Within the framework of Books and Creativity in Culture there will during Ljubljana – the World Book Capital be various events from a range of cultural fields that in terms of content will be linked with the basic programme and with the book in the broader sense. The events will be run by museums, galleries, theatres, musicians and other cultural protagonists. Thus nearly all cultural institutions and media will draw the book into their field of activity.

 

22. 4., 16.00, Mestni trg; 27. 4, 21.00, Hostel Celica

THE ISLAND, THE CITY AND THE OTHERS. Society for One Music. Author Lucija Stupica. The performance establishes a different relation between the human being and metaphysics, between myself and others. The rhythm of the city is thus dictated through poetry, music and accompanying photography. The art­ists collaborating in this project view the city as a space that opens up different possibilities for the individual’s actualisation as a cultural and social being.
www.pranger.si, www.terrafolk.org

23.4.2010

JELKA REICHMAN: ILLUMINATED AND SELECTED IMAGES. Kresija Gallery. The ex­hibition will be opened on 23 April, the day that Ljubljana receives the honor­ary title World Book Capital City 2010. Jelka Reichman is last year’s recipient of the Župančič Award for life work.

23.4. – 30.5.2010

AN EXHIBITION BY A GROUP OF EIGHT YOUNG ILLUSTRATORS. Gallery Srečišče at the Celica Youth Hostel, Metelkova. In the exhibition Ex Libris – Back to the Book, contemporary visual artists will present the future of the minute master­piece of the ex libris and pay homage to the classical technique of printmaking. This first-time exhibition will showcase the works and interventions into gallery space by Dean Ivandić, Jakob Klemenčič, Alenka Sottler and Zora Stančič. The two exhibitions will be accompanied by a complementary programme featuring reading sessions that will bring visual and written language closer to the broad­est possible circle of connoisseurs and enthusiasts of this type of literature.
www.galerijasrecisce.si

April 2010

KINOBALON AT THE FESTIVAL FAIRYTALES TODAY. Kinodvor. Children will have an opportunity to compare the narrative of film to live storytelling. First they will listen to fairytales being told and then they will watch animated films on the big screen. Two animated films will be shown, both based on picture books: The Three Robbers, based on the picture book by Tomi Ungerer of the same ti­tle, and Why? by the popular author Lila Prap, whose book has been made into a series of animated films. Fairytales about animals will be told by Ajda Roos.
www.kinodvor.org/kinobalon

April 2010 – April 2011

THE BOOK IN THE THEATRE. Slovensko mladinsko gledališče. Scientific discus­sions will take place once a month and feature experts in the field of humani­ties and art, who will discuss the phenomena of contemporary art, especially theatre, in relation to the book.
www.mladinsko.com/predstave/pogovori-v-klubu/sezona-200910

April 2010

KINOBALON TELLS STORIES. Kinodvor. Before the start of the films being shown, selected storytellers and musicians will tell children fairytales and sto­ries and sing them songs related to the topic of the film narrative. In Sezamov kotiček (Sesame’s Corner), children will be able to leaf through picture books and read stories on subjects dealt with in the film. During the school holidays, a workshop will be organised on the connections between books and film and comic strips and animated film.
www.kinodvor.org/kinobalon

April 2010

EVENINGS OF BOOKS AND FILM. Kinodvor. The Evenings of Books and Film will take place from March to December 2010 in cooperation with Slovene publish­ing houses and film distributors. Guest speakers will include authors of various literary works that have been made into films, authors of scientific literature on film, critics and other experts dealing with the world of books and film.
www.kinodvor.org

April 2010

MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE BOOKS ON FILM, PART 2: UNDERSTANDING FILM, Slov­enska kinoteka. Louis Giannetti designed his book based on twelve specific chapters dealing with film theory. The films that will be shown are part of this multi-stage journey through the book and offer an opportunity to experience first hand how films can be understood holding a book, eyes directed at the screen at the same time.
www.kinoteka.si

April 2010 - April 2011, Saturdays 11.00 - 13.00

VARIETEJČEK. FAMILIJA, SOCIETY FOR ORGANISING ART, Kavarna Union. Four theatre serials will be staged, each of them related to a different type of art but all revolving around the same central theme: the book. On Saturday mornings, children between the ages of 4 and 8 will become engrossed in the secrets of picture books, scientific encyclopaedias, collections of children’s poetry and fairy tales from around the world. They will then watch one of the four theatre serials, while the last hour will be devoted to creative workshops and play.
www.varietejcek.si

April – December 2010

THE BOOK OF VILLA VILEKULLA. Pionirski dom – Centre for Youth Culture. Organised by the Art Centre of Pionirski dom, the exhibition and production of the book of Villa Vilekulla consists of a selection of prints, drawings and paint­ings, conceived as illustrations of the central topic of the haiku competition held at the Vič High School in Ljubljana in 2010. The purpose of this project is to complement the high school competition with a non-competitive call for works of art produced by children and adolescents in schools throughout Ljubljana and Slovenia.
www.pionirski-dom.si


23.4.2010

THE BOOK AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, a thematic round table. Studio Mestnega gledališča Ljubljanskega. The round table will present publishers and editors who are responsible for scientific literature in the field of the performing arts in Slovenia.
www.mgl.si

