Free creative workshops called CreActivities are meant for young people who wish to gain new knowledge and skills or just to improve them through informal training. They are carried out throughout the year.
Up to now, we’ve organized workshops in animation, photo comics, filming a documentary, textile and clothes recycling, sewing, drawing, graphic arts, wall painting and creating art prints and posters.
Some of the final works created during these workshops are:
– a short movie entitled Teta Meta in njen zaklad [Aunt Meta and her Treasure] (Spring CreActivities 2012)
The following individuals participated in the workshop: Nina Žakelj as Youth, Eva Koderman as Sfings (Svinga – tu je mišljena Sfinga?), Katja Uran as Rebel, Atila Urbančič as The Almighty, Jasmina Slapnik as Mouse Leg, Aljoša Bregar as Rocket, Miha Mohorič as a cameraman and a mentor, Katja Uran as a cameraman assistant and Anja Vičar as an assistant.
– animation Krožeči dan [Spinning Day] (Summer CreActivities 2012)
Series hosts unconventional musicians that combine jazz and other genres.
We give musicians and bands that are unable to perform elsewhere in Ljubljana a chance to perform, and thus provide the cultural sphere with a variety of events. We collaborate with other promoters, such asZavod Sploh, Defonija, Radio Študent.
Marc Ribot, 19/10/2003
Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band, 12/11/2009
Brown vs Brown, 15/11/2008
So far, we’ve hosted the following musicians: Marc Ribot (USA), Led Bib (GB), Zu (Italy), Guano padano (Italy), Martin Küchen (Sweden), Zeni geva (Japan), Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band (Japan), Brown vs Brown (The Netherlands), Blonde Zeros (Italy), Jakuzi’s Attempt (Austria), Slovenian Percussion Duo (Slovenia), Ronin (Italy), Tomaž Grom (Slovenia), N’Toko (Slovenia) and Seijiro Murayama (Japan), Jean-Luc Guionnet (France), Kraški solisti (Slovenia), Luka Prinčič (Slovenia), All Included (Sweden), Jessica Lurie Ensemble (USA), Jean Louis (France), Zanussi 5 (Norway), Free Willy’s Trio (Slovenia/Croatia), Orko trio (Italy), Good for Cows (USA), Gutbucket (USA), Zlatko Kaučič in Kombo (Slovenia), Les Yeux de la Tête (France), Bratko Bibič kvartet (Slovenia), Meszei Szilard trio (Serbia), Jason Stein’s Locksmith Isidore (USA), etc.
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Cirkus pri koritu [Circus at the trough]
Cirkus pri koritu [Circus at the trough] is meant for everyone who wants to learn and master the art of juggling and tightrope walking.
They organize workshops in circus and acrobatic skills every Monday and create performances as part of Circus kabaret.
Cirkus kabare Minimal (November 2012):
Announcement for February 2012 edition of Cirkus kabare:
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Mlade rime
A series of poetry readings that take place every last Monday of the month, and a festival, organized by KUD Kentaver and youth centre Menza pri koritu.
It gives young and unrenowned poets a chance to read and thus present their works to a wider audience. The event enables them to meet other poets, share experience and become more confident. There have been over 80 literary evenings and five festivals of poetry reading with over 450 poets from Slovenia as well as abroad in the last nine years.
– Nina Bulatovix at Mlade rime festival, 23/6/2012:
Punk pri koritu [Punk at the trough is a series focused on presenting young punk bands and punk ethics, and is organized by KUD Sizifova buča.
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Children’s program
Monthly events for children.
We’ve been organizing events for children since 2012. These include clown performances, puppet shows, concerts, and creative workshops.
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Material conditions of imagination
A cycle of lectures dealing with the connection between art and creativity on one hand, and material conditions in which the former occur.
E.g. jazz and rock of the 20th century wouldn’t have happened without clubs and venues that actually sprang up with the establishment of the industrial society.
Artists of the 19th and 20th centuries needed a studio and a contract with a gallery to work without disturbance. However, this is no longer true for contemporary artists. Nowadays, new forms and relations are beginning to appear but they spread slowly.
Similarly, the number of young musicians and bands has increased in the last couple of years (this isn’t necessarily true for their quality), while capacities have narrowed or become more dispersed.
What is happening? How can we understand these changes? How can the understanding of the changes help us relate and react to them efficiently? These are just some of the questions that arise from the current situation. We might find answers to these questions during monthly lectures and debates taking place at Menza pri koritu.