 Next weekend Tea for Five goes to Nova Gorica as part of the winter book fair Novoletni knjižni sejem Knjige pod jelkami.
Performances will take place on Friday, 21 December at 3 pm, followed by the Opium Clippers book presentation; and on Saturday, 22 December at 11 am and 3 pm. To attend, please reserve your spot at sara.sabjan@gmail.com. We are closing the Opium Clippers exhibition with these three ceremonies. These are also the final events of my October/November Opium Clippers tour. From 6 October on, we traveled to Treviso, Vienna, London, Barcelona, Zagreb, Podgorica and Cetinje; and had, meanwhile, launched the Opium Clippers book at the Fotografija gallery in Ljubljana, and at Pločnik in Zagreb, won two awards, and opened an exhibition in Nova Gorica. I thank everyone who hosted me with all my heart. And above all, Rostfrei Publishing, that made the Opium Clippers book a reality. See you next year!
 The book ‘Opium Clippers’ received an award for the Best Designed Book 2018 in the section “book as an object”at Slovenian Book Fair at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana. Big thanks also to all involved with the preparation and execution of ‘Opium Clippers‘: Jaka Babnik, Ana Čavić, Miha Colner, Tevž Logar, Tomaž Šantl and Galerija Fotografija.
 I'm happy to announce that my Opium Clippers book came out in October 2018 at Rostfrei Publishing. To support the launch, I am doing a fall book Tea for Five. Opium Clippers tour: Sat, 6 October at 7 pm & Sun, 7 October at 11 am Post-Colonial Frames at B#S Gallery, TREVISO Saturday, 13 October at 5 pm At Brutal Beauty Fall Fest, VIENNA Saturday, 20 October at 5 pm and 7 pm At msdm studio-gallery, LONDON Monday, 29 October at 11 am & 7 pm, and Tuesday, 30 October at 4 pm & 7 pm At JIWAR, BARCELONA **NEW DATES** Opium Clippers Exhibition 7 - 22 December, Carinarnica, Nova Gorica opening reception: 7 December at 7 pm EVENT Tea for Five: 21 & 22 December Tea for Five in Zagreb: 9 & 10 December: Jingyuan Teahouse & Aikido Kuca Hosted by Wadering Art Tea Academy & Živi Atelje DK Tea for Five in Monte Negro: 12 December National Library in Cetinje 13 December University of Donja Gorica Gallery Hosted by Institut za Savremenu Umjetnost & Gledališče Glej And more dates coming soon! Experience McKeldin Fountain in Augmented Reality 1-4pm Saturday, May 19that McKeldin Square (Pratt and Light St) FREE performances and activities with Baltimore Hoop Love, Women In Black perform peace vigils with puppets and give aways, get your picture taken with live Otakon cosplayers, participate in occupy recreations, learn your protest rights and tools. A not to be missed concert from rapper DDm (3:15pm) EXHIBITION OPENING 5-8pm5thFloor Maryland Art Place218 W Saratoga Street video installations, mixed realities and a live concert by Eze Jackson and Erik Spangler - Join us for the official launch of the NONUMENT 01:: McKeldin Fountain app in McKeldin Square, the former home of the McKeldin Fountain, and participate in a public art project and demonstration of the value Baltimore residents place in their public spaces.   We are residents of Layer House in Kranj this week as part of the 48th week of Slovenian Drama The exhibition Beli-(k)rog /*White Circle* opens on March 26 at 7 pm followed by a magmalaska performance. ** Magmalaska stages poetry. It finds refuge in a mysterious house where it dresses the walls with visuals. Throughout the spaces in the house between the Layer House and the Škrlovec Tower it creates a visual-sound installation that researches a spectator’s experience in perceiving poetry. In the programme of the 48th Week of Slovenian Drama, magmalaska calls for a greater presence of poetry in the performing arts by performing the poetic. Magmalaska are visual artist Neja Tomšič and musician Katja Šulc who are preparing this project as a part of the artistic residency programme at the Layer House. You are kindly invited to this unique adventure! We launched the app at the Republic Square on 21 February, and you can visit it by downloading the McKledin Fountain app. In this augmented reality app, viewers hold up a tablet or smart-phone like a protest sign and reveal a full-scale, 3D architecturally correct simulation of the original fountain. When viewers tap on a protest sign they may wander architect Thomas Todd’s stunning 18 animated waterfalls, including the infamous double waterfall. Sprinkled throughout are ‘memory artifacts’, such as koi, skates and pennies that trigger the Baltimore heroes who reminisce on protests; ladies trans picnics; anime costume events; being arrested; kids swimming; a marriage proposal, all told by rappers, activists, a former mayor, teachers, a hula hooper, architect and lawyer, who are among the featured heroes who remember McKeldin Fountain.
The Nonument01: McKeldin Fountain exhibition at the City Museum is open until Wednesday, 28 February, but you can still visit the memorial at the Republic Square. Or read about it and see it here: A short interview for Radio Student! Nonument exhibition on National TV McKeldin Fountain in Outsider Magazine  20-28 February 2018, City Museum of Ljubljana
We are launching the temporary residency of the demolished McKeldin Fountain as part of the Nonument! Mapping and Archiving Public Spaces at the City Museum in Ljubljana. The McKeldin Fountain in the centre of Baltimore was the backdrop for the first international art intervention by the NONUMENT Group. The Fountain, which more closely resembled a park, was designated by the city as an area promoting freedom of speech. Numerous demonstrations and rallies took place there, including ones by movements such as Occupy Baltimore and Black Lives Matter, after the death of Freddie Gray. The fountain is also one of the rare few examples of architectural brutalism in the USA. Its original name was The Waterfall, since one of its primary architectural elements was water. It was designed to connect the Port with the city centre, which is burdened by heavy traffic. The McKeldin Fountain was demolished between November 2016 and January 2017. The NONUMENT Group documented the citizens’ testimonies and created the NONUMENT01:: The McKeldin Fountain AR app, a virtual memorial to the demolished fountain. The exhibition will present the story of the McKeldin fountain, and the participants of the symposium will have the opportunity to try out the app before its official release! Nonument 01 is an international project created by artists Lisa Moren, Jaimes Mayhew, Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga and collaborators. More |
