NUROPE

Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe
A Joint Inititative by European Cultural Parliament, Abo Akademi University, Chittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto.

Oasis IV in Ljubljana 18-21 October 2007
in cooperation with The City Museum of Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, the Irwin Group and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Narration and Criticism: Interrupted History

Wednesday October 17

14.00 City Museum: Red Conference Room
Academic Course - introduction

18.00-19.00 Info Point (City Museum - Atrium)
Registration

19.00 City Museum - Atrium
Welcome speech by the Mayor of Ljubljana

19.30-20.30 City Museum
FACES OF LJUBLJANA
permanent Eexhibition of The City Museum of Ljubljana
Ljubljana in a historical perspective with an emphasis on the transition period (guided tours by the curators of the City Museum: Irena Žmuc, Martin Horvat, Blaz Vurnik)

20.30 Vžigalica Gallery
Soniferus: Sound Storm by Hanna Preuss

20.45 City Museum - Atrium
Reception

Thursday October 18

8.00-9.00 Info Point (City Museum - Atrium)
Registration for late arrivals

09.00 -10.30 City Museum - Conference Hall
NOMADS AND NARRATION
Introduction to the over all theme and to the nomadic learning process.

EXPECTATIONS
Personal presentations of the nomads.

11.00 meeting point: City Museum - Atrium
MEMORY - HISTORY - FORGETTING IN LJUBLJANA!
Walking and talking Ljubljana in groups guided by dr. Peter Krečič and Anja Planinšek

13.30 Free time for lunch

15.0 Galerija ŠKUC / ŠKUC Gallery
Memory and forgetting:
INTERRUPTED HISTORY
presentations by Zdenka Badovinac, Borut Vogelnik - Irwin,
Alenka Pirman

17.0 Lecture by MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO

19.00 City Museum - Conference Hall
DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA - Laibach 2004 Tour
Documentary film by Sašo Podgoršek

Mingle, dialogue

20.30 Dinner at the museum

Friday October 19

9.00 City Museum - Pedagogical Room
REFLECTION - DIALOGUE - COMMUNICATION
Morning laboratory

10.00 City Museum - Pedagogical Room
Presentation of the LAIBACH group (Ivan Novak / LAIBACH )
(in dialogue with the nomads)

12.30 Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije /
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
Lunch

14.00 Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije /
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
ART AND BUSINESS
(Gospodarska zbornica / Chamber of Commerce)

THE ART FIRM
Lecture by Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

ART & BUSINESS IN SLOVENIA - case studies
Franci Zavrl together with Pristop's Creative Director and a few guests (a manager, an established artist - e.g. Irwin, a young artist - e.g. Jaša Mrevlje) - followed by questions from some "selected nomads".

LEARNING TALES OF ART & BUSINESS
Parallell work shops with presentations of some international cases by the nomads.

ARTFUL MAKING?
Critical and constructive discussion. Panel

20.00 City Museum - Atrium
LIEDERSHIP
Public music performance by Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

Mingle, dialogue

Dinner

Saturday October 20

09.00 City Museum - Pedagogical Room
REFLECTION - DIALOGUE - COMMUNICATION
Morning reflection

10.00 City Museum - Conference Hall

RADICAL EDUCATION - intro by Helena Drnovšek-Zorko, Bojana Piškur

GEOPOLITICS OF RADICAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
Brett Bloom, Marc Fischer (Temporary Services, Chicago),
Marcus Grätsch (Reflect!, Berlin), Gal Kirn (Agregat, Worker's ? Punk's University, Ljubljana), Gašper Kralj (Dost'je, Ljubljana / Buenos Aires),
Nebojša Milikić (Rex, Belgrade / Serbia),
Bojana Piškur (Radical Education, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana)

11.30 SELF ORGANISATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE ART SYSTEM IN EASTERN EUROPE
Ana Džokić & Marc Neelen: Stealth Unlimited (Rotterdam / Belgrade),
Dmitry Vilensky: Chto delat? / What is to be done? (Petersburg / Russia), Marko Sančanin: Platforma 9.81 (Zagreb / Croatia),
Tomislav Medak: Multimedialni institut - MAMA (Zagreb / Croatia)

13.30 City Museum - Caffeteria
Lunch

15.00 City Museum - Conference Hall
NOMADOLOGY
Moderator: Bojana Kunst
Bengt Kristensson Uggla: NUROPE, Miran Mohar: Transnacionala Irwin, Dragana Alfirević: Nomad Dance Academy.

17.00 Moderna galerija
MODERNA GALERIJA IN TRANSITION
Practical examples from the Moderna galerija's collections
(Zdenka Badovinac, Mojca Štuhec, Adela Železnik)

19. 00 Galerija ŠKUC / ŠKUC Gallery
Presentation of the LOST HIGHWAY EXPEDITION PHOTO BOOK
(documents of the expedition project which took place in
August 2006 and went through the Balkan region, including all ex-Yugoslav republics and Albania)

20.30 City Museum - Atrium
Dinner and party

Sunday October 21

09.00 City Museum - Conference Hall
LEARNING LABORATORY
What can we learn from/in Ljubljana?

11.00 City Museum - Conference Hall
STORIES BY NOMADS

12.00 City Museum - Conference Hall
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
Istanbul, January 2008
Abo/Turku - Stockholm, May 2008

Departure

Important addresses:

City Museum of Ljubljana: Gosposka 15

Moderna galerija: Tomšičeva 14

Galerija ŠKUC / ŠKUC Gallery: Stari trg 21

Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije /
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia: Dimičeva 13

Vžigalica Gallery: Trg Francoske revolucije 7