17th International Festival of Contemporary Arts – CITY OF WOMEN

The word embedded with mystical powers Abracadabra! represents this year’s main festival theme. It is considered a magic word; its letters had been placed in a pyramid turned upside down and people had carried them around their necks as an amulet to protect themselves against disease and trouble. We therefore decided to place our focus on magic, mystery, illusions, parallel reality, reality ‘as it really is’, rituals and pure imagination, because we wish to take a step aside from the cruel reality, embracing the present day world in the form of general distress and economic crisis. At the same time, we would like to make our way back to the parallel reality and revisit these very hardships through the perspective of different, other and borderline. Instead of ignoring the present state of affairs, we have our mind set on offering an unconventional view on human existence and perhaps even hope, which can be brought about by playfulness and awe, dreams and worship of life with openness, joy and pure wonderment.

Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana will host:

	October 7th and 8th at 8 pm Dasnya Sommer: Ma√15′ {idiosyncrasy}| sin x= ly-fx²¯
	October 10th at 9 pm Erre que erre/Mariangeles G. Angulo & Román Torre: AVATAR
	October 13th at 9 pm La Pocha Nostra (Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Violeta Luna & Erica Mott): LA POCHA REMIX: PSYCHO-MAGIC ACTIONS FOR A WORLD GONE WRONG
	October 11th, 12th and 13th La Pocha Nostra: PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
	October 15th at 8 pm Barbara Kukovec, Via Negativa: THE FIRST LAW OF B. K.
	October 15th at 9 pm Katarina Stegnar, Via Negativa: DROP DEAD