Depliant, 2014
B1 size paper 100 x 70cm , folded
Bilingual, Croatian, English
Texts by Lilijana Stepančič and Ženja Leiler

Photographers participating in the exhibition: Uroš Abram, Aleksander
Baumkirher, Aleš Beno, Sašo Bizjak, Luka Cjuha, Matej Družnik, Jure
Eržen, Jošt Franko, Miha Fras, Jaka Gasar, Luka Gorjup, Stanko Gruden,
Irena Herak, Borut Krajnc, Tit Košir, Matej Leskovšek, Tomi Lombar,
Borina Mišica, Igor Napast, Daniel Novakovič, Maj Pavček, Andrej
Petelinšek, Tamino Petelinšek, Maja Pertič Gombač, Matej Povše, Matej
Pušnik, Blaž Samec, Željko Stevanić, Tone Stojko, Roman Šipič, Igor
Škafar, Nebojša Tejić, Marko Vanovšek, Bojan Velikonja, Voranc Vogel,
Tomaž Zajelšnik, Matic Zorman, Šimen Zupančič
Selection of works: Jaka Gasar, Lilijana Stepančič, Bojan Velikonja,
Voranc Vogel and Ženja Leiler
Concept: Lilijana Stepančič, The Coastal Galleries of Piran
Production: The Coastal Galleries of Piran and club Enooki
Exhibitions in 2013: March-April Gallery Meduza (The Coastal
Galleries of Piran), Kopar; May-June Faculty of Social Sciences,
Ljubljana; September-October Cultural and Information Centre of the
European Youth Capital 2013 Maribor (ex Salon Rotovž), Maribor

Until then pretty quiet public life in Slovenia was disrupted in autumn
of the year 2012, when the inhabitants of Maribor started mass
gathering in squares and streets in protest against the corruption of
city government. The demonstrations have spread to other cities of
Slovenia and lasted for several months, until spring 2013. Slovenia has
not witnessed such events since gaining its independence.
The protests was marked by widespread throughout Slovenia, massive
scale, intensity, and sometimes violence, which has aroused great
interest and attracted media attention, both classic and new media,
including Facebook, Tweeter, etc.
(more on http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protesti_v_Sloveniji)

Demonstrations can be divided into two groups. The first one includes
protests in Maribor, arising autonomously as a spontaneous reaction
to the arbitrariness of the population to the city government. It should
be mentioned that in 2012 Maribor hosted the Cultural Capital of
Europe and that most of the city’s cultural and artistic organizations
were in disposal of much larger budgets than in previous years. Within
the European Capital of Culture created numerous cultural and artistic
events and actions of civil society.
The second group comprises the protests in other cities in Slovenia,
which is believed to have been instigated by the major political parties
who have exploited the discontent of the people and their solidarity
with the demonstrators in Maribor for their own interests and
purposes.