Interdisciplinary Conference

TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE

in Art & Science

9-13 September 2025, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana

PROGRAM
The 1st preliminary program of sessions and roundtables of TTT2025 Ljubljana has just been published. Approximately 170 speakers from more than 30 countries focusing (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.
 
Starting on September 10, TTT2025 Ljubljana conference program is structured into 30 sessions, presenting as well six roundtables, plus showreels, performances and an exhibition. Two sessions run in parallel (A at Katedrala Hall  & B at Komuna Hall). Each session lasts 90 minutes and is composed of 4 presentations, a mix of papers and artist talks (15 minutes each), the initial 15 minutes are for introductions by the chairperson and the 15 minutes at the end of the presentations are for Q&A to all speakers. With a 45 minutes length Roundtables are structurally more flexible and inciting dialectics. The final schedule will include all details connected with the art events starting on September 9, 2025. 
 
All events of the TTT2025 Ljubljana program days 9-12 September, 2025 take place at the Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, 1000 Ljubljana. Besides these events, TTT2025 Ljubljana presents on 13 September, 2025, a special artshow at the Karst region.
Updated: 08-03-2025
Tuesday, September 9th 2025
18:00
Grand Opening

Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
18:00-22:00 Kamera - Kino Šiška
18:00-22:00
Reels
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
18:30 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
19:00-22:00
Projections
Things I Have Seen in My dreams
João Pedro Oliveira
AI in the Sky
Laura Cinti
MOTHER
Beverley Hood
Non/Living
Müge Yildiz
Tears for Lost Frequencies
Senem Pirler, Monica Duncan
Annihilation
Yukang Tao
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
20:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
21:00 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
21:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
Wednesday, September 10th 2025
08:00-09:00
Registration

Infopoint -Kino Šiška
09:00
Conference welcome greetings

Members of organizing committee: Dalila Honorato, Uroš Veber, Peter Purg
Representants of hosting institution: Jasna Jernejšek

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00 Kamera - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00
Reels
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
09:15-10:00
Roundtable 1: Slovenian Contingency

Opening, Chair Uroš Veber 
10:00 Closing

Kapelica Jurij Krpan
Founded in 1995 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Kapelica Gallery is a globally recognized platform for contemporary investigative art. Operating under the Kersnikova Institute, the gallery focuses on experimental practices at the intersection of technology, science, corporeality, and performance. With its transdisciplinary approach, Kapelica hosts installations, bio-art, robotics, and critical performance works that challenge societal norms, ethical boundaries, and future imaginaries. The gallery has featured international pioneers such as Stelarc, Orlan, and Survival Research Laboratories, alongside leading Slovenian artists like Maja Smrekar and Sašo Sedlaček. It serves as a living lab where speculative aesthetics and critical science converge.

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
10:00
Session 1A: Karst

Welcome, chair Andrew Paterson
Q&A: 11:15

10:30 GROUNDSWELL
Andrew Carnie
10:45 Soil Stations
Audrey Rangel Aguirre
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
10:00
Session 1B: Speleothem
Komuna - Kino Šiška
11:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
11:30
Session 2B: Alveolate

Welcome, Chair Jessica Ullrich
Q&A
12:45

Komuna - Kino Šiška
13:00
Lunch break

Café Kino Šiška
13:00 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
14:00 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
14:00
Session 3B: Troglophobes

Welcome, Chair Anna Kedziora
Q&A
15:15

Komuna - Kino Šiška
15:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
15:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
17:00
Coffee break

Café Kino Šiška
17:00
Event
Stamping Genes: Mobile Lab
Kristin Lucas, Nathalie Dubois Calero
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
17:30
Session 5A: Endogeon

Welcome, Chair Marietta Radomska
Q&A 
18:45

17:45 ExUtero technologies and Feminised Protein
Ionat Zurr, Cristin Millett, Cynthia White
18:15 A Chat with Hystera
Irini Athanassakis
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
17:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
19:00
Roundtable 2: DIY Garage GMO Baby Production

Opening, Chair: Adam Zaretsky
19:45 Closing

Lyndsey Walsh, Aisen Chacin, Clarissa Ribeiro, Praba Pilar, Elizabeth Littlejohn, WhiteFeather Hunter

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
19:45 Komuna - Kino Šiška
20:30
Event
on/scenity
Cristina Dezi, Isabel Farina
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
Thursday, September 11th 2025
08:00-09:00
Registration

Infopoint -Kino Šiška
09:00 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
09:00 Komuna - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00 Kamera - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00
Reels
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
10:30
Session 7A: Magmatic

