Metelkova 6
1000 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
- Arts
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Research
- Youth and education
Established in 2000, SCCA-Ljubljana, Centre for Contemporary Arts (a successor to the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana, 1993–1999) is a generator of innovative programmes and services that facilitate artistic and interpretative practices. Its diverse activities address artists, curators, theorists, and critics in the fields of visual and new media arts. They trigger artistic, discursive and social practices and are rooted in the interdisciplinary approach and intense international cooperation. SCCA-Ljubljana divides its programme into four complementary areas: projects, video/archive, school and services.
(A) PROJECTS
- Studio 6 and No Nails, No Pedestals: exhibitions, discursive projects, installations, performances, video, interdisciplinary projects
- PlatformaSCCA: the publication dedicated to the contemporary art theory and intriguing topics
- Žepna Pocket Edition (in cooperation with Založba /*cf. publishing house)
- Exhibitions and Researches
(B) VIDEO / ARCHIVE
DIVA Station (www.e-arhiv.org/diva) is a physical and web archive of video art which is being developed with the intent to research, document, present and archive video/media art.
- Archiving Practices: research, study exhibitions and educational seminars that thematize the importance of AV archives, their creation, integration and accessibility
- Videodokument: the documentation, archival and research project on video art in Slovenia (1969-1998)
- Videospotting: a series of video programs of relevant Slovene production and its presentation abroad
- Artservis’ Collection is a thematic project on production conditions in culture
- Internet Portfolio: presentations of the selected artists on the Internet
(C) SCHOOL
- World of Art (www.worldofart.org): School for Curators and Critics of Contemporary art
- Library: books, periodicals and catalogues from the field of contemporary arts and new media.
(D) SERVICE:
- Artservis: online information resource (opportunities for funding, co-operation, education)
- Evrokultura: online information resource for Slovene cultural operators (EU programs)
- Arts Link: international exchange programme