Self help room

 

We all need it sometimes

just to crawl from underneath our bed. 

Jan Rozman - Digital 1.5

 

I know that this photo doesn't show you a lot about the dance performance I witnessed, but I found this such a relaxing scene (especially in times like this) I thought this is the right photo to post. 

I have a dream

 

we all do

and work tirelessly on making them come true.

Sleeping Beauty

 and no, I'm not talking about my new girlfriend, but about a puppet play I photographed

 (I don't have a clue about what I am doing in neither case).

DISKOrespondence No. 22

This time I went to visit Grega and Marjeta on this early Saturday morning in an attempt to push the darkness from my mind at least a few minutes.   

Signa

 a photographic exhibition by Andrej Furlan, who likes to experiment with various techniques. 

But before that I went to see a 24 hour painting performance

by Tatiana Kocmur and Giampaolo Parrillo called 1,5 + Diorama

Last year's winner of Urška literary competition

 

reading from her newly published book of short stories.

Before that we heard four finalists of this year's competition as well as some poems set to music.

Music and translation (and photography)

After translating I went to listen to this debate about translating word games in literature for youth 

And after that and a little chat and a beer Sanja and I went to a concert just around the corner where we enjoyed Martin Ramoveš and Miha Erič doing their stuff

 and stayed to hear BorZak and their surprised guitarist for a while. s 

New venue, band already seen before

 

This time we went to see LeLee in the incredibly dark venue known as Lok4cija... ISO to the max and you can almost not notice it was pitch dark. 

What I carry with me

 

(apart from my camera of course)

It has been a while since I saw a dance performance in Kino Šiška, but luckily they still put on shows every now and then.  

A photographer

 

and two fans at the opening. 

Fear(ful)less

    I could 

totally identify

with this dance peace. 

Touring Machine

 

I first came across Touring in my (often long) walks during my Notting Hill years, when I often walked along the Grand Union Canal, pass Little Venice and into the Paddington Basin, where there was this geeky electronic computer generated work dedicated to Alan Touring (perfect for my geek friend Jaka).

  

But this time I popped into the rehearsals for the new play on Touring called Touring Machine at Mini Teater Ljubljana (and took a few photos)... 

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