šŸ”„ KRES šŸ”„

Carinarnica, Avstrijska Radgona / ehem. Zollhaus, Bad Radkersburg
30 April – 09 May 2026

The first edition of the group exhibition KRES will be on display in Gornja Radgona at the end of April.

On the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, 20 June, join us for a bonfire in osmo/za, where we will gather around the fire at 19.00 and evoke the hidden visions of Slovenian emerging digital art.

The lighting of bonfires on the day of the summer solstice was symbolically linked to sun worship in pagan tradition, and our ancestors believed in the miraculous and mystical powers of fire to enlighten, connect and awaken new life. This time, we are setting up a Kres (bonfire) with the aim of resurrecting and extracting out of the underground the hidden visions of Slovenian emerging digital art and gathering around the hearth a group of its followers who are inextricably linked to the internet and virtual worlds. Thus, from the dark shadows around the fire, the outlines of artistic practices will begin to emerge, characterised by speculativeness, immersiveness, exploration of new aesthetics and an experimental approach to the construction of new narratives and environments. The flames of the bonfire will ignite the kindling sparks of younger Slovenian digital artists and shed light on their unique relationship to digitality and the world around them.

More about the project: KRES

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS:

20. 6. –4. 7. 2024, osmo/za, Slovenska 54, Ljubljana, Slovenia / Closing event: Kres: Zenit,Ā 4. 7. 2024, 18:00 @osmo/za

26. 9. – 18. 10. 2025, exhibited as part of the 31st edition of the MFRU31 International Festival of Computer Art, SALON+, Maribor, Slovenia

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Artists: Celeste Sanja, Beti Frim, Jaka Juhant, Vid KoprivÅ”ek, Farah Sara Kurnik, Matej Mihevc, Edina Muftić, Neo Nor, Uno.Tisto, Niko Zelenik
Curators: Sara BezovŔek, Lara Mejač, Dorijan ŠiŔko

Coproduction: Projekt Atol Institute
Thanks to: Kulturno izobraževalno druÅ”tvo Pina – Associazione Culturale Ed Educativa Pina, Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana,Ā MC Velenje
Technical assistance: Matic Gselman, Oskar Kandare, Valter Udovičić, Marko DamiÅ”

Project is supported by the Slovene Ministry of Culture and MOL – Department for Culture.

Exhibition at Gornja Radgona (2026)
Production: Projekt Atol Institute
Postprodution: DruŔtvo za dvig kakovosti življenja Tenzin
Thank you: Kulturno-izobraževalno druŔtvo PiNA, LJUDMILA
Podpora: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Sloveni, Stadtgemeinde Bad Radkersburg, DruÅ”tvo Člen 7 za avstrijsko Å tajersko, Občina Gornja Radgona, PORA, razvojna agencija Gornja Radgona, SA-MA Sabina Barbarič s.p., Radgonske gorice d.d., Radenska d.d.

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