EXHIBITING IN SLOVENIA II

Among the many reasons for the organisation of the first symposium of Exhibiting in Slovenia: A Symposium on the 110th Anniversary of the Jakopič Pavilion in 2019 were the anniversaries that year of several important Slovenian art institutions, including of the Jakopič Pavilion, the first venue in Slovenia built specifically for exhibiting art. The excellent response to this event clearly demonstrated the keen interest in our more than hundred-year-long practice of regular exhibiting of art, architecture, and design among members of the professional community and the broader public. The second edition of the symposium therefore continues to explore these topics.

The symposium is dedicated to the medium of exhibition, the phenomenon of exhibiting visual arts, architecture, and design, and questions regarding the art system in Slovenia in the context of the broader Central-European framework from the 19th century until today. We extend an invitation for submissions to all those exploring these topics in diverse contexts and fields. We welcome contributions that: 

• discuss group and monographic exhibitions of Slovenian art, architecture, and design both in Slovenia and in other art centres, prominent international exhibitions, and the exhibitions of foreign art in Slovenia;
• deal with broader exhibition complexes in the given geographical framework, for example, exhibitions of selected institutions, artists, or curators, exhibitions that can be connected or compared because of their content or some other aspect, periodic exhibitions, etc.;
• focus on various organisational settings for exhibitions, from exhibitions organised by artists themselves to larger national presentations;
• examine the contemporaneous reception of exhibitions and their long-term impact or the various relations between exhibition and art, politics and society;
• research the role of art in various exhibition formats that do not primarily deal with visual arts;
• discuss the cultural-political and institutional framework of exhibitions, and the exhibition policies of individual institutions;
• consider exhibitions as a means of cultural diplomacy.

We encourage an interdisciplinary and comparative approach in considering specific exhibitions and exhibition practices. We welcome all content that provides an in-depth consideration of the symposium’s topic. We accept all research approaches and subjects, except for presentations of the submitters's own artistic or curatorial exhibition projects.

The presentations has to be up to 20-minutes long. To apply, please send an abstract (up to 150 words) and your CV (up to 70 words) to miha.valant@ff.uni-lj.si by 15 December 2021.

We will inform you about our decision by mid-January 2022.               

Participants from outside of Slovenia may give their lectures in the English or Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian language; presentations in Slovenian will not be simultaneously translated into English.