23. 4-8.7.2010, Information Center WBCL2010, 8. 7.-8.8. 2010, Kresija Gallery

INTRODUCTION TO THE 1ST FESTIVAL OF LETTERS, Kresija Gallery, calligrapher Marko Drpić, renaissance typography. The core of the Festival of Letters is the reconstruction of a 50-year-old printing press including a tonne of lead and wooden letters. The printing press will be used to print business cards, invita­tions and sample books of letters.
www.festivalcrk.si

BOOKMARKS. Ten designers, an illustrator and a calligrapher will print a small series of bookmarks. The bookmarks will be on sale at larger bookstores and in museums. The participants include designers Tomato Košir, Teja Kleč, Tanja Radež, Boštjan Botas Kenda, Borut Balant, Petra Černe Oven, Mojca Janželj, Zek Crew, Lukatarina and Maja Licul, the illustrator Mina Žabnikar and the cal­ligrapher Marko Drpić. The sales stands for the bookmarks are the work of the industrial designer Toni Kancilja.

MASTERS TELLING STORIES. Every Wednesday, masters of print will be inter­viewed in the hope of extracting some juicy stories from behind the scenes of the world of print.

April 2010 – April 2011

LITERADIOTURA – THE LITERARY PROGRAMME AND EVENTS OF RADIO ŠTUDENT 2010-2011. A Pocketful of Fantasy (a radio programme featuring fairytales and a storytelling event called Fairytale Crisscross), Here and There (a literary programme with interpretations of prose by contemporary world and Slovene authors), Dreamtigers (a poetry contest and poetry evenings), Nightings (a nightly literary and fiction programme devoted to less known literary periods): Literary programmes and events featuring various literary genres, based on the tradition of literary programmes and radio dramas by Radio Študent as well as its 40-year tradition of interpretation. A selection of fairytales, prose, poetry and drama from the Slovene and world heritage.
www.radiostudent.si

24.4.2010, Monthly Readings

ACTORS READING NOVELS IN MINI TEATER. Mini teater. Semi-staged events that will consist of some of the greatest names of Slovene theatre as well as some actors of the younger generation, Milena Zupančič, Olga Kacjan, Zvezdana Mlakar, Jurij Souček, Ivanka Mežan, Iva Zupančič, Štefka Drolc, Saša Tabaković, Jose, Robert Waltl, Marko Mandić and others, lending their voices to the classic novels of world literature (Madame Bovary, Billy Bud …) and to contemporary authors (Pascal Quignard, Josef Winkler, Daniel Kehlman, Aleksandar Hemon …). A significant part of the programme will also be devoted to the contempo­rary Slovene novel.
www.mini-teater.si

24., 25.4.2010

AN EVENING WITH MILA KAČIČ, Zavod Senzorium and Drama SNG Ljubljana. The evening with Mila Kačič will be a tribute to spiritual congeniality, friendship, loyalty, love, commitment and concord.
www.senzorium.com, www.drama.si

April 2010 – April 2011

THE BOOK OF THEATRE. Slovensko mladinsko gledališče (Slovene Youth Thea­tre). Professional discussions will take place once a month while Ljubljana is the World Book Capital City and include experts in humanities and art. They will discuss the phenomena of contemporary art, mostly theatre, in relation to the book.
www.mladinsko.com/predstave/pogovori-v-klubu/sezona-200910

1.5. – 31.12. 2010

TOMES, various workshops by the Student Cultural Centre ŠKUC. Workshops on creative writing, printing text onto T-shirts, creating alternative dust jackets and bookmarks, a painting and sculpture workshop focusing on literary text, a graffiti workshop based on literary concepts, a workshop on transferring literary text into public space, a comic strip workshop, the Anonymous Readers Book Club, literary evenings entitled Literary Megabytes. A reading performance accompanied by music, video or acting, publishing a mini dictionary of Slovene LGBTIQ terms.
www.kulturnicenterq.org, www.klubmonokel.com

5.5.-5.6.2010

MARVELLOUS IMAGES IN TOWN, an exhibition of selected illustrations by 25 Slovene illustrators. Atria of the Ljubljana City Hall. The exhibition will be simultaneously displayed on posters throughout the city.
www.ljubljana.si/si/zivljenje-v-ljubljani/kultura-turizem/razstavni-prostori-mol/


May 2010

MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE BOOKS ON FILM, PART 3: THE HISTORY OF FILM, Slov­enska kinoteka. The third retrospective that will round off the first half of the year refers to the book entitled Film History by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, which will be published in Slovene translation this spring.
www.kinoteka.si

14.5.2010, 18.00

KANTFEST FESTIVAL. Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, co-production. Zavod CCC. The festival of contemporary troubadours will begin in Ruše and then continue on its way to CUK Kino Šiška, its leitmotif being the relationship between the word, silence and music. In May 2010, the eighth festival CD, along with a compilation and presentation of the best lyrics featured in the festival, will be released.
www.myspace.com/kantfest


