LeLee

 It is bloody brilliant being back at various cultural events on an almost daily basis. 

Etude

 

for piano strings and a rope. 

Continuing with festivals

 The first show was NOiseCircus within the Klovnbuf festival (which to me seemed a great exercise for the performance, but reminded me too much of some other things I have seen to think it was also great for the audience) 

followed by Cabaret Tiffany at Dobimo se pred Škucem (which is their most popular evening every year).

Noister

 

in Stara Elektrarna at the Klovnbuf festival

followed by Tranzistor at Škuc. 

Kačis

 

as they were formed during the covid lockdown or just before covid changed our lives, I managed to catch them at their second concert ever. 

Ignor - evening 7

I was running a bit late, so I only caught up with the event when Tom Veber was reading poetry

 (not only his).

He was followed by Aiko Zakrajšek

Ana Resnik and her lockdown poetry

Miha Maurič

Urška Kramberger

Anja Novak

Natalija Milovanović

and, of course, our master of ceremony Dejan Koban. 

The success of Slovenian cyclists in the Tour de France and the Olympics

 

is a result of the weekly Tour de Parliament held for over a year in protest against the Slovene government.  

Of course, after every great workout one needs to visit a cultural event.

This time I went to the Re-humanisation festival (inspired by the title)

to listen to experimental music. 

Opening of a photographic exhibition

 

that has a photo of me in it for a change (but of course I would never photograph - let alone post - a photograph of me, so if you want to see it you should go to the exhibition and search for it amongst the 700+ photographs - that should help you spend a rainy summer day).

(Thanks Jernej once again for your excellent project)

followed by a beer while listening to DJ Woo D and his Disco Lovers Extravaganzza. 

Klinika Denisa Kataneca

 

 The guitar section 

and the drum & bass section. 

Two Trios before I set off to the seaside

 

Rok Zalokar Trio

followed by Wild Strings Trio

Name: Time will tell

A bit of ladder ping-pong at the exhibition opening

and a bit of mingling. 

 

The winner of the golden plaque

 

enjoying his evening 

Elephant in the room

 

as galleries are still (fairly) empty, anybody who enters is the elephant in the room, this time it was the artist of the exhibition himself.   

Garden Couch festival day #2

 

started off with an early afternoon concert by the Croatian artist Martin Ladika 

after a lunch break that was longer than I expected (one of the performances was cancelled) and a stroll to a different part of the city, I saw an improvisation theatre performance... 

and after another stroll and a bit of a reading (in the sun) break I saw another performance, and to my great surprise Ryuzo was in it. 

Garden Couch Festival

started off with Hana Fatur (and her sister Lara, who didn't make it to the blog somehow). I haven't seen live performances for so long I swear I had a huge lump (of coal, or maybe the pressure was so great it had changed to diamond) in my throat and my eyes were trying their best to be a strong dam and hold back all the water that seems to be floating around in my head....

then it was time to walk to a garden in the centre of town where I (and a few others) listened to Mileta Grujić 

and then went back for Katanari, a guitar duet...

and the evening ended with a relaxed jam session... And there you go, for a day, life seemed to be normal and it seemed to make sense... 

Anyone?

The times we live in.... 
 

World Dance Day

 

for the second year running, the Ljubljana dancers celebrated the international dance day with Pina Bausch's choreography: The Nelken Line. In the open air, through town, to the enjoyment of the performers and most of the passers-by (and this photographer of course)

Art openings

 

have moved outdoors.

Vid Drašler

 

before his nighttime (ok, evening) soundwalk.

Ida Puntar

 

before her midday soundwalk. 

Realigments

It is impossible to explain how much I miss cultural and art events at the moment, and how great it is to actually get the opportunity to see something emerging...

My good friend

 

Mankica is having an opening of her outdoor exhibition and nobody is allowed to come to it. But do walk down Vegova and have a look at her exhibition, after all she is sending hearts to you all... 

Took a few portraits

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