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23 January 2026 > 20 February 2026 You are kindly invited to the opening of the exhibition Weiter by Aylin Leipold, on Friday, 23 January, at 7 pm, at Alkatraz Gallery, ACC Metelkova mesto. The exhibition was created as part of the GuestRoomMaribor, Pekarna Magdalenske mreže, program in collaboration with Mark Farid, artist, researcher, and professor of fine arts at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
During her residency stay in GuestRoomMaribor, artist Aylin Leipold explored the theme of the journeys and travels of migrant workers who migrated between Turkey and Germany, with Maribor representing a crossroads on their route. The title of exhibition ‘Weiter’ has the meaning in german for: continuation, on, else, forth, other, forward, further, future, farther, beyond.
The exhibition explores memories of the so-called guestworker route in the memories of her family and family’s friends’ history. The guestworker route refers to the holiday route that would be used by Turkish, Greek, and Yugoslavian migrant workers from Western Europe, to drive to their home countries during the summer. From the 1960s onwards up until the start of the Yugoslavian war in 1991, the route, going through Germany, Austria, and what is now Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria to Turkey, would be used heavily by hundreds of thousands of families who were travelling home over summer. Maribor was one of the cities along the route that would be passed through by the travellers every year.
This exhibition was created as part of the GuestRoomMaribor, Pekarna Magdalenske mreže, program in collaboration with Mark Farid, artist, researcher, and professor of fine arts at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and artist Aylin Leipold. It was on display at OBRAT - space for art and participation from December 18, 2025, to January 16, 2026.
Aylin Leipold is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. Her work ranges from drawing and painting to metal and wood design, graphics, video, and installations. She deals with various types of loss of meaning and shifts in values, especially when these are the result of reproduction, representation, or translation processes. Found images, texts, and objects are transformed into new objects and transferred into new contexts—with distances, gaps, and intervals, the artworks depend on their surroundings. She graduated in German law and in 2025 graduated in fine art from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
Production: KUD Mreža, Pekarna Magdalenske mreže
Photography: Andrej Firm
Photography of the exhibition: Nada Žgank
Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City Council Ljubljana - Department for Culture.
The activities of the Pekarna Magdalenske mreže are supported by the Municipality of Maribor, the Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Public Administration, the European Social Fund, the Slovenian Film Center, the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia, Active Citizens Fund Slovenia, MOVIT, Institute for Development of Youth Mobility is co-financed by the European Union, the Directorate General for Education and Culture