17.5.2010, 21.00

SVETLANA MAKAROVIČ: CHRYSANTHEMUM ON THE PIANO. MUSICAL THEATRE PROJECT BY JANJA MAJZELJ. Co-organised with Slovensko mladinsko gledališče and CUK Kino Šiška.
www.kinosiska.si

20.5.2010, 20.00

ROCKERS SINGING POETRY. CUK Kino Šiška, co-producer: Youth Cultural Centre Maribor. 20 selected Slovene bands playing musical versions of poems by 20 selected Slovene poets.
www.myspace.com/rokerjipojejopesnike

May 2010 – April 2011

READABLE. 9 + 1. Sculpture Association. Open-air gallery in front of the Gru­ber Palace in the Tivoli Park. Ten sculptors selected by Tatjana Pregl Kobe. All of the works exhibited will be “readable” in different ways: literary poetics in sculptures; a sculpture motif taken from literature; the sculptor as a literary creator; the book as a visual element; literature as an inducement, a challenge. The book as a sculptural object and a medium will also be presented in the accompanying catalogue and in an envisaged publication which will contain expert commentary as well as individual presentations of all ten authors.
www.kiparstvo-zavod.si


May-June 2010

BACKSTAGE, COMEDY, DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING ACTORS; Slovene sign language interpreters. The performance brings together two worlds – the world of spotlights and glory that actors experience on stage and the world of gruelling rehearsals, perseverance, distress and stage fright that actors ex­perience backstage. The performance also sheds light on the personal inner drama of individual actors, while all the while also being a metaphor for the divide between the world of the deaf and that of the hearing.
www.gluhi.si

25.5.-1.8.2010

HOPSCOTCH. NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOŠIR. Kazemate at the Ljubljana castle. The project consists of three interconnected events taking place in the same space: Spatial Video Installation, Performance and Concert by Kayhan Kalhor. The project is the fruit of cooperation between the TOACA Cultural Foundation from Romania, KUD France Prešeren, the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Ljubljana Festival.

• Spatial Video Installation: Space, visible through hopscotch grids, reveals and explores the every day reality of the Middle East.
• Performance: A voyage and transformation of the (geo)graphical symbol into a letter, a word, a poem. A mixture of contemporary dance, projections, poetry, live music (percussion, theremin, spike fiddle) and architecture.
• Concert by Kayhan Kalhor: The Iranian composer and musician based in New York is a virtuoso on the ancient Persian instrument called the kamancheh (the Persian spiked fiddle). He will perform his own work and improvisations based on traditional music derived from ancient Persian literature.

www.lspk2010@ljubljana.si/ristanc


25.5. 2010 - 7.4. 2011 (every 1st Saturday)

ARTWORK IN YOUR POCKET – THE BOOKWORM. The France Stele Institute of Art History of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. Stories from literature, art history, architecture and other fields provide interpretations of works of art and explain their role in the life of the city of Ljubljana. New notes on works of art collected in pocket-sized paperbacks invite you to read up on artistic heritage. In addition to the opening (including a photographic exhibition) and closing events, monthly presentations of new booklets will be organised which will also include guided tours of monuments, readings and discussions.
http://uifs.zrc-sazu.si

27.5., 2.00 and 22.00

STUDENT FASHION SHOW ON THE SUBJECT BOOKS IN TEXTILE AND AN EXHIBI­TION OF TEXTILE/TACTILE BOOKS. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Textile Department. In their collections of clothes, the students will develop their own interpretations and understanding of books. This will give rise to different stories – clothing books that will unfold to become contemporary three-dimensional clothes. Students will present tactile textile diaries which will showcase a different way of reading books.
www.oto-lj.si/

5.6.2010

BORIS PAHOR – BORIS KOBAL, KLAVDIJA ZUPAN: NECROPOLIS, Dramatisation Of The Novel, premiere, 5 June, Ljubljana Castle. Association Celinka, KUD Pod Topoli, Mestno gledališče ljubljansko. Interpretation by Pavle Ravnohrib. Performance Nekropola is a dramatization of the novel Necropolis*  written by Boris Pahor, in Trieste born Slovene writer and has been co-produced by Celinka, KUD Pod topoli and MGL. Performance Nekropola will have its opening night in June as part of the Ljubljana World Book Capital Programme.
Theatrical interpretation might be able to induce reflection on ethics, ideological abuse, survival at the extreme point of dehumanization, facing the ultimate impersonal evil. At this day and age is the possibility of falsification and denial of historical facts very probable, omnipresent and therefore very dangerous. Unfortunately present events indicate, that history still repeats itself followed by collective amnesia or simply ignorance, hence the repetitions in the future are inevitable. Necropolis by Pahor, which is an authentic witness of human atrocities, should motivate us to join the cry of thousands: »Never again! «
*The novel in English translation is entitled as Pilgrim among Shadows.
www.mgl.si, www.celinka.net

June 2010 – April 2011

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: A SOLO. Glasbena matica Ljubljana. A recital of vocal solos featuring a selection of musical versions of masterpieces of world poetry.
www.glasbenamatica.si

