Gallery Simulaker

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Gallery Simulaker, Vrhovčeva 1a
8000 Novo mesto
Slovenia

Telephone
00 386 7 33 74 371
E-Mail
simulaker@simulaker.si
E-Mail (2)
matjaz.brulc@lokalpatriot.si
E-Mail (3)
andrej.krstinc@lokalpatriot.si
Mobile Phone
00 386 31 384 966
Website
http://www.simulaker.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
The gallery Simulaker is operating within association LokalPatriot which is nongoverment organisation established by local student organisation of Novo mesto. The gallery has one contract employee, the curator, assisted by one staff member, while the technical support is given by the staff of Multimedia centre of Dolenjska (also operating within association LokalPatriot). The gallery is financed from Ministry of culture of republic of Slovenia and local municipality with budget resources at around 45000 euros per year. The gallery program mostly consists of exhibitions of contemporary art, domestic and international, various intermedia projects and exhibitions. The gallery is also used for other cultural events, such as contemporary dance shows, presentations, performances, music events, conferences, etc. The gallery works with different domestic associations and producers such as Aksioma, Zavod Atol and others.
Mission and Objectives

The mission of the gallery is to present and promote various creative positions within the field of contemporary art and photography in the local and national context. We are interested in young emerging artists as well in the established ones, giving them all support and know-how for presentation of their work. Annually we organise 10-12 solo and group exhibitions and a number of other artistic projects/events.

Main Projects / Activities

Within the corpus of the exhibitions every year is organised a group show of art students of a national education institution, while one exhibition term is given to the guest curator. One of the main project of the gallery Simulaker/Association LokalPatriot is international festival of documentary photography (workshops, presentations and exhibitions) which is running from the year 2000. The rest of the program consists of the solo and group exhibition of the selected artists.

Contact (1) Full Name
Matjaž Brulc
Contact (2) Full Name
Andrej Krštinc