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Slovenia Photographs

Martin John Callanan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:52:30 +0000

Photographs from Slovenia now on itakephotos

Department of Computer Sciences, Ljubljana University

Martin John Callanan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:38:54 +0000

Hotel Park, Ljubljana

Martin John Callanan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:53:03 +0000

For the rest of the week I’m back in Ljubljana to help with ArtNetLab at the Academy of Fine Art.

Gorizia > Nova Gorica, Boarder Crossing

Martin John Callanan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:32:22 +0000

Nova Gorica is a new town, built in 1948, when the Paris Peace Treaty established a new border between Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the lower Vipava Valley from its regional center.

Škocjanske jame, Slovenija

Martin John Callanan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:56:23 +0000

The cut across the rock face is taller than a person.

Škocjan Caves were entered on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural world heritage sites in 1986 [more]; the lower-right plaque is dedicated to this, the others to deaths.

Ljubljana

Martin John Callanan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:57:31 +0000

Mayor of Nova Gorica

Martin John Callanan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:16:04 +0000

…attended the opening.

Interviewed for Slovenian TV

Martin John Callanan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:13:04 +0000

Did a couple of interviews for Slovenian TV etc, not yet seen any of the tapes; hope my Slovenian was up to scratch.

Nova Gorica

Martin John Callanan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:44:35 +0000

The air is fragrant with burning log fires…

8th Pixxelpoint, Slovenia

Martin John Callanan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:49:11 +0000

Sonification of You (Sonifikacija tebe / Sonificazione di te) will be at 8th Pixxelpoint Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, in December 2007. I shall also be giving an artist’s talk. [PDF: Festival Program, includes translation of Sonification of You into both Slovenian and Italian]

I’ve been invited to stay in Slovenia 5-15 December 2007.

Pixxelpoint is one of the most successful and renowned festivals of new media art in Slovenia and also abroad. Its purpose is firstly, to bring the information technology and new media art closer to the general public, and secondly, to raise awareness about a different potential to use computer among the young. In previous editions the festival had a big media response and over 3000 visitors visited it every year, so this is a challenge for the organizers to further expand it and trespass the boundaries of the gallery space which has become too small for all the projects which are to be carried out. The exhibition of new media art projects, as the central event of the festival will be mounted at City Gallery Nova Gorica but will include also other locations (Mostovna, Kulturni dom Gorica (Italy) and DAMS (Italy)), besides we will also include a symposium on the given topic, as well as workshops run by guest-lecturers. Accompanying activities will include numerous concerts by well-known music performers.

Curated by Narvika Bovcon and Aleš Vaupotič, organized by the city of Nova Gorica.