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: I AM NOT SITTING ON MY EARS. Glas­bena matica Ljubljana and the Academy of Music. As part of the all-year project Ciciban Singing, a workshop will be organised that will offer children an oppor­tunity to learn how poems can come alive outside of books; some can be sung, others are acted out, some can be danced to or painted, while some might even be recorded and seen on television or heard on the radio.
www.glasbenamatica.si

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: LITERARY CLASSICS IN OPERATIC MET­AMORPHOSES. A performance by students of the Academy of Music. A concert of operatic arias with librettos based on motifs taken from classic literature (Sophocles, Ovid, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Pushkin, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy, Molière, Wilde, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Cankar, Jurčič, Župančič, Prešeren).
www.glasbenamatica.si

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: I AM ALL EARS. A performance of the Glasbena matica children’s choir. The performance will include a selection of children’s poems and stories about how these poems come alive once they reach a composer who sets them to music. These poems are not only read and listened to, but also sung and acted out.
www.glasbenamatica.si

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: PEDENJPED. A performance of the Glasbena matica children’s choir. Directed by Katja Pegan, screenplay by Jože Humar, composers Karol Pahor, Borut Lesjak, Peter Šavli, Aldo Kumar, Tadeja Vulc, Matevž Goršič, Črt Sojar Voglar. A concert of Niko Grafenauer’s poetry collection Pedenjped set to music.
www.glasbenamatica.si

BOOKS HIDING BEHIND A MASK OF MUSIC: OLD LJUBLJANA. A performance of the Glasbena matica youth choir. A concert of Niko Grafenauer’s youth poetry collection Old Ljubljana (Stara Ljubljana) set to music.
www.glasbenamatica.si

June 2010

POETRY OFF A SLIP OF PAPER. Cultural Institute Vitkar. Author and performer: Branko Potočan. The poems have so far been living in pockets, drawers and chests. On occasion, the author would share them with friends, sometimes even with the broader public. In this show, these poems are presented with an air of spectacle not unlike storytelling for children, using both myths and tricks as well as more complex and imaginative interpretations. The show includes some attractive elements of the circus and acrobatics, featuring the tightrope and other props.
www.bunker.si

June 2010

THE FORM OF THE BOOK, BOOK DESIGN. Academy of Fine Arts. A project by Prof. Radovan Jenko. A presentation of book design by academy students and their mentors. An exhibition of integrated book design, book covers, book illustrations.
www.aluo.si

4. – 12.6.2010

17TH LIVE LITERATURE FESTIVAL WITH A COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMME ENTI­TLED LONG LIVE THE BOOK. Škuc, Brane Mozetič. This international literary festival linked to music and other art forms presents authors from Malta, India, Russia, Galicia, Serbia, Lebanon and Slovenia. It includes a programme for youth and children – workshops on creative writing, comic strip, recycling, fairytale gatherings featuring authors and intercultural cooperation - guest authors and their work are presented through talks enriched with music and multimedia performances, allowing non-literary artists to present their inter­pretations of the authors’ work. Visitors have the opportunity to experience literature through dance, installations, videos, improvisations …
www.skuc.org


5., 12., 13., 20,. 26. 6. 2010

THE SUN AND SUNFLOWERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Sploh Institute. A pres­entation of the CD bearing the same title, which was issued by the Institute Sploh in cooperation with the publishing house Mladinska knjiga in 2007 and has sold 45,000 copies. A concert of six poems by Tone Pavček that have been set to music and will be performed in Slovene as well as in Japanese, Romanian, Albanian, Macedonian, Danish, Russian and English. Performed by Slovene and foreign singers accompanied by percussion, the guitar, the double bass and other instruments.
www.zavod.sploh.si

12. 6., 10.00-18.00

4TH MOON FESTIVAL: CHILDREN’S CELEBRATION – THE MOON READING. Institute for Cultural Production Fest.
A one-day festival for children offering them a variety of activities: creative workshops, sports, theatre and dance programmes, music performances, fashion shows and numerous contests. The central objective of the festival The Moon Reading is to develop a reading culture among pre-school and school children, to generate an interest in reading and getting to know Slovene au­thors, whom the children will also be able to meet at the festival.
www.luninportal.si

8.7.-8.8.2010

1st festival of letters, Kresija Gallery. Calligrapher Marko Drpić, tipoRene­sansa.

• Stripburger Comes of Age. The production of a booklet marking the 18th anni­versary of Stripburger. Authors: Jakob Klemenčič, David Kranjčan, Gašper Rus, Kaja Avberšek, Marko Kociper, Matej de Cecco, Matej Lavrenčič, Matej Stupica and Matej Kocjan.
• The Rolled-Out Poster. A steamroller will be used to print the winning posters in the competition.
• Lectures. Designers will shed light on letters from different aspects.

