"Recycling old circuit boards to make lights and stands"

We will be making lights and various stands (for phones, tablets, books, etc.) from old circuit boards. We will clean, prepare, and glue the circuit boards to create interesting light fixtures. The frames will be made from used metal hangers.

If you have any old, non-working lights, switches, plugs with cables, or metal hangers, please bring them along. Other equipment will be provided.

Duration of the workshop: up to two hours.

Aerial acrobatics: Aerial silk and aerial rope

In this workshop, we will learn the basics of aerial acrobatics on silks and rope, including climbing, various warm-up exercises, and fundamental elements. We will also explore the basics of dynamic movement. The workshop is suitable for both beginners and more experienced participants.

Application: matafir@gmail.com

"Bicycle repair"

Is your bike stranded due to a flat tire? Did you break your brake wire? Are the brakes on your bike begging to be set correctly? Yes, bikes need to be serviced constantly. Why not do it yourself or, rather, with the help of a professional? Tools and basic materials will be provided!

To prepare better, let us know what the problem with your bike is at: festival.reciklart@gmail.com

"Group exhibition opening: Reciklart Art Colony: Electronