Urša Vidic: THE WALL
August 24, 2019 8:00 pm
installation opening
The eastern wall of the Old Power Station in Ljubljana is not the »original«, bricked one, but a zigzag wall forming boundary between the street and the still operating transformer station of the power plant. The Old Power Station celebrated its 120th anniversary last year, and this year, we are celebrating 15 years since the renovation and reopening of the facility – in its new edition as a stage. In August 2004, we began with our regular performance programme in the building with the opening of the Mladi Levi festival and the event »If we didn’t exist, you would have to make us up«.
The Old Power Station wall, currently covered by Applause by Toni Soprano Meneglejte, will be decorated by Urša Vidic this year, on the 15th anniversary of the Old Power Station venue. In selecting authors, our principle for the second time in a row is to invite visual artists, but the ones connected to theatre. Urša Vidic is a scenographer who works in various different fields, and she also worked at the Old Power Station. The opening of her new wall painting will be on August 23rd. Her work is characterized by simplicity and complexity at the same time. Her wall will be homage to artists who have been working at the Old Power Station for the last 15 years, and at the same time, it will be her message to all of us who are gravitating around the Station: a slogan written down in the alphabet of sounds. Let’s hope it conveys the message of what the Old Power Station is and what it wants for all.
Author: Urša Vidic
Producer: Alma R Selimović
Technical implementation: Igor Remeta, Duško Pušica, Marjeta Pogačnik, Andrej Petrovčič, ŠPELA ALTEN?
Supported by: Create to Connect -> Create to Impact, European Union – program Creative Europe: Culture
Information and reservation: info@bunker.si, 00386 51 269 906
OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL MLADI LEVI 2016
Friday, August 19th at 8.00 pm
The Old Power Station – Elektro Ljubljana
You are kindly invited to join us on 19th august at 20.00 hours in Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana, for the opening of the International festival Mladi levi 2016!
We’re starting the festival with the performance Night of the Moles (Welcome to Caveland!) by acclaimed French director Philippe Quesne. The play on the lives of humongous moles is a fable without a moral, an allegory of life itself, in itself the most interesting of stories.
Afterwards, at 21.30 on the platform behind the Old Power Station,the young-lion dance is unravelling for everyone to attend. This year, music delights will be served by DJ Bakto (Tetkine radosti) and DJ Udo Brenner (Zeleno sonce). While tasty morsels are composed by dazzling chef Primož Dolničar alongside ladies from the Daytime Activity Centre for the Elderly.
More about the programme here.