• Workshops: tipoRenesansa – an international workshop on typeface design (the topic this time is the design of letters to be executed in wood), Book DIY (a five-day workshop where participants will learn how to make paper, form an initial, set up and print a text using lead types, make a woodcut and bind it all into a booklet), Business Card DIY (participants will design and print their own business cards), Carving Letters into Stone (participants will use a stone­mason’s chisel to carve letters and inscriptions into stone), A Book the Size of Your Palm (a children’s workshop where tiny booklets will be made).

www.festivalcrk.si

August 2010

BOOKS ARE OUR MAGICAL EYES. Založba Sanje and Društvo Festival Sanje. The parks of Ljubljana will come alive through live verse from Slovene and world classics and contemporary poetry. Visitors will have the opportunity to leave their literary mark on the Tree of Poems and the Tree of Wishes, and they will also be able to use the mobile stage Dream Wagon, which will visit several loca­tions throughout Ljubljana.
www.festivalsanje.net

10.8. – 5.9.2010

THE EXHIBITION E-STORIES BY JAKA ŽELEZNIKAR, at the Kresija Gallery, will add to the World Book Capital City a taste of exploring the literary element in the digital world that goes beyond book reproduction as we know it, i.e., the e-book.

September 2010

THE SECRET OF KELLS. Animateka. Animated feature film. Kinodvor. Directed by Tomm Moore. Ireland/France/Belgium, 2009. The story takes place in the early Middle Ages. The hero, 12-year-old Brendan, lives in a settlement close to an abbey, which is under constant siege of barbarians. One day, a celebrated master illuminator Aiden arrives from far away, carrying the ancient and un­finished Book of Kells, full of wisdom and magical power. In order to finish the magnificent book, Brendan has to go into the enchanted forest, where mystical creatures hide.
www.animateka.si

2. - 27.9.2010

SCRIBES, PLACES, DAYS: IMPRINTS IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS, the National and University Library (NUL), Ljubljana: the 17th colloquium of the Comité Interna­tional de Paléographie Latine, devoted to autograph manuscripts whose scribe is also the author, organised by Dr Nataša Golob from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana. To mark this occasion, the NUL is preparing two exhibi­tions in the National Gallery and the NUL that will give visitors the opportunity to see some of the best examples of records in original codices that are kept in the NUL; around 20 manuscripts from the 14th and 15th centuries will be displayed.
www.nuk.uni-lj.si

6. – 24.9.2010

FROM MOUTH TO BOOKS – FOLK SONGS BETWEEN THE MOUTH AND PRINT.
Marjetka Golež Kaučič.An exhibition about folk songs on their way from oral communication to the printed form. Original audio and video recordings and film clips from the field will be shown. A review of vernacular creativity in Slovene literature and music from Valentin Vodnik to contemporary Slovene authors such as Svetlana Makarovič, Gregor Strniša and Veno Taufer.
http.//gni.zrc-sazu.si

7.9. – 7.11.2010

MANUSCRIPTA. BOOK PAINTING IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS, the National Gal­lery, the Faculty of Arts and the National and University Library (NUL), Ljublja­na: An exhibition of forty of the highest-quality artefacts kept in the NUL. The illuminated manuscripts were created between the mid 9th and early 16th centuries; they represent various European painting schools and attest to the long journeys undertaken by individuals and their books.
www.nuk.uni-lj.si

September 2010

THE RABBIT’S URBAN COOLTURE. Urbano pleme d.d. Musical literary evenings in the early autumn will enrich the cultural landscape at Gornji trg in the old city centre. Performers: Lado Bizovičar, Peter Mlakar, Tomica Šuljić, Katarina Čas, Uroš Fürst and the trio Symann&Guitarfunkel.
www.urbano-pleme.si

September, October 2010

THE BLUE E – IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE. Maska, Institute for Publishing, Production and Education. An event that uses the experience of writer Matjaž Pikalo with the judicial system as an incentive to question the limits of artistic freedom in relation to the rights of the individual, the relationship between law and art and the existential status of a fictitious character. This is a legal and theatrical event taking place in a state where magnates can predetermine newspaper headlines and where the police calls literary characters in for ques­tioning, thus raising fundamental issues for both the future and the past.
www.glej.si, www.maska.si

7.9. – 1.10.2010

EXHIBITION ARTIST’S BOOK IN SLOVENIA. Kresija Gallery. The artist’s book is an important artistic medium that has not yet been subjected to detailed analysis or review in Slovenia. This exhibition attempts to fill this void and at least partly make up for lost time.

15.9. – 20.10.2010

BLIND DATE CONVENTION, P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E Institute. The BLIND DATE interna­tional convention on artist’s books is a pioneering project in Slovenia and is a response to increasing interest in artist’s books and artist editions. The aim of the project is to establish new contacts, cooperation and exchange at the local, regional and international levels and to contribute to fostering the aware­ness and the popularity of artist’s books. In addition to Slovene creators and publishers, the one-month event will also host creators and publishers from Croatia, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain and the USA. The planned ac­tivities include a video, music and education programme as well as programmes for youth. To complement the fair, a new periodical publication entitled A Notebook on Artist’s Books will be issued, which will provide a broader context to the artist’s book by explaining its history and offering current information.
www.zavod-parasite.si

19.9. – 17.10.2010

PHRASELAND, The City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana. The exhibition adopts an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the everyday process of translating both from language to language and within a language, and high­lights the connections between the book and other fields of culture. What hap­pens if we divest language of metaphor and take it literally? Using a selection of Slovene phrases, the sheer directness of language is showcased and presented in an interdisciplinary context.
www.mestna-galerija.si, www.mestnimuzej.si

