25/05/2024
12.00
Guided tour with the curators
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
13.00
Reading works
Tjaša Škorjanc: Reflections of the Crisis of Touch in Contemporary Art: Haptic Relationality as the Language of the Object
@Mala galerija BS, Slovenska cesta 35
The presentation will unfold an example of artistic engagement with the contemporary “crisis of touch,” an essential dimension of which is rooted in the non-time, non-place nature of the online environment. Numerous artistic inquiries into the concept of “surface” point to conditions both within and beyond the field of contemporary art institutions, revealing them as privileged sites for the traversal of the inherently ambivalent sense of touch—a sense intrinsically tied to the notion of surface. As a key capacity, as a dynamic principle of a kind of horizontal transcendence, touch nourishes the relational dimension of surface, and as a bare onto-phenomenological principle, it expands this relationality into the field of the synesthetic, where one may touch with all the senses.
The topics the author will explore on the basis of selected works by local artists are the following: What is the visual-conceptual language of an artistic object that functions as a touch detached from its carrier? What is the function of isolating and symbolizing something that, by its nature, cannot operate beyond the relational or (prosthetized) corporeal? How can haptic porosity be transferred into the realm of the (completed) object, and how is the inversion of the optical (Gaze) and the haptic (Touch) carried out?
Tjaša Škorjanc is a young researcher in the field of philosophy. As with the majority of theorists extracting questions that preoccupy them professionally from their biographical landscapes, her themes of inquiry, too, stem from central personal antagonisms: touch, body, movement (or nomadism), womanhood, the sacred.
The discussion is hosted by Šum, a Ljubljana-based platform that produces content in various formats in the field of theory-fiction and contemporary art. It regularly collaborates with art institutions, responding to exhibition projects or research topics through special thematic issues of its printed publication and accompanying events, thereby aiming to contribute to a broader discourse on these subjects. The encounter takes place as part of Šum conversation series, which addresses, reflects on, and seeks to recontextualize selected works of contemporary art.
16.30
Guided tour in Slovene
Solo exhibition
Aïda Muluneh: On the Edge of Past Future
@Jakopič Gallery, Slovenska cesta 9
You are invited to join us for a regular Sunday guided tour of the exhibition On the Edge of Past Future exhibition by the Ethiopian artist, photographer and pedagogue Aïda Muluneh.
The exhibition presents the most prominent series by Aïda Muluneh from the past decade. The photographs are characterised by vibrant colours, symbolic compositions, and multilayered storytelling. Rooted in her Ethiopian heritage and global experiences, her works blend traditional African body painting with influences from cinema, painting, and photojournalism. Each photograph is carefully designed to provoke reflection and transcend the boundaries of conventional documentary or artistic photography.
Free entrance for the participants of Ljubljana Art Weekend 2025. No applications needed.
19.00–20.00
Installation
Ivan Loboda: Stone Sleeper
@Space for Art NÓT, Vodnikov trg 5a
The video installation is inspired by Mak Dizdar's collection of the same name, in which stečki, stone tombstones erected on the territory of Bosnia between the 12th and 15th centuries, occupy a special place. The artwork immerses the visitor in a contemplative space where the words carved on the massive concrete tombstone come to life and become bearers of stories of love, loss and existential reflections.
The video runs for 6 minutes, with multiple screenings throughout the event. Visitor capacity is limited due to space restrictions, but advance registration is not required.
SUNDAY