? The map slowly unfolds and we let it breathe. The map finds its first coordinates in the beginning. In the fleeting panic of creation. In the unpolished force of a musician's debut album. In the first frame of a trilogy. In the electric uncertainty of a first kiss. The map takes shape through the courage to start. So let's start.

Guided tour 
Unfamiliar Area 
Group exhibition 
Artists: Karin Vrbek, Lara Žagar, Beti Frim
Curated by: Lucija Zajc
@Alkatraz Gallery, Metelkova ulica 8

Public guided tour with the exhibition curator Lucija Zajc and the artists. The exhibition brings together a selection of artists who have participated in the Unfamiliar Area project. The exhibition explores post-catastrophic landscapes and the feelings that are nested in the state of the current world that is disintegrating before our eyes. The works reveal the spaces between reality and fiction, between the past and the future, and question the boundaries of the known and the unknown, collapse and persistence, through different approaches.

Exhibition Opening 
Ema Klinar: Me, Myself and Us
Solo exhibition 
Curated by: Vida Jocif
@Zala Gallery, Gosposka ulica 7

Ema Klinar's artistic practice over the last past years has been predominantly characterised by deformed self-portraits, which she has approached in various manners. She is inspired above all by the dissonance that arises in the difference between our own perception of ourselves and others' perception of us. She works predominantly in the medium of painting and drawing.

Performance 
Iva Suhadolnik Gregorin: Being a map
@Space for Art NÓT, Vodnikov trg 5a

Who holds the pen to draw the map? Is there room for error in mapmaking? Can subjectivity bleed into its lines? Can the map of a space become the space itself? The map slowly unfolds and we let it breathe. The map finds its first coordinates in the beginning. In the fleeting panic of creation. In the unpolished force of a musician's debut album. In the first frame of a trilogy. In the electric uncertainty of a first kiss. The map takes shape through the courage to start. So let's start.

Exhibition opening 
It's Going to Rain
Group exhibition
Artists: Eva Garibaldi, Hana Podvršič, Beti Frim, Ajda Podgorelec
Curated by: Špela Pečjak, Urška Kleindienst, Olja Simčič Jerele
@DobraVaga, Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 5

It’s Going to Rain is a group exhibition that focuses on questions of the invisibility of women and queer individuals in the art space and market. Through various artistic practices, it explores the ways in which resistance can be expressed through presence in art, and it addresses themes of representation, identity, and the valuation of work within the art system. The exhibition also reflects on absence – of bodies, money, power – and its impact on the artistic production of women and queer artists, who often remain on the margins of dominant art structures.

Festival Opening: Disturbances 
Lighting Guerrilla 
Curated by: Katerina Mirović, Janez Grošelj, Nika Erjavec, Jani Pirnat
Authors: Antti Kulmala (FI), Nika Erjavec (SI), ::vtol:: (RU/SI), Ida Hiršenfelder, Laura Adel (PL), RaumZeitPiraten (DE), Janez Grošelj, Henrike von Dewitz (DE/SI), Jaka Komac, Iva Ferlinc, Matjaž Pogačnik, Jakob Lavrič, Tomaž Furlan, Edina Muftić, Mia Ventin, Ulla Žibert,  Alessandro Lupi (IT/DE), Nina Tovornik, Andrej Štular, Anže Kreč, Urša Čuk, Amadej Plesničar, Lara Reichmann, Maša Knapič, Lina Rica, Črt Trkman (Beam Team)

@Match Gallery, Trg francoske revolucije 7 and other locations around Ljubljana 

In its 19th edition, the Lighting Guerrilla will take over the areas in the immediate surroundings of the Match Gallery, where the main festival exhibition is on display until the end of August, as well as many other locations around Ljubljana with a series of light installations on the theme of Disturbances. The Lighting Guerrilla Laboratory also took place and included a series of workshops for artists, students of Ljubljana's faculties and high school students.

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