September 2010

THE LJUBLJANA DAYS OF THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL REVIEW WITHIN REVIEW (RWR), KUD Apokalipsa. Literature, architecture, music, comic strip, poster design, theatre, documentary film, humanities – intellectual content, international journals fair. The festival will include:

• Haiku Activities: several haiku poetry readings by authors; a presentation of new titles in the haiku collection of KUD Apokalipsa; a presentation of the multilateral haiku publication Višegrad + Slovenija within the framework of the RwR project; the 12th International Haiku Competition by KUD Apokalipsa – award ceremony; the 6th International Haiku Comic Strip Competition – exhi­bition of award winning haikus from previous competitions; Glej Theatre – a haiku remix on stage; etc.
• Mentality and Literature: a round table discussion on the subject Stories of an Intellectual in the Light of Social Inclusion and Exclusion – the cases of Béla Hamvas and Edvard Kocbek; a presentation of the Slovene translation of his book and the ideas of the Czech theologian and philosopher Tomáš Halík; screening of documentaries on Béla Hamvas and Edvard Kocbek; an exhibition Correspondence: Edvard Kocbek – Heinrich Böll etc.
• The Review within Review Fair: an international exhibition and sale of all partner journals and special issues created within the framework of the RwR project as well as additional publications connected to the RwR project. Sale of promotional materials.

Other artistic activities will be available: music, a presentation of architectural achievements in Ljubljana, the networking of literary journals and cross-border cooperation of creators. With the active participation of around 50 artists, writers, poets, translators, editors, publishers and intellectuals from 16 coun­tries.
www.revija-v-reviji.si

September 2010 – April 2011

IN THE SIGN OF THE BOOK. Pionirski dom – Centre for Youth Culture. A presen­tation of ten top authors and illustrators and a selection of ten books intended for children aged 5 to 10. An exhibition of illustrations by Slovene illustrators will be on display in Pionirski dom for ten months. Towards the end, it will be accompanied by an exhibition of illustrations produced by children in work­shops. The presentation of each of the selected books will be on display for a month. The best illustrations by upcoming young artists will be awarded book prizes.
www.pionirski-dom.si

21. 9. 2010 (Tree planting), 21. 4. 2011 (Openning)

ART MAZE. Exodos Ljubljana. The Art Maze is an organic and sustainable work of art with real ecological commitment, which will be set up as a park in Fužine, right next to the psychiatric hospital. The Bulgarian artist Venelin Shurelev has designed a park area with 300 trees planted to form a maze. The maze is intended for townspeople who like to find refuge in green areas where they can take a walk and breathe in the smell of the natural environment, sit on a bench and enjoy the latest book. At the heart of the maze there is an artisti­cally designed bench, at the base of which the curious reader/nature-lover can always find new literary works. Walking through the maze one is bound to do some soul-searching, so laid carefully along the sandy paths you will find flag­stones engraved with the thoughts of Slovene and world thinkers on the subject Walking as Art.
Since the yew tree is one of two tree species protected in Slovenia that can reach up to 20 meters in height and has a lush low canopy that offers shelter from city noise, and seeing how the oldest specimens are over 2000 years old, the work of art being created might just outlive the human race. In the next 40 years, the maze will absorb over 43 tonnes of the carbon dioxide released unscrupulously by city dwellers into the atmosphere.

September 2010

FILM RETROSPECTIVE: SLOVENE BOOKS ON SCREEN. Slovenska kinoteka.
A presentation of Slovene film classics based on Slovene literary works. The films will be shown on the big screen in cooperation with Slovene publishing houses. Suitable for school visits to the cinema.
www.kinoteka.si

2.10.2010, 20.00

THEATRE FOR BIRDS. Zavod Emanat. The performance is based on the play Tea­tro para Pajaros (Theatre for Birds) by the Argentinean playwright Daniel Ve­ronese. The play will be published by the Emanat Institute as part of the series Transitions in April 2010. The play revolves around a group of six individuals, all involved in theatrical circles, entangled in an unusual set of love affairs. The playwright and the authors of the performance scrutinise the superficial nature of the world of theatre, occasionally also allowing flashes of insight into the broader societal context and dynamic which appear in the performance as noise, confusion or some other disturbing element. The American actor and director of the performance Eric Dean Scott currently lives and works in Ljubljana. The performance also features the choreographer and dancer Maja Delak, who will play one of the six roles and has co-created the movement in the show.
www.emanat.si

2. , 9., 23. 10./ 12., 20. 11./ 4., 18. 12., 20.00

UNFORGETTABLE: AN EVENING OF POETRY BY FEMALE SLOVENE POETS SET TO MUSIC. Café teater. Poetry by Slovene female poets was long seen as subordinate to male poetry. It was only with the Anthology of Slovene Female Poets in three volumes, selected and edited by Irena Novak-Popov, that the rich literary creativ­ity of girls and women was finally revealed. This anthology is the key source of the selected poems, the guiding principle being diversity of content and female sensitivity.
www.cafe-teater.si, www.cd-cc.si

4.-23. 10.2010

MARTHES BATHORI: UTOPIA PORCINA. Kresija Gallery. A presentation of devel­opments in contemporary European comic strip illustration.

