COINING UTOPIAS / KINO ŠIŠKA
In a time of cultural contestation and planetary crisis, artists coin utopias as speculative acts of resistance, care, and transformation. This curated program brings together experimental works that confront ideological manipulation, challenge anthropocentric hierarchies, and reimagine the contours of embodiment, ecology, and agency. From hacked biologies to altered landscapes and posthuman desires, the pieces unfold alternative currencies of meaning — where rebellion meets ritual, and futures are shaped not by domination, but by interdependence, imagination, and poetic disruption.
1. EXHIBITION
Date & Time: 09/09/2025 (18:00-22:00); 10/09/2025-12/09/2025 (9:00-21:00); 13/09/2025 (12:00–18:00)
Location: Kamera, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Curated by: Jasna Jernejšek
Participating artists: Michael Valiquette: A Line in the Sand, Andrew Carnie: The River Running Through Us, Darya Warner: Amalgamated Landscapes, Angelina Almukhametova: Neon Biotope, Leena Saarinen: Decoy, Leena Saarinen: Birdsong, Leena Saarinen: Etudes for birds, Jude Abu Zaineh: Studies in Colour & Flora, Stephanie Rothenberg: AQUADISIA Version 2.0: Lubricating the Public Sentient Machine, Špela Petrič: Operational Bodies: The Tomato Tasted Like Automation of Care, *Adam W. Brown: [ir]reverent: miracles on demand, *Melisa Cano: SHIOPI
*until 12/09/2025 only
2. SCREENING
Date & Time: 09/09/2025, 18:00–22:00
Location: Katedrala, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Curated by: Maria Chalkou
Participating artists: Stanza: Entangled Cities, João Pedro Oliveira: Things I Have Seen in My Dreams, Laura Cinti: AI in the Sky, Beverley Hood: MOTHER, Müge Yildiz: Non/Living, Senem Pirler & Monica Duncan: Tears for Lost Frequencies, Yukang Tao: Annihilation, Ian Haig: Worm Pornography
3. PERFORMANCES
Curated by: Jasna Jernejšek
Participating artists (by date and time | location):
Date & Time: 09/09/2025, 18:30-19:30
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Stephanie Rothenberg
AQUADISIA Version 2.0: Lubricating the Public Sentient Machine
Date & Time: 09/09/2025, 20:00-21:00
Location: Komuna, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
edna
Blots diffusion: what do you see?
Date & Time: 09/09/2025, 21:00-21:15
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Dann Disciglio
Feral Navel
Date & Time: 09/09/2025, 21:30-22:30
Location: Komuna, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Luka Prinčič
trans.fail perspectives
Date & Time: 10/09/2025, 12:30-12:45
Location: Katedrala, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Rudolf Arnold
Cassiopeia's Secret - The Future of Intimacy in Space
Date & Time: 10/09/2025, 13:00-13:40
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Translucida Bruta
A.v.p. Alba viridi pythonissan - the Cyborg Woman-Plant-Machine Experiment
Date & Time: 10/09/2025, 17:00-17:15
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Kristin Lucas, Nathalie Dubois Calero
Stamping Genes: Mobile Lab
Date & Time: 10/09/2025, 20:00-20:45
Location: Komuna, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Jatun Risba
The Intimacy of Otherness
Date & Time: 11/09/2025, 13:00-13:30
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Max Lester
The Inconsumable Power of Showing Hole
Date & Time: 11/09/2025, 20:00-20:20
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Praba Pilar
La Inteligencia Artifecal
Date & Time: 11/09/2025, 20:30-20:50
Location: Komuna, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Pinyao Liu
ReVerie
Date & Time: 12/09/2025, 13:00-13:30
Location: Upper Foyer, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Anya Koehne, Annan Zuo, Jiabao Li
Consume Our Consumption
The number of participants for this event is limited, available upon registration (link)
Date & Time: 12/09/2025, 13:30-13:50
Location: Katedrala, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Alma de Bruixes (Cristina Dezi, Giulia Tomasello)
on/scenity
Date & Time: 12/09/2025, 19:30-20:20
Location: Katedrala, Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Victoria Vesna
SUNFlower Plasma & the Solar MAXIMUM
4. REELS
Date & Time: 09/09/2025 (18:00-22:00); 10/09/2025-12/09/2025 (09:00-21:00); 13/09/2025 (12:00–18:00)
Location: Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška (Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, Ljubljana)
Reels: BioFeral Acts, curated by Adam Zaretsky, and Mestna Jaga - A Decade of Urban Hunting, curated by Marc Dusseiller & Dominik Mahnic
Emerging from the conceptual core of Coining Utopias, these series of four peripheral acts beyond the main venue extends TTT2025 from underground rituals in the Karst to post-industrial fieldwork and archival disruptions. A collaborative constellation curated with Kapelica Gallery, Cirkulacija 2, MAO, Projekt Atol, Pixxelpoint 2025 and GO!2025, X-Coining Utopias events unfold across Ljubljana and Nova Gorica–Gorizia.
[A] FORENSIC PERFORMATIVITY / KAPELICA
Date & Time: Wednesday, Sept 10–Friday, Sept 12 (21:00–23:59)
Location: Kapelica Gallery (Likozarjeva 1, Ljubljana)
Curated by: Jurij Krpan and Sandra Sajovic
Forensic Performativity
The number of participants for this event is limited, available upon registration (link)
[B] MESTNA JAGA (URBAN HUNTING) / CIRKULACIJA 2
Date & Time: 10/09/2025 (21:00-23:59)
Location: Cirkulacija 2 (Podhod Ajdovšična 2, Ljubljana)
Curated by: Marc Dusseiller, Dominik Mahnic, Tatiana Kocmur
Mestna Jaga: A Decade of Urban Hunting
The number of participants for this event is limited, available upon registration (link)
[C] Future Legacies / MAO
Location: Museum of Architecture and Design (Rusjanov trg 7, Ljubljana)
Date & Time: 13/09/2025 (11:30-12:30)
Guided Tour by: Cvetka Požar and Robertina Šebjanič
More information https://madein-platform.com/exhibition/future-legacies/ | https://mao.si/en/
[D] KARST / GO2025!
Karst
Location: Ruska jama (1.8 km north of Kostanjevica na Krasu), GPS: 45.858895, 13.638604 The number of seats in the bus ride to the performance programme in Karst/ Lament and eliXir is limited, available upon registration (link)
Curated by: pETER Purg
eliXir
Participating artists: Floravita, Jatun Risba, Uroš Brezavšček
Date & Time: 13/09/2025 (18:00–19:30)
Lament
Participating artists: Margherita Pevere with music by Ivan Penov
Date & Time: 13/09/2025 (20:30–22:00)
Important: The Ruska jama cave location on the Karst plateau is 10km from and 300m above the Adriatic sea, the weather is likely to be late-summer mild. However all event participants are advised to bring rain/sun/wind proof clothing according to weather forecast, and wear shoes suitable for walking on a rocky footpath (1,8 km each way).
- The group walk from and to the bus will be guided.
- No mobile signal at the event venue.
- Free food and drink to be provided at the venue.
- Tick protection advised (long trousers, mosquito spray).
- Bring some water and a charged phone -- torchlight needed for the walk back to bus.
If you decide to bring your own transportation, please note that the parking space at the location (near the cave) is extremely limited, plus a few lay-by options on the narrow forest tracks around the venue -- the sharp rocky gravel roads are not suitable for lower cars! The "Ruska jama" cave is located between settlements Lokvica and Kostanjevica na Krasu: Way from road crossing near Lokvica, 1,8km (recommended parking): https://maps.app.goo.gl/p285qu1B9UunJ2gd9 | Way from Kostanjevica na Krasu, 1,8 km (recommended parking): https://maps.app.goo.gl/zqsS9V2MhZHKVSX26
Organized as part of the GO!2025 official programme "Xmobil" and of the conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art and Science " (TTT2025 Ljubljana) program, the event is curated by pETER Purg and co-organized with Projekt Atol and "Pixxelpoint" 2025 Festival of Contemporary Art in the context of GO!2025 European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica - Gorizia.
