Events

Opening of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

The 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts entitled From the void came gifts of the cosmos will open on September 15 with a programme of events—guided tours, artist talks, performances and concerts—that will extend throughout the following weekend.

Opening day at RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE

Transformella: Cinis' Forking [4.4.6.10.1] – Die Schützlinginnen and Neverlife in Symbolic Terrain, opening of the exhibition of the Grand Prize recipient of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
Saturday brunch and presentation with the artist and the curator.

Opening day at Cukrarna

17.00–18.00: Opening tour of the exhibition with the curators of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
18.00–18.45: Gregor Dražil, MGLC curator, in conversation with the artist Mohammad Omar Khalil
18.45–19.45: Ibrahim Mahama, Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, in conversation with the artist Kagiso Patrick Mautloa.

Opening day at Krater

Feral Occupations: Krater
Conducted by: Gaja Mežnarić Osole and Danica Sretenović

Abandoned Plants Sanctuary, open hours

Beti Frim and Ines Sekač
From the Moss-centric Era, presentation

Feral Cartography Cycling Tour

El Warcha in dialogue with PLAC users: Community Chair Stacking

Workshops

Monday, 4 September / Wednesday, 6 September / Tuesday, 12 September / Monday, 18 September, 15.00–18.00

European Mobility Week: On Bike around the Biennale!

Guided tour of the Biennale exhibition venues by bike. Meeting point: Cukrarna.

Conducted by Selom Koffi Kudjie and Patrick Nii Okanta Ankrah.

Sanaz Sohrabi: Scenes of Extraction, Essay Film

El Warcha film programme
Sanaz Sohrabi: Scenes of Extraction, Original title in Farsi: صحنه های استخراج , ”Sahnehaye Estekhraj,” Essay Film, 43 minutes, DCP with 5.1 sound, Canada/Iran, 2023

Ten selected works, guided tour

Introduction by curators Selom Koffi Kudjie and Patrick Nii Okanta Ankrah.
Tour by Lili Šturm, Museum Counsellor and Head of Communication Programmes (in Slovene).

Biennale workshop for dog lovers and their owners

On International Animals Day, 4 October, ZRC Publishing House will publish a book by Marko Snoj, The Names of Slovenian Dogs. On this occasion, we are organising a print workshop on printing dog names as part of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts.

Banquet of Feral Occupations Acts of Reciprocity for Krater’s Creative Practices

The Banquet of Feral Occupations exposes economies and protocols of reciprocity investigated by the Krater Collective as part of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts to the wider circle.

Guided tour for families

Guided tour for families, followed by an animation workshop with Društvo Slon.

Biennale Animation Film Programme, workshop

The workshop connects the Biennale’s participatory artistic practices with printmaking and transforms it all into an animated film.

KUL ABONMA: Krater's Vibroscape, lecture & performance

Revealed beyond our familiar auditory reality lies the hidden domain of the vibroscope – an intriguing world where insects create intricate rhythms. We will learn about biotremology and vibrational communication as we dive deep into Krater’s vibroscope.

Guided tour of the Exhibition of the Grand Prize Recipient of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

Transformella: Cinis’ Forking [4.4.6.10.1] – Die Schützlinginnen and Neverlife in Symbolic Terrain Guided tour of the Exhibition of the Grand Prize Recipient of the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts.
Conducted by Tjaša Pogačar.

Feral Cartography Cycling Tour

October’s tour follows Japanese knotweed transit through Ljubljana.

Thematic guided tour, Cukrarna

Conducted by Miloš Kosec, architecture researcher.

Guided tours for families, Cukrarna

An exploratory and playful guided tour of the exhibition, followed by a workshop with artist and art educator Nevena Aleksovski or printmaker Anka Doblekar.

Thematic guided tour, MGLC Grad Tivoli and MGLC Švicarija

Conducted by Nevenka Šivavec, director MGLC.