Feldenkrais Method Workshop: DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENTS

Nuša Romih Masnoglav and Nevenka Koprivšek, licensed practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method of Awareness Through Movement, will host the first workshop from the cycle: Developmental movements. Suckling, turning to the side, from the belly to the back and vice versa, are just some of the simple developmental movements known but easily forgotten and eagerly rediscovered all over again. There is an authentic confidence and joy we embody when we upgrade our relationship with gravity and our patterns of movement to the way nature intended. The workshop is meant for everyone, regardless of background knowledge or age.
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Mateja Bučar: PROCESIRANJE … POINT-LESS

Geometrical point is a name for an invisible or visible object … One point less or Point-less stands for an intense research of movement with real and “imaginary” points – ellipses. Ellipses lure into the beauty and exciting madness of their inner relations. Every ellipse is composed of two individual inner focuses on one hand and the constancy of relations and opposites arising between them on the other. An appealing definition for many realities and for several point-less coordinates that determine us. (more…)

18th International Festival of Contemporary Arts – CITY OF WOMEN

Aging represents this year’s main festival theme. The topics are tackled by women artists of all generations, though with emphasis on artists of the middle and older generations, from all over the world and will range from intimate reflections on their attitude to their own bodies, its alleged defects and faults, to a broader social and critical dealing with the euphoric recourse to plastic surgery and the aggressive dictates of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. (more…)

And what do others have to say?: Art and the City

The October conversation evening will tackle the theme of cities and urban districts as spaces propelling creativity in their inhabitants, inspiring and motivating them to bring new ideas to life while becoming active agents in their environment. Art in this light thus stands as engine of positive change and permanent improvement. Examples of related good practices will be displayed at the exhibition The City Speaks, held under the auspices of the 23^rd Biennial of Design in the National Museum of Slovenia. Guided tour of The City Speaks exhibition will be held on Monday, 15^th October at 5 p.m. by artist Raheel Mohammed. The tour will be followed by a thematic conversation in Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana.

Aidan Cerar, host of the conversation, will speak to Raheel Mohammed and Graham Sheffield, Director Arts for the British Council, and to many other local experts from the areas of urbanism, sociology of space and artistic practices…

The conversation will last approximately 90 minutes and will be held in English language.

It will be followed by snacks, drinks and music.

In cooperation with: BIO Ljubljana, British Council Slovenia, Imagine 2020

Anita Wach, Bojan Jablanovec: OOPS

“The historical project of the Enlightenment failed. Lights do not work at all.”

Oops is a solo dance performance enacted as a continuous “dialogue” between the dancer and the stage, which keeps questioning the meaning of the performer’s and its own existence. The stage takes on the role of a “dramatis personae”, addressing the audience and the dancer by way of a projected text: “I’m having trouble with the lights. I know I should turn them on any moment now. But I am afraid that this could be a mistake.” (more…)

Žiga Murko Group: CONCERT

Žiga Murko Group is a jazz band of the trombonist and composer Žiga Murko who in 2011 graduated at the Conservatory in Rotterdam. Stylistically, their music evades categorisation as it is inspired by new techniques and harmony of the urban scene as well as by traditional forms and improvisational music concepts. The quartet consists of progressive, elaborate, conceptually colourful sound explorers who will lead the listener to a new world of original compositions, turbulent improvisation and an idea of clarity, which will linger on long after the concert. The music will be accompanied by visuals. (more…)

Betontanc & Umka.lv: SHOW YOUR FACE!

A virtuosic performance of puppetry, theatre, dance, and live music that examines the effects of courage (or lack thereof) throughout the 20th century is coming to Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana after almost two years. (more…)

Via Negativa: JUST THE BEGINNING (Irresolvable #3)

Performance Just the Beginning is Irresolvable #3 (third performance of a series Irresolvable), which reveals how happy we are to live in a democracy.

