News
Public Call for Youth: Become a Volunteer in KUD Mreža's Projects!
KUD MREŽA
New Mural at Metelkova: A Hidden Temple in Public Space
GESAMTKUNSTWERK METELKOVA
The Red Dawns will once again ignite the sky over Ljubljana and Maribor!
RED DAWNS
Animiramo: Little Creators Bring Film Art to Life Again
ANIMIRAMO & CHILDREN ACTIVITIES
Alkatraz Gallery will be closed from January 25 to February 28, 2025
ALKATRAZ GALLERY
Lučka Zajc is the new curator at the Night Display Pešak
NIGHT DISPLAY GALLERY PEŠAK
New resident Hungarian sound artist Orsolya Kaincz
STUDIO ASYLUM
November FriForma event with Werckmeister quartet at Cirkulacija²
FRIFORMA
May FriForma with So Sner and two new international duos on the stage of Klub Gromka
FRIFORMA
Final event of this year's Red Dawns: We’re Waiting In Vain, an exhibition by Meta Krese
RED DAWNS / ALKATRAZ GALLERY
Traces Of Presence – a group exhibition of ALUO students at Alkatraz Gallery
ALKATRAZ GALLERY
British sound artist Simon Whetham's one month residency at Studio Asylum
STUDIO ASYLUM
FriFormA\V at Indigo: reConvert's (ex)tension, for 2 percussions and 48 solenoid motors
FRIFORMAAfter two years of planning in the shade of the pandemic, dynamic percussion duo reConvert, formed by the Swiss-based Roberto Maqueda and Lorenzo Colombo, is finally performing in Ljubljana, as part of this year's Indigo Festival.
The International Nothing, and new duo of Pascal Battus and Samo Kutin at ŠKUC Gallery
FRIFORMA
Terra inhabitabilis – the search for common ground of three artists from Metelkova
ALKATRAZ GALLERYYou are kindly invited to the opening of group exhibition 'Terra inhabitabilis – Life After The End Of The World' by artists Rok Mohar, Danilo Milovanović and Uroš Weinberger on 8 September at 18.00.
Time Leaks: permanent sound and light installation dedicated to Metelkova
GESAMTKUNSTWERK METELKOVAThe site-specific project, designed as a permanent exhibition, is dedicated to Metelkova: the work highlights the rich tradition of Ljubljana's autonomous zone.
Edition FriForma to release CUT Trio's debut album with Tanja Feichtmair, Cene Resnik and Urban Kušar
FRIFORMA
Piece of cake, for the second time – a visual message from kids at Metelkova
ANIMIRAMO & CHILDREN ACTIVITIESYou are invited to take a stroll around Metelkova and alongside the “big artist” public art interventions, turn your attention to see how our little ones learn about the world around them through murals.
The artist has been selected for an artist residency at AKC Metelkova mesto
GESAMTKUNSTWERK METELKOVAIn the call for artists in residence at Studio Asylum in June, a 4-member jury unanimously selected a Prague-based artist working under the name Epos 257 from among 43 impressive proposals.
Open call for artist residency at Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto
GESAMTKUNSTWERK METELKOVAWe are preferably looking for participants from Slovenia (residing outside Ljubljana) and international artists.
Opening of group exhibition The Ego Of The Artist at Alkatraz Gallery
ALKATRAZ GALLERYYou are kindly invited to the opening of group exhibition The Ego Of The Artist, curated by Petja Grafenauer, on 5 November, Friday at 19.00 at Alkatraz Gallery, ACC Metelkova mesto.
SONOTOPIJA and FRIFORMA
2025
AMOS PELED • ANDERS VESTERGAARD • ASJA GRAUF • AUDREY CHEN • BEEBLIP • CENE RESNIK • DIALECT • ELVIS HOMAN • GOBI DRAB • ILIA BELORUKOV • JAKA BERGER • JERNEJ BABNIK ROMANIUK • JOACHIM ORTEGA • KARL BJORÅ • KLAUS HAIDL • LÁSZLÓ JUHÁSZ • LAWRENCE MCGUIRE • LINA RICA • MANU MAYR • MARTIN BRANDLMAYR • MARTIN SIEWERT • MATJAŽ PIKALO • MILANA ZARIĆ • NATAŠA SEREC • NINA FARIČ-KIKIRIKI • OKA & NITZ • PHILIPP EDEN • ROUGE-AH • SARA ZLANABITNIG • SIGNE EMMELUTH • TADEJA ŽELE • TANJA FEICHTMAIR • TILEN LEBAR • URBAN KUŠAR • URŠKA SAVIČ
Projects
ALKATRAZ GALLERY
Alkatraz Gallery, started in 1996 as a project of students of the Academy Of Fine Arts And Design, is promoting experimental artistic endeavours and is hosting a variety of interactive, research-based and site-specific projects. Located in the heart of Metelkova.
NIGHT DISPLAY GALLERY PEŠAK
Night Display Gallery Pešak is located in the five windows of Metelkova's Pešak building. Artists create specific works combining and exploring classical and contemporary media in order to make effective use of the medium of light.
GESAMTKUNSTWERK METELKOVA
Gesamtkunstwerk Metelkova focuses on artistic interventions in public space within Metelkova and its immediate surroundings. More than 200 public art interventions make up the so-called Metelkova Integrated Artwork, which have been created since 2004.
STUDIO ASYLUM
Artist-in-residence atelier Studio Asylum is also located at Metelkova, and since 2006 it has been hosting visiting foreign and local artists working in the fields of music, visual and intermedia arts. Studio Asylum welcomes its residents for up to three months.
SONOTOPIJA
Sonotopija is a cycle of events exploring the intersections of music, visual art, light, technology, science. It presents artists of electroacoustic, electronic, improvised music, sound installations, visualizations, audio-visual compositions.
FRIFORMA
Since 2007, concert series FriForma – previously known as Džez pri koritu – has been presenting free jazz, improvised and experimental music. The monthly events are often feature commissioned collaborations between international and local musicians.
FRIFORMA\V
FriFormA\V event series, since 2018, has been focusing on the exploration of art forms that intertwine artistic visualisation and light-based art with contemporary sound environments such as sound art, sound installations or experimental music.
RED DAWNS
International Feminist & Queer Festival Red Dawns was founded in 2000 at Metelkova. Its aim is to question the position of women in the inseparable web of art, culture, politics, activism and everyday life. The festival annually happens around 8 March.
DIYNAMICS
Youth programs combine art, recycling, DIY circus, fanzines, and community-based creation, promoting environmental awareness, inclusion, creativity, and mental health among young people through year-round activities and the summer festival Reciklart.
ANIMIRAMO & CHILDREN ACTIVITIES
Since 2011, KUD Mreža has been working with kindergarten Vodmat to integrate contemporary art themes into its curriculum. Since 2016, we have been working with preschool children on the annual project Animiramo where they create stop-motion films.
METELKOVARCHIVE
KUD Mreža has been collecting and preserving archival material about Metelkova since 1993. The archive contains essays, media responses, photographs, video and sound recordings. All amateur archivists are invited to participate: sort or complete the material.
About KUD Mreža
The Cultural and Artistic Association Mreža (KUD Mreža) is the formal successor of the Network for Metelkova, whose supporters occupied the abandoned Yugoslav People's Army barracks on Metelkova Street in Ljubljana in 1993. Over the years, the area has developed into an autonomous cultural centre, which today represents one of the most important hubs of independent culture in Slovenia and has a significant impact on the wider region and Europe.
Since its establishment in 1997 within the Autonomous Cultural Center Metelkova mesto (ACC Metelkova mesto), KUD Mreža has been striving to improve the infrastructural and production conditions of Ljubljana's independent cultural and artistic scene.
The main mission of the association is to support artistic, cultural, and socio-political events within AKC Metelkova mesto and beyond. The association brings together individuals who wish to contribute to the development and connection of cultural activities, arts, architecture, activism, design, science, education, youth work, and the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The association creates projects that promote artistic, cultural, and social values, aimed at the wider public and its membership.
Team
NATAŠA SEREC
president, producer, curator
FriForma, FriFormA\V, Gesamtkunstwerk Metelkova, Studio Asylum
ANA GROBLER
vice president, curator
Alkatraz Gallery, Red Dawns
SEBASTIAN KRAWCZYK
secretary, curator
Alkatraz Gallery
Lucija Zajc
curator, co-curator
Night Display Gallery Pešak, Unfamiliar Area, Alkatraz Gallery
NEVENA ALEKSOVSKI
youth worker
Reciklart, Reciklakcija
DANIJELA ZAJC
youth worker, gallery technician
Reciklart, Reciklakcija, Alkatraz Gallery
EVA JUS
producer, co-curator
Red Dawns
UROŠ GUSTINČIČ
IT support
KUD Mreža
Contact
- Masarykova cesta 24, 1000 Ljubljana
- +386 1 434 03 45
- +386 1 432 33 78
- info.kudmreza@gmail.com
- natasa.serec@gmail.com
- galerija.alkatraz@gmail.com
- galerijapesak@gmail.com
- rdece.zore@gmail.com
- festival.reciklart@gmail.com
- marmelada.art.lab@gmail.com