7. 10 - 3. 12.2010

AZURE WINDOWS OF POETRY. The Azure Circle Association for International Cultural Connections. Poetry in different languages and set to music, three con­certs featuring poetry and videoart, a dance performance based on poetry set to music, a vocal-acoustic performance, a photo exhibition on a subject taken from poetry.
Poets writing in nine languages – Slovene, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Bulgarian, Finnish, Croatian, Romanian and English – will come together to create poetic remakes of their translations in these languages and to meet music creators from Slovenia and France who will find a melody and rhythm for some of the poems. This will be accompanied by dance performances, a photo exhibition through which two photographers will confront their interpretations of texts and a vocal-acoustic performance typical of Slovene music culture.
www.sinji-krog.org


8. – 11.10.2010

BEING YOUR OWN TRANSLATION. Centre for Slovenian Literature and KUD AAC Zrakogled.
An intermedia performance focusing on the book and the contemporary concept of authorship, using interdisciplinary methodology to explore the relationship between the author, his or her work, community/context and language/body. The project’s main interest is translation in the broadest sense of the word, viewed as a process of interpretation and cultural mediation. Translation strate­gies serve as connecting mechanisms that can build space-time structures in the spirit of the remix culture.
http://cli.gs/prevod


11.10.2010 – 16.2.2011

READING THROUGH A CAMERA LENS. The Faculty of Social Sciences. The student photographic competition Reading through a Camera Lens and an exhibition of the selected photographs; an exhibition of artistic photographs on the subject of reading the author Hanno Hardt and Reading with Manca Košir: What Do Stu­dents Read and Why? These events establish a connection with another artistic medium in order to promote reading as a personal experience and as a socially significant activity. They encourage students to think and act creatively when it comes to reading and to view photography and the written word as two ways of making sense of the world around us.
www.fdv.uni-lj.si

15.10. – 8.12.2010

MINIATURE BOOKS: FROM SUMERIAN CLAY TABLETS TO THE BIBLE ON A CHIP. The Ljubljana City Museum and Galleries. A display of the historical develop­ment of miniature books from the original Sumerian clay tablets from around 2400 BC to the Bible on a chip of only 5 x 5 mm. The exhibition will include some 1,300 books from 52 countries, including Slovenia. The miniature books on display are from a time period stretching from the mid 17th century to to­day. Particular emphasis will be placed on certain important publications, such as those by William Pickering and David Bryce, as well as on booklets by Karolýa Andruská, who alone created some 220 miniatures, decorating them with woodcuts and linocuts. The exhibition will demonstrate the craft of printing, which since its invention has been the domain of the finest masters, and will show the excellent illumination and design of miniatures. The exhibited items are the private collection of Dr Martin Žnideršič.
info@mestnimuzej.si

22.10.2010

DINOSAURS?! A puppet performance to mark the Bee Festival, Mladinska knjiga Trgovina. The Bee Festival is a festival of children’s books held at the bookshops of Mladinska knjiga on 22 October, the birthday of Kristina Brenk. The festival seeks to encourage parents, grandparents, kindergarten teachers and teachers to read their children at least one fairy tale, and in so doing follow the basic guideline of the Čebelica book collection, which aims to bring a children’s book into each home, to each Slovene child. Let us celebrate together with children. This year we will present the theatre performance Dinosaurs?!, prepared by the Labirint puppet theatre and based motives from picture books by Lila Prap.
www.mladinska.com


October 2010

FILM RETROSPECTIVE: NOBEL LAUREATES IN LITERATURE. Slovenska kinoteka.
After over 100 years of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Sloven­ska kinoteka will show a series of well-known films based on this literary prize. The retrospective will showcase a multi-faceted understanding of film art and will address both film experts as well as the literary-oriented public.
www.kinoteka.si



LITERARY READINGS BY MEMBERS OF THE SLOVENE WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION. The Slovene Ethnographic Museum.
Authors and performers from the Slovene Writers’ Association.
www.etno-muzej.si

October – November 2010

THE WORD BECAME SOUND. LUD Literatura, Kino Šiška, Municipality of Ljublja­na. The performance is part of a joint literary and music project and brings together all of the significant creators who have distinguished themselves with successful word/sound performances in recent years. For this project the performers are preparing new original literary and musical material that will be based on an effective stage presentation and a creative fusion of two artistic practices on a joint stage. The series of events will culminate in a performance by a renowned guest from abroad.
www.ljudmila.org/ludliteratura

October 2010 – April 2011

A WRITER IN THE WORLD OF SOUND. LUD Literatura, Radio Študent, The Mu­nicipality of Ljubljana.
In this guided project, literary creators will use the sound of literature to cre­ate scripts for radio dramas, they will learn about contemporary and classical dramaturgical approaches used in radio drama and transfer some of their own literary works into the world of sound. The workshop will focus on the creation of original texts for the radio, the adaptation of literary works by Slovenian authors and the production of literary radio programmes (literary evenings, literary nocturnes, fairytales, poetry, selected prose, etc.). The project will be carried out on the premises of Radio Študent and will be presented to the broader public in the Ljubljana city centre and at the ŠKUC gallery.
www.ljudmila.org/ludliteratura

