FORUM URBAN ACUPUNCTURE 18th and 19th Aprile in Ljubljana FORUM URBAN ACUPUNCTURE is the result of a research project CULBURB. Project itself activates public spaceof six central European capitals: Ljubljana, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw with different acupuncture interventions. Acupuncture methodology establishes co- operation between the residents in suburbs of the cityand increases the quality of life of the community. Urban acupuncture is the response to the current spatial disparitiesin the suburbs and acts as tool forthe creation of social innovations in the community. They are formedon the ini- tiative of non-governmental organizations and other forms of urban activism and in this way seek the creation of quality public spaces in the suburbs.Ljubljana represents the story of Zalog, located in the eastern part of the city. This part of town has seen a lot of immigration from areas of the former Yugoslavia, especially after the Second World War. Closure of industries has increased the lack of employment opportunities. Availability economy stagnated for so long that it lost the inspiration to dream of a better future. This is especially true for the younger generation, who are facing in their daily lives with a sense of isolation and exclusion from the social and cultural life of the city. Zalog is facing with the generations that have roots in very mixed cultural backgrounds. Youths are excluded from the public sphere and decisionmaking, therefore, indicates a high degree of vandalism, crime and spatial disparities. Young people have developed their own urban identity, resulting in their own urban (non) perspective. On the first day of the event there will be presentations of different spatial issues, case studies and theoretical models, which can be directly related to the area of the Ljubljana Zalog. The second part will present various issues applied to locations in the suburbs. Authors/artists will be showcasing all thirty acupunctures in all involved cities.

CULBURB Catalogue Ljubljana (PDF)
 
FORUM URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
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FORUM DAY 1 CONFERENCE: Thursday, 18 April, 2013
+Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Meistrova 3, Ljubljana
10:00 Meeting
10:10 Introduction by Boštjan Bugarič, (KUD C3) and Igor Kovačević (CCEA)
10:15 – 12:00 PANNEL 1: ERASED SPACE Pannel Coordinator: Boštjan Bugarič (KUD C3) SLO;
– mag. Mateja Demšič, City of Ljubljana (SLO) REVITALIZING THE FORGOTTEN: HOW SMALL YOUTH CENTRE CHANGED A REALITY OD DAILY LIFE IN SUBURBIA
– Velimir Žernovski, F.R.I.K, Skopje (FYRM) ART IS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN IT SPEAKS (NOTIONS OF SHAME, EXCLUSION AND OTHER FORMS OF RESISTANCE)
– Armina Pilav, School of Doctorate Studies, Department of Design, University IUAV Venice (I, BiH) IMAGING SARAJEVO

13:30 – 13:45 Database presentation uconnector.eu
 
13:45 – 15:15 PANEL 2: PUBLIC PRIVATENESS Panel Coordinator: Sonja Leboš
– DRUŠTVO ZA DOMAČE RAZISKAVE, Alenka Pirman, Jani Pirnat, Damjan Kracina (SLO) HARD FACTS IN THE POST-TRUTH AGE
– Mateja Kurir Borovčič, (SLO) THE UNCANNY CUT OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE
– Ana Vilenica, UZ)BU)NA))) Pančevo (SRB) URBAN POLITICS AND FORCED EVICTIONS IN BELGRADE
– Samu Szemery, KEK (H) LOOKING FOR THE CRACKS
 
15:45 – 17:30 PANEL 3: SOCIAL INNOVATIONS
Pannel Coordinator: Samu Szemery
– ABART, Giulia Carabelli, Mostar (BiH) RUBBERS, PENS AND CRAYONS. REBUILDING MOSTAR THOUGH ART INTERVENTIONS
– Sonja Leboš, UIII, Zagreb (HR) ARCHITECTURE OF THE EMPTY SPACE – UNDERSTANDING THE DWELLERS
– Dr. Marta Gregorčič, Matej Zonta, URBANE BRAZDE, MARIBOR (SLO) URBAN FURROWS – RECUPERATION OF THE COMMUNITIES
– Ana Novak, SKICA (A) PRACTICE OR INJUSTICE – TELLTALE OF TWO CITIES
 
17:30 – 18:30 DISCUSSION
 
 
CULBURB ACUPUNCTURES PRESENTATIONS: Thursday, 18 April, 2013
KIBERPIPA, Kersnikova ulica 6, Ljubljana, Thursday , 18 April, 2013
20:00 – 22:30 Presentation of acupunctures realized during Culburb project: Ursula Achternkamp, Carla Della Beffa, Yane Calovski, Margot Deerenberg, Petr Dub, Stephan Koeperl, Veronika Kovacsova, Walter Klasz, Beatrix Zobl, Sylvia Winkler, and many others…
 
 
FORUM DAY 2 CONFERENCE: Friday, 19 April, 2013
+Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Meistrova 3, Ljubljana
10:00 – 11:30 SHIFT OF POLITICAL POWER FROM CITY TO SUBURBIA Moderated by: Igor Kovačević; Keynote Speech: Sylvia Winkler, Stephan Koeperl, Margot Deerenberg, Veronika Kovacsova, Walter Klasz, Jola Starzak, Armina Pilav
 
11:45 – 13:15 FROM PROJECT TO REALITY FROM REALITY TO CRITIC Moderated by Samu Szemerey; Keynote Speech: Edit Andrasi, Wolfgang Schneider, Beatrix Zobl, Carla Della Beffa, Ursula Achernkamp, Niklas Nitzschke, Tanja Maljevac, Nina
 
15:00 – 15:30 Database presentation uconnector.eu
 
15:30 – 17:00 ROLE OF ART IN DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SPACE Moderated by Yvette Vašourkova; Keynote Speech: Tomáš Poszpyszyl , Petr Dub, Giulia

Carabelli, Walter Klasz, Ula Schneider, Jan Matoušek, Anna Stemergova
 
17:00 – 17:30 Trip to Zalog
 
 
ZALOG EVENT: Friday, 19 April, 2013
17:30 – 20:00 performance WOMENSPACE: Ljubljana main train station
18:15 train station Zalog
18:40 park at Hladilniška pot
19:00 playground between Nahtigalova, Agrokombinatska and Športna street
19:45 playground PLATA
 
 
20:00 – 22:00 ZALOG PARTY opening of the playground the fundraising for the playground. With DJ HARKY and special guest ZLATKO.