Premiere on the day of the presidential elections
Sunday 11th November 2012 at 8 pm

Dear Mr. President,
we do not ask who you are; we are happy that you are, what you are. The President! You’re ours and we’re yours. Without hesitation. Without a doubt. On the live and dead. (more…)

SPARKS

Sparks are representing young, not yet established artists and daring, piercing ideas of already established artists. Dedicated to flashes of the new and innovative.

The first cycle of Sparks took place during three November evenings in 2013 and introduced young artists from various genres – contemporary dancers, film artists, musicians and photographers. Some of them are still attending primary and secondary schools and co-operating with distinguished artists, others are at the beginning of their individual artistic paths, each of them contributing a fresh approach to creation and an individual perspective on art.

Organizer: Bunker, Ljubljana
Artistic director: Mojca Jug
Adviser: Andreja Kopač
The programme is supported by: Ministry of Culture, Ljubljana City Municipality

SPARKS, November 2012

November 14th 2012
5:00 p.m. Opening of the Photo Exhibition Mladibor Circle
5:30 p.m. Performance April Veselko: Sharp and Salty – performance is CANCELLED due to illness!
6:30 p.m. Mladibor Concert Does a concert need music?
7:00 p.m. Evening Debate: What do others have to say? – Contemporary Art and Education

November 15th 2012
5:00–10:00 p.m. Photo Exhibition Mladibor Circle
5:00–10:00 p.m. Video in the foyer of Stara mestna elektrarna
6:30 p.m. Performance Tina Benko and Neža Jamnikar: Ladies Coupe
8:00 p.m. Concert Barely Modern
9:00 p.m. Talk with Musicians Barely Modern

November 16th 2012
6:00–10:00 p.m. Photo Exhibition Mladibor Circle
6:30 p.m. Dance Improvisation Kaja Teržan
7:00 p.m. Dance Improvisation Maja Lamovšek: On – Off
7:30 p.m. Dance Improvisation Jan Rozman
8:00 p.m. Mladibor Films
9:00 p.m. Performance Enya Belak, Maša Hawlina, Jerca Rožnik Novak and Veronika Valdés: The Daddy Project

SPARKS, 29th March 2013

• 6.00 p.m. SHUDDERS, multimedia installation
• 6.00 p.m. DOORS SHUT
• 7.30 p.m. VN LAB presents three sparks of 2012:
  • Vito Weis: DON’T DRAG MY NAME THROUGH THE MUD
  • Zala Ana Štiglic: DON’T CLUTCH THE PUSSY, CLUTCH THE COCK
  • Rok Kravanja: I WON’T BE THROWN OUT OF HERE

SPARKS, October 2013

• October 19th at 8.00 p.m. Jan Rozman: BIRD DEMENTIA, premiere
• October 20th at 8.00 p.m. Jan Rozman: BIRD DEMENTIA

SPARKS, November 2013

• November 5th at 9.00 p.m. Alen Prošić: ANTICHRIST, premiere
• November 6th at 9.00 p.m. Alen Prošić: ANTICHRIST

SPARKS, 23rd December 2013

• ENABLE COOKIES, an evening of dance solos
  • Maša Hawlina
  • Eva Posedel
  • Veronika Valdés
  • Jerca Rožnik Novak
  • Enya Belak: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON

SPARKS, 25th September 2014

• VN LAB 2014, public production
  • Brina Klamfer: THE BITCH
  • Stane Tomazin: POINT ZERO
  • THE CASTLE, Anxiety Study in 13 images (according to the motives by F. Kafka: The Castle)

SPARKS, 6th November 2014

• Fourklor: JUST HANGING AROUND

SPARKS, 9th September 2015

• Lana Zdravković, Olja Grubić, Nika Rozman: TO THE LAST DROP

Branko Potočan: FATHERS AND SONS

“Daddy, is it true that fathers always know more than sons?” “Always, sonny!”

I am simply myself, an independent personality thinking with my own head and feeling with my own heart. I am who I am. My closest mean the world to me. They are my meaning of life. (Branko Potočan)
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