Arts Arts Program

A prestigious and comprehensive visual and performing arts program will invite attendees to embark on a transformative creative journey together. The program will include newly commissioned works by renowned international artists, along with music, theatre, and dance performances, multi-disciplinary interactive experiences, and workshops, all integrated both inside and outside the Summit sessions. 

Immersive artworks will take guests on an emotional and interactive journey to connect deeply with themselves, collectively, and with the natural world, while cultivating a sense of shared purpose and community through the arts.

In the lead up to the artistic program, many of the artists participate in creative residencies or undertake planning and research visits to the city as part of the creative process to develop art that challenges assumptions and builds community at a local and global level.

DRAGON NEST – CHENG TSUNG FENG

Center Rog Park

Taiwanese artist, Cheng Tsung Feng,  bridges the past with the present through his deep exploration of traditional craftsmanship. Drawing inspiration from ancient cultures, his works tell stories of handmade memories, while pushing boundaries of creativity with modern techniques.  In honor of the traditions and stories of Ljubljana, Feng has created a nest for the mythical dragon–a creature both nurturing and protective, fiery and gentle. Visit the nest, sit inside, be renewed and reborn. 

The Dragon Nest is on view 24/7 at Center Rog.

TENT – CHIARA CAMONI

Križanke Church

Born in Piacenza, Italy, and working in the Apuan Alps of Tuscany, Chiara Camoni creates connections with people, places, and plants. Her practice engages a shifting, spontaneous group of friends, family, and others who shape the work alongside her.  In Ljubljana,  she is working with Krater, the artist collective that embraces regenerative practices and alliances to open eyes to nature and each other anew. Camoni’s installation of silks dyed with the natural pigments of local plants, invites all to immerse themselves in an environment of belonging.

On view at Krizanke Church.

THE MIRROR OF PEACE – RENEE VAN BAVEL

Park Sveta Evrope

Based in Berlin,Dutch artist Renee van Bavel, creates timely work asking the urgent questions: What does peace look like? And how can we protect it?  Her reflective wall, THE MIRROR OF PEACE is a spatial monument that invites the viewer to have a personal experience with peace.  While looking at their reflection, viewers read: “This is what people living in peace look like.”  A life lived in peace cannot be taken for granted, and we must act consciously, every day, to preserve it.  

The Mirror of Peace can be seen  24/7 in Sveta Park.

EYES AS BIG AS PLATES – KAROLINE HJORTH & RIITTA IKONEN

Cankarjev Dom – Homebase – Floor 0

Eyes as Big as Plates captures the poetry of age, nature, and identity. 

It is an ongoing exploration of relations across beings, challenging conventional narratives on how humans relate to their surroundings across diverse cultures and landscapes. 

The evocative portraits reframing older adults as wise figures connects us back to the natural world.

Through a combination of photography, wearable sculpture, action research and activism, the Norwegian-Finnish artist duo calls for a collective and synchronized environmental stewardship.

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