October 2010

STRIPBURGER IN MOTION. Forum Ljubljana. Marking the 18th anniversary of the first issue of Stripburger, the comic strips will be brought to life in a project entitled Stripburger in Motion. The project consists in a 30-minute collage of ten short animated films based on ten comic strips by authors of different nationalities who regularly publish their work in the magazine. In addition to four Slovene authors, authors from Spain, Serbia, Germany, Sweden, Croatia and the Netherlands have been invited to participate.
www.kinodvor.org

27. 10 - 21. 12.2010

THE BOOK. The City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana. The 15th theme exhibi­tion on books at the Bežigrad Gallery will focus on the relationship between text and images in a book. The exhibition will showcase works from over fifty coun­tries, including some unusual issues: a three-dimensional book, a book of leaves, a book-object, poetry books, miniatures, journals of visual and concrete poetry …
www.mestna-galerija.si, www.mestnimuzej.si

November 2010

9+9, THE ARTIST’S BOOKS AND ARTISTS, International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC). An exhibition of the book collection of MGLC interpreted by invited visual artists and involving their artistic interventions as well as new art pro­ductions and art installations. The artist’s book becomes a link between the author of the book and the invited visual artist, who puts the book’s contents and meaning in the context of an exhibition gallery. The exhibition is planned to include nine Slovene female and male artists who through their work have encountered this kind of production (the artist’s book) and are familiar with its specific contextual and conceptual foundations.
www.mglc-lj.si

November – December 2010

LET THE BOOK BREATHE: A WORKSHOP FOR BOOK AND THEATRE LOVERS, Barica Blenkuš Drama School. The aim is to encourage various social groups to adopt a different approach to reading books, allowing the individual more freedom in dealing with the book and its possible interpretations. This is expected to lead to a demystification. The workshops aim at introducing young Slovene authors to readers who might otherwise never have opted for their work.
www.dsbb.si

16.11. - 11. 12.2010

JOŽE SPACAL: BOOKS IN FLAMES. Kresija Gallery. The exhibition will deal with the topic of book burning.

3.12.2010 – 10.1.2011

LANGUAGE DISTRESS: AN EXHIBITION MARKING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF POET NIKO GRAFENAUER, National and University Library. Niko Grafenauer (1940), poet, translator, literary historian and essayist, provided a strong poetic impe­tus to Slovene poetry in the 1960’s. His expressive range extends from soft sen­timent to bitter pain, while the intellect that is always on the lookout shows him a world “as cruel as an unperturbed awareness”. His poetry collections for adults and youth, such as Stiska jezika, Štukature, Palimpsesti, Dihindih, Skrivnosti, Pedenjped, Stara Ljubljana and others never cease to find resonance among Slovene readers.
www.nuk.uni-lj.si

13. (20.) 12.2010, 11.00

LITERATURE BY DUŠAN JOVANOVIĆ. Mestno gledališče ljubljansko. A perform­ance of the latest play by Dušan Jovanović entitled Disclosures in March 2011. Before starting rehearsals, the theatre is preparing a broad-based discussion on the life opus of the author, who unfolds his creativity between literature and the theatre.
www.mgl.si

1.-8.2.2011

THE BEAVER FESTIVAL, Slovene Youth Theatre. In the year that Ljubljana holds the title of the World Book Capital City, the Beaver Festival will be closely linked with the book. There will be a series of reading events and creative work­shops, as well as specialist meetings on the topic of reading culture for primary school teachers.
www.mladinsko.com

8.2./ 8.3.2011

THE BOOK ON THE CONCERT STAGE. Café teater. A competition for original Slov­ene chansons that will be the result of cooperation between singer-songwriters and Slovene poets. The best chansons will be presented in June 2011 at the traditional international chanson evening entitled La vie en rose, taking place in the Gallus Hall in Cankarjev dom.
www.cafe-teater.si

February 2011

ANDREJ GELASIMOV IN LJUBLJANA – ANDREJ SKUBIC IN MOSCOW. The Municipal­ity of Ljubljana and Založba Modrijan will in parallel publish The Year of the Lie (Leto prevar) by the Russian writer Andrej Gelasimov in the Slovene language and the novel Lahko (Easily) by Andrej Skubic, winner of Župančičeva nagrada (The City of Ljubljana Prize), in the Russian language, thus building a bridge between modern Slovene and Russian literatures.
www.svetovnaprestolnicaknjige.si

March 2011

SLOVENE FOLK TALES IN WORDS AND PICTURES. Mladinska knjiga. A new collec­tion of Slovene folk tales, selected and edited by Anja Štefan, Milko Matičetov and Dr Marija Stanonik, and illustrated by Zvonko Čoh and Ančka Gošnik Godec, will be published in 2010. The release of the book will be accompanied with an exhibition of illustrations, a storytelling event and a round table discus­sion. The round table discussion will feature renowned experts who have been dealing for years with the art of words, particularly folk tales.
www.mladinska.com