Oloop Ljubljana

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Šmartinska c. 24
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
++386 1 620 91 87
Telephone (other)
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Fax
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E-Mail
info@oloop.si
E-Mail (2)
katja@oloop.si
Mobile Phone
+386 41 325 569
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Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
OLOOP - institution for contemporary textile art and design - is non-profit organization - nobody is employed, but three people working regulary on the projects - source of founding: European Social Foundation, Slovene Ministerium of Culture, smaller Slovenian foundations - Modalities of action: seminars, artistic urban actions, art exhibitions, workshops, projects with vournerable groups - main partners: partners from social field
Mission and Objectives

our mission is to use texile art, craft, design as a way to connect with different people, to connect different people between each other, to connect different cultures, religions into collective action.
We’ve been researching and developing projects, activities and products under a common theme – Super Hands. By doing this we are raising awareness on the importance of handicraft and its effects on the well-being of individuals and communities.

Main Projects / Activities

2011/12 Revealed Hands - creating intercultural connections, socialisation and education with textile handicraft,
2012 Re-connected, textile space installation, Eurpean Capitale of Culture, Maribor, Slovenia
2012 Waiting Room Project, research of waiting time, BIO 23, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011/12 Silent Revolutions, Exhibition of Contemporary Slovene Design
2011 Space of Silence, public textile space installation; Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dray Walk Gallery, London, UK
2011 Home at home, community art project, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 Recycling Design – laboratory of cleaner world; international exhibition; Gallery SINGIDUNUM ULUPUDS, Beograd, Serbia
2010/11 Re-start - L'arte di trasformare le cose, international exhibition; Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italia
2010 Bake Love, Eat & Drink Design. Month of Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 Openwear, exhibition; Ljubljana, Milano, Istanbul /Slovenia, Italy, Turkey/

Contact (1) Full Name
Jasmina Ferček
Head of the organisation
Jasmina Ferček
Contact (2) Full Name
Katja Burger