POWER STREAM / E+TOK

Since it looks like there is still a long way to go before the opening of the theater halls, we decided to start with (more) regular live streaming of events from the Old Town Power Plant / Stara mestna elektrarna.The program of events that you will be able to watch live will be published on this site. For more information, we invite you to sign up for our news HERE.Switch to POWER STREAM / E+TOK!Wednesday, April 21st from 8 pm. - Thursday, April 22nd to 12 pm.:Via Negativa: PHYSISYou can register for premiere access on this siteThursday, April 22nd, at 8 pm.:Image SnatchersLink to the LIVE STREAMTuesday, April 20th, at 8 pm.:Maja Delak: Just for TodayLink to the LIVE STREAMFriday, April 9th from 8 pm. - Sunday, April 11th to 12 pm.:Via Negativa: PHYSISYou can register for premiere access on this siteTuesday, March 30th - Thursday, April 1st:SOUND DISOBEDIENCE 2021, festivalLink to the LIVE STREAMTuesday, March 9th, at 8 pm:Danijela Zajc: ThreadsLink to the Facebook event

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Calendar of Hopes 2021

For the year 2021 the partners of Create to Connect -> Create to Impact invited Adela Giurgiu, a Romanian illustrator, to prepare the "Calendar of Hopes 2021" with our hopes for the forthcoming months…You can download the calendar in .pdf format, print it out and hang it on your wall. We wish you a happy, healthy and free 2021! CALENDAR OF HOPES.pdf 

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Jan Rozman: MEMEMEME

Who is ‘me’ in ‘meme’ in ‘MEMEMEME’?MEMEMEME is the space of a community’s flow of association, a clash of an infinite number of memes* and their reverberations. Through the performers’ bodies, their mobile phones and digital video and sound references and associations, the performance layers gestures, movements, images and expressions. Its performative score plays with and around the mechanics and aesthetics of internet memes. As a living mimetic organism, the stage actions are multiplied and repeated, diversified and mutated to open up the potential semantic splits and gaps that reflect the fragmented and alienated nature of modern communication and the internet society.*A meme is any idea that is, despite its potential randomness or nonsense, repeated and multiplied through variation and selection. The term meme (from Ancient Greek mimeme, ‘imitated thing’) was coined by biologist Richard Dawkins as a cultural equivalent of a gene to designate language, stories, knowledges, habits, styles and behaviour that is transmitted through imitation. As a consequence of the near universal use of the internet in the digital age, the most widespread, flexible, resilient, and circulated are precisely (viral) internet memes.CollaboratorsConcept, Direction & Choreography: Jan RozmanPerformers: Peter Frankl, Kaja Janjić, Julija Pečnikar, Daniel PetkovićDramaturgy: Varja HrvatinSounds and…

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TINA KOZIN, SAŠKA RAKEF,BOJANA ŠALJIĆ PODEŠVA: IDEN

Nature is the pressing issue of the time in which we live, and when we unravel the topic of nature, we are not only talking about philosophical questions, but also about the concrete question of survival, power and protection – are we protecting nature or is nature protecting us? The electroacoustic opera Iden is based on the occurrence of a temporary geographical phenomenon in Lithuania: the Curonian Spit, which is more than a temporary geographical phenomenon – it reveals the timeless conflicts of interest inscribed in the curation of national parks. The Slovene creative team consisting of director and performer Saška Rakef, poetesse Tina Kozin and composer Bojana Šaljić Podešva realizes that it is not only important which stories we are telling, but also how we tell them and what role do we play in them. In the immersive experience of an acoustic performance with four vocalists, in the Tivoli Greenhouse, the audience watches the sunrise and wakes up with a musical interpretation of the fundamental problems of nature. The magic of the first sunlight evokes the premonition that the search for new forms of storytelling is not only an artistic action but also a life’s mission.Script: Tina Kozin, Saška…

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17th Animateka will take place ONLINE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdFMvl2AU_8&feature=youtu.beFestival trailer by Matej Lavrenčič and Matjaž Moraus ZdešarThe 17th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, which should be held at the Old Power Plant, is moving online. It will take place between November 30 and December 9 on a user-friendly and tested platform that allows not only film screenings, but also a wider festival experience of lectures and discussions of AnimatekaPRO, talks with directors and various events of the accompanying program, which will enrich the viewing experience from your home couch.We will make sure that the festival spirit of Animateka, for which it is famous, will be present online, and at the same time the experience of the online edition opens a unique opportunity to decentralize the festival, which will be extended beyond Ljubljana and as such will enable the experience of animated worlds to viewers throughout Slovenia and around the world.Festival program: Program of AnimatekaTickets for access to films and other festival events: Tickets

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Climate Crisis

Press conference & petition + media campaign 18th September 2019, in the Old Power Station Video: Hana Vodeb Children's call out:https://vimeo.com/362369940/8a04bed7edhttps://vimeo.com/362370103/35ade3cc73https://vimeo.com/362370274/928fb1508fhttps://vimeo.com/362370418/abe07a7e30 Call to action – Climate Strike!https://vimeo.com/364736474

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PARL, Performance Art Research Ljubljana

31 Avgust – 9 September 2020Performance art makers and groups from Slovenia and abroad will attend a 10 days research and development program PARL in Ljubljana, Slovenia in the field of performance art, devised theater, contemporary dance, intermedia projects and hybrid forms.PARL joins various creative practices, working methods and production models of leading Ljubljana based performance artists and producers. The course of work is focused on development of creative processes and research of performative strategies with daily feedback and training, three-day seminar, and workshops. The public presentation of the projects will be on 9 September at CK Španski borci.PARL: Seminar1 - 3 SEP 2020 / 20:00 – 22:00Old Power StationThree lectures on what defines contemporary performance today with Pia Brezavšček, Lana Zdravković, Jurij Krpan. There is no entrance fee for the seminar. However, due to the Covid-19 restrictions the number of participants is limited. Book your seat at horzensara@gmail.com.More about the SeminarFB event

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Syndicate of Outlandish Entities 2020

14 – 18 August 2020 – Old City Power Plant, Ljubljana15 – 19 September 2020 – Club Gromka, ACC Metelkova mesto, LjubljanaSyndicate of Outlandish Entities is a platform for edgy urban genres, focusing on new comedy, performative humour, and social commentary with elements of the cabaret, new burlesque, grotesque, irony, satire, and parody. Our third ‘Covid’ edition will happen in two parts and on two locations: in August in the Old Power Plant Ljubljana we will present five performances by Sophia Rodríguez, Brina Klampfer/Peter Frankl, Urška Vohar, Branko Potočan and Mark Požlep; and in September in Club Gromka, ACC Metelkova mesto five performances, a concert and a clubbing event by Aja Zupanec, Mismo Nismo, Loup Abramovici, Transformator, balans, DVMIR (SNIF) and Za Crknt (Drop Dead).More about our two-part programme in August and September on our English home page:https://sindikat.emanat.si/en/programme/

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Festival Klovnbuf

In its 13th edition, Klovnbuf Festival is set to deliver a vivid and highly visual mix of different languages of contemporary circus, an artform rarely seen in Slovenia. This year, deep into the summer, we are putting special focus on the art of juggling, showcasing a wide variety of some of most exciting local and international artists, presenting works-in-progress of young Slovenian creators, as well as public screenings of established international companies who could not travel to Slovenia due to the epidemic. Artistic residencies and masterclasses are also an important part of the festival. Apart from the top-notch mastery of contemporary circus, Klovnbuf brings what audiences have loved for centuries – the magic of shapes, the illusion that nurtures thought, a world so unique that it brings out the child within us who then asks for more. Come and give it a shot! The circus is stronger than the virus.FREE ENTRANCE FOR ALL EVENTSDONATIONS ARE WELCOMEMONDAY, 3rd August8:00 PMwork-in-progressWhat have I found in the Attic, Ana Lekše (SI)@ Old City Power Station - Elektro Ljubljana8:30 PMtalk back, Ana Lekše@ Old City Power Station - Elektro LjubljanaTUESDAY, 4th August8:00 PMwork-in-progress, Luka Piletič & Jan Podbrežnik (SI)@ Old City Power Station -…

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