
Speculum Artium 2025
September 17th – 20th
2025 Featured projects
(to be updated)
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Beat without Byte
Simão Costa
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#6Propagação
Marta Cerqueira, Simão Costa and Tiago Cerqueira
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Limen
Marc Villanova
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Continuum 1.0
Stella Ivšek, Črt Trkman (BEAM TEAM)
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Field of great happiness
Nina Koželj
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Frame of Mind – Frame of Reference
Sanja Šikoparija
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Personhood
Xin Wen, JJ Agcaoili
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Blood Runner
Jasna Hribernik
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Creative Robotics and DIY Robotics
Katapult robotika
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Duckiebots
dr. Octavian M. Machidon
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Netnature
Ivan Iovine
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GHOSTPRINT
Simon Okrogar
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Glass Speaks
Ana Evtić
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Who got scared?
KD Priden Možic in Zavod za kulturo Kamnik
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Memory updated
Selena Kučević
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hyperoasis: muted echo
Anđelija Stančulović
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AR[t]chive: augmented reality archive of Sommerer & Mignonneau´s artworks
Tiago Martins, Laurent Mignonneau, Christa Sommerer
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Watch Me Suffer
Carolina Sofia Bischof
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In Between Us
Patrick Ortiz
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Rivers of People: Reimagining the Urban Shoreline
The Collective Foundation
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Crafts of Unseen
Crafts of Unseen Collective
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EmotiCore
Vesna Poznič in Žiga Pavlovič
Program
- 17. September 2025
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8:00Press statement – Marc Villanova
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9:00Exhibition 9.00–19.00
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17:00dr. Dan Podjed: Lecture (in Slovene)– kavarna DDT
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19:00Opening ceremony
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- 18. September 2025
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9:00Exhibition 9.00–19.00
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10:15Humanodoro Performance (in Slovene)– kinodvorana DDT
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11:20Humanodoro Performance– kinodvorana DDT
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14:30Balkan Dance project Workshop– Glasbena šola Trbovlje Trbovlje, Keršičeva cesta 50a, 1420 Trbovlje, Slovenija
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15:30Opportunities at the Intersection: between Just Transition and New European Bauhaus– kavarna DDT
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16:00Bibliotherapy in theory and practice – lecture (SL)– Knjižnica toneta Seliškarja Trbovlje, 1420 Trbovlje, Slovenia
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16:00Reimagining Trbovlje’s Power Station – Creative Workshop (EN)– klub Zavoda za mladino, šport in turizem Trbovlje
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17:15Between the Lines: Bibliotherapy Workshop– Knjižnica Toneta Seliškarja Trbovlje, 1420 Trbovlje, Slovenija
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18:00UFO Art Night – multimedia conversation (EN)– kinodvorana DDT
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- 19. September 2025
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9:00Exhibition 9.00–19.00
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16:00Octavian Mihai Machidon, PhD (FRI): Generative AI and human creativity – Lecture– lokacija: kavarna DDT
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17:00Predrag Terzić, PhD (Fakultet za medije i komunikacije, Beograd) and Ivan Šuković: Synthetic Vision: Creating with Machines, Feeling through Code – Lecture– lokacija: kavarna DDT
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18:00Fabricio Lamoncha, MA (Kunstuniversität Linz) – Laboratory Spaces in Interdisciplinary and Transdiciplinary Environments – Lecture– lokacija: kavarna DDT
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19:00Beat Without Byte – concert– lokacija: gledališka dvorana DDT
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- 20. September 2025
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9:00Exhibition 9.00–19.00
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10:00Movement in Theatre – Workshop– lokacija: gledališka dvorana DDT
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10:00Robot programming Workshop for Children 10.00–13.00– lokacija: kavarna DDT
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Side events
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Balkan Dance Project: Dance Workshop
workshop The workshop is designed in two thematic sections to provide a integral dance experience. Part 1: Technical Preparation and Warm-upThrough a guided warm-up, participants will gradually activate their bodies, develop awareness of their center of movement, and stretch basic muscle groups. The warm-up will be based on a combination of exercises from modern dance…
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Movement Workshop
Workshop This movement and dance workshop will be a joint process of awakening our bodies through play. Mentor Ena Kurtalić will share various exercises and tools that she uses while working with actors and creating a movement score. Through a playful yet focused approach, participants will engage in physical exercises, improvisation and dance elements that…
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Opportunities at the Intersection: between Transition and the New European Bauhaus, the case of tourism
Conference The event begins with a short lecture by Neja Petek, founder of the agency for development and communication in cultural tourism, Nea Culpa. She will present the synergies and collaborations between tourism, culture and creativity in the Slovenian and international space. Next, Zdravko Kozinc, the co-founder of Iskriva Institute, will talk about creating new…
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Reimagining Trbovlje’s Power Station
Workshop On 18 September 2025, during the Speculum Artium Festival, the Youth Center Trbovlje will host a unique creative workshop dedicated to exploring and reimagining one of the town’s most iconic landmarks — the Trbovlje Power Station, home to The Chimney, the tallest in Europe. Organised by Delavski dom Trbovlje, The Collective Foundation and Moholy-Nagy…
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Beat Without Byte
Concert The album explores the concept of pulse, cycles, beats, and repetitions as a process of homeostasis. It delves into the relationship between man and machine through the piano, celebrating both its percussion qualities and its potential for resonance through induction.The second part of the album features echoes of music for dancing, possibly influenced by…
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Lab Songs – The Laboratory as an Heterotopia
Lecture Abstract: Traditionally dedicated to scientific inquiry and marked by rigor and commitment to experimentation, the concept of the laboratory has evolved into a dynamic, cross-disciplinary space that fosters creativity and collaboration. The term “laboratory” has been adopted in art and design as a metaphor representing the innovative and experimental nature of creative processes, enabled…
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Synthetic Vision: Creating with Machines, Feeling through Code
Predavanje Predavanje raziskuje, kako se umetna inteligenca v sodobni umetnosti ne pojavlja zgolj kot orodje, temveč kot aktivni partner v ustvarjalnih procesih. Kot izhodišče uporablja projekt Du Bist Wow – sodelovanje med umetniki, raziskovalci in študenti, ki je združilo besedilne korpuse z generativnimi algoritmi umetne inteligence. Predavanje preučuje, kako umetna inteligenca širi možnosti umetniškega izražanja,…
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Generative AI and human creativity
Lecture This lecture examines how generative AI is transforming creativity, learning, and identity. It will explore both the opportunities and risks of these technologies, highlighting their impact on metacognition and the growing danger of “intellectual deskilling,” where instant, polished outputs may erode deep thinking, problem-solving, and authentic creative expression. The lecture will be in English
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dr. Dan Podjed: Lecture (in Slovene)
Anthropologist Dr. Dan Podjed is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology at the ZRC SAZU, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana, and a subject matter expert at the Innovation and Development Institute of the University of Ljubljana. He is the founder and executive advisor…
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