Welcome, Chair WhiteFeather Hunter
Q&A 
11:45

10:45 Transcendental
Elizabeth Littlejohn, Daniela Brill Estrada, Monica C. LoCascio
11:15 Of Peas and People
Verena Friedrich
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
10:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
12:00
Roundtable 3: Art as Target: Context, Consent, and Control

Opening, Chair Sunčica Ostoić
12:45 Closing

Across Europe and beyond, artists face growing threats as their works are stripped of context and weaponized for ideological purposes. This roundtable addresses the political misuse of artistic expression, the risks of decontextualization, and the urgency of defending narrative agency and artistic freedom in increasingly hostile environments. Maja Smrekar’s internationally exhibited K-9 Topology project—praised in artistic and scientific circles alike—was recently misused in a far-right campaign in Slovenia, escalating into an unprecedented assault on her personhood and professional integrity. Together, the speakers will explore the complex entanglements between contemporary art, media ecologies, and propaganda, asking: How can artists reclaim control of their narratives? What forms of collective infrastructure and solidarity are needed? And what does it mean to protect artistic freedom in the age of weaponized aesthetics?

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
12:45
Lunch break

Café Kino Šiška
13:00 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
14:00 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
14:00 Komuna - Kino Šiška
15:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
15:30
Session 9B: Pumice
Komuna - Kino Šiška
17:00
Coffee break

Café Kino Šiška
17:00
Event
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
17:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
17:30
Session 10B: Homologs

Welcome, Chair Alizée Armet
Q&A 
18:45

Komuna - Kino Šiška
19:00
Roundtable 4: เหลู้าบ แลบ - Laab Lu Lao CoLaboratory

Opening, Chair Marc Dusseiller
19:45 Closing

เหลู้าบ แลบ - Laab Lu Lao CoLaboratory
Marc Dusseiller, Jirapat "Bos" Thaweechuen, Bora Hong, Helmi Hardian, Weeratouch "Wave" Pongruengkiat, Wei Chieh Shih
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
20:00 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
20:30
Event
ReVerie
Pinyao Liu
Komuna - Kino Šiška
Friday, September 12th 2025
08:00-09:00
Registration

Infopoint -Kino Šiška
09:00
Session 11A: Moffetes
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
09:00 Komuna - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00 Kamera - Kino Šiška
09:00-21:00
Reels
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
10:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
10:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
12:00
Roundtable 5: The Sweetest Taboo

Opening
12:45 Closing

'The Sweetest Taboo' - Roundtable Discussion
Markela Koniordou, Rimon Alyagon Darr, Dejan Markovic, Carolina Páez Vélez, Zahra Mirza, Ethan Vincent, Márton Emil Tóth
Katedrala - Kino Šiška
12:45
Lunch break

Café Kino Šiška
13:00
Event
Consume Our Consumption
Anya Koehne, Annan Zuo, Jiabao Li
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
14:00 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
14:00
Session 13B: Isostasy

Welcome, Chair Gjino Šutić
Q&A 
15:15

14:15 Slime Machine
matilde sartori
14:30 Unhuman: an essay on the monstrosity of the future body
María Nonantzin (MAGENTA) Martínez Bautista
15:00 Plantoverse: Rethinking Perception Through Plant Optics
Alexandra Burnusuz, Mariia Moshchenskaia, Veronika Prizova
Komuna - Kino Šiška
15:30 Katedrala - Kino Šiška
15:30
Session 14B: Resonance

Welcome, Chair Ingrid Cogne
Q&A 
16:45

Komuna - Kino Šiška
17:00
Coffee break

Café Kino Šiška
17:00 Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
17:30
Session 15A: Syntopy

Welcome, Chair Polona Tratnik
Q&A 
18:45

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
17:30 Komuna - Kino Šiška
19:00
Roundtable 6: Humming to Myself

Opening, Chair Dalila Honorato

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
20:30
Conference sessions closure

Members of organizing committee: Dalila Honorato, Uroš Veber, Peter Purg
Representants of hosting institution: Jasna Jernejšek

Katedrala - Kino Šiška
Saturday, September 13th 2025
12:00-18:00
Exhibition
A Line in the Sand
Michael Valiquette
Neon Biotope
Angelina Almukhametova
Etudes for birds
Leena Saarinen
Decoy
Leena Saarinen
Birdsong
Leena Saarinen
Studies in Colour & Flora
Jude Abu Zaineh
Octet
Demi Hu, Colin Nations, Nhu Phung, Jiabao Li
SHIOPI
Melisa Cano
Kamera - Kino Šiška
12:00-18:00
Reels
Upper Foyer - Kino Šiška
20:00-20:50
Performance

Co-organized with Projekt Atol, Ljubljana, and Pixxelpoint 2025 festival in the context of GO!2025 European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica - Gorizia.

Lament
Margherita Pevere
Karst

Hosting Institution

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