11. Reciklart | Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic Waste
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𝟭𝟭. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘁 will be held this year during 7 and 10 August. See you again at the Square With No Historical Memory (in front of Alkatraz Gallery) in ACC 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 in Ljubljana! This year, the festival is all about electronic waste. As every year, there will be various workshops, exhibitions, and concerts, performances, circus acts and much more in the evening - all stemming from the thematic of the festival. As part of the festival, we invite you to the opening of the exhibition Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic Waste (SI, SR), at the Alkatraz Gallery, AKC Metelkova mesto, on 7 August at 7 pm.
𝟭𝟭. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘁 will be held this year during 7 and 10 August. See you again at the Square With No Historical Memory (in front of Alkatraz Gallery) in 𝗔C𝗖 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 in Ljubljana! This year, the festival is all about electronic waste. As every year, there will be various workshops, exhibitions, and concerts, performances, circus acts and much more in the evening - all stemming from the thematic.
As part of the festival, we invite you to the opening of the exhibition Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic Waste (SI, SR), at the Alkatraz Gallery, AKC Metelkova mesto, on 7 August at 7 pm.
Participating artists: Danica Bubalo, Anđela Tasić, Brina Jenko, Nikolina Sutarić, Maša Ličen, Lazar Simeunović, Ilija Beuk, Stefan Gledić, Špela Šafarić, Aleksander Štumberger, Nadja Mihić, Una Slankamenac, Pika Potočnik
From 8 until 10 August the exhibition will be open from 4 pm until 11pm.
As part of this year's 11th Reciklart (international art festival of recycling and DIY culture), we will for the first time host an art colony for art students from universities in Slovenia and Serbia. The first part will take place in Ljubljana, followed by an exchange in Novi Sad. In the days leading up to the festival, under the guidance of mentors from Slovenia and Serbia, the participants worked on this year's festival theme – 'electronic waste'. They had the opportunity to explore materials that are familiar to all of us, but after their expiry date and intense wear and tear, we don't really know what to do with them. The participants were able to question in depth what a creative recycling of electronics would look like, and the workshop created a great opportunity to fuse new knowledge with previous knowledge as well as forge a space for what was presented a challenge in the field of their own creativity, intertwined with social engagement. The resulting works are thus presented and can be viewed in a group exhibition at the Alkatraz Gallery, which is reserved for Reciklart festival every August. Usually, we would say something more about the individual works in the text accompanying the exhibition, but this time the interpretation and the unique view of the artworks is open and left to the viewers themselves, because while writing the text, we did not know where inspiration and learning would take the participants.
In addition to work done in Ljubljana, the exhibition will also move to Novi Sad to the SKC NS (Student Cultural Centre Novi Sad); moreover, during the colony, the participants have also created a group work of art that will be donated to the AKC Metelkova mesto community.
The aim of the colony is also (cross-border) networking of visual arts students through collaboration and socialising in the context of exploring socially engaged themes that have long transcended the confines of countries and small communities and require a broader engagement, which can also be addressed through projects such as this colony and exhibition, albeit on a small scale.
Aleksandar Božić (BA Graphic Design, Prof. of Fine Arts, Academy of Arts in Novi Sad) returned to the field of art and culture after 15 years of working in the field of digital product design. As a visual artist, he explores the media of classical and digital drawing, screen printing and lithography, which has so far introduced him to the Slovenian and Croatian public. In the last two years, he has participated as a designer in several projects and festivals in Slovenia and Serbia. Under the name Kunstleraj (ex. Ustvarjallajalla) he runs art workshops and organizes exhibitions, mainly in the premises of Jalla Jalla AKC Metelkova mesto, but also in other spaces in Metelkova, Ljubljana and festivals around Slovenia.
Dragana Dubljević from Novi Sad identifies herself as a non-institutional artist and re-designer. She has been working and researching in the field of recycling for many years, and has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including in Ljubljana, in Jalla Jalla last November. She is the person behind Lavirint art, a brand based on the reuse of vintage textiles and based on a zero-waste philosophy.
Translation: Ana Makuc
Proof-reading: Sonja Benčina
Production of the exhibition: KUD Mreža
Coproduction of the exhibition: Društvo Matafir
Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City Council Ljubljana
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
Every day:
16:00–23:00 Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic Waste (Alkatraz Gallery) [exhibition].
16:00–22:00 Reciklart Exchange Corner: bring something, take something! [communal event].
21:00–24:00 Sangara: Dreamspace (Night Window Display Pešak) [exhibition].
Thursday, August 7, 2025
16:00 Reusing old circuit boards to make lights and stands, Mentor: Maja Pahor [workshop].
17:00 Aerial acrobatics: Aerial silk, Mentor: Mia Miloševič Iglič (Zračni VzGib) [workshop].
17:00 Bicycle repair, Mentor: Jaka Kušar [workshop].
19:00 Group exhibition opening: Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic waste (SI, RS) [exhibition].
21:00 Tricycle Trauma: Bosa (HR) [performance, exhibition].
22:00 Exhibition opening Sangara: Dreamspace (Night Window Display Pešak) [exhibition].
22:00 Exhibition opening: Žoel Kastelic: New Home: (Ch0 Gallery) [exhibition].
Friday, August 8, 2025
16:00 Wire Art workshop by Rebead Upcycled, Mentor: Nata Nozadze [workshop].
17:00 Aerial acrobatics: Aerial silk, Mentor: Mia Miloševič Iglič (Zračni VzGib) [workshop].
17:30 Creating trinkets from electronic waste, Mentor: Ninuri [workshop].
19:00 Digital cleaning, Ecologists Without Borders. [interactive lecture].
20:00 Los Flacos (VE, HR) [performance].
21:00 Marka San x Fraw Blanka (SI) [performative concert].
Saturday, August 9, 202516:00 Small electronic device repair, Mentor: Maja Pahor [workshop].
17:00 Zinkubator: creating zines [workshop].
19:30 Open stage. Apply here:
https://forms.gle/ZLEfjSxVo3msujNfA [performance].
21:00 PUF BUF (RO) [performance].
Sunday, 10. 8. 202516:00 Tea Party [relaxing performative musical programme].
16:00 CD sun catchers, Mentor: Jupiter [workshop].
17:00–21:00 Reciklart fair. Applications:
https://forms.gle/Z7poou27k91SxzTv9 [fair].
17:00 Reciklart community picnic. [picnic].
19:00 Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic Waste - guided tour [exhibition].
20:50 Human Wave x Standard Society (SK) [performance x concert].
21:30 Danijela Zajc: Forest - Excerpt (SI) [performance].
Sunday, 17. 8. 2025
20.00 Jaka Andrej Vojevec: In the Rhythm of the Algorithm (SI) [performance].
In the case of rain, the festival programme will take place in the Alkatraz Gallery and YHD space.
Production of the festival: Društvo Matafir
Coroduction of the festival: KUD Mreža
Festival's image/ poster: Marie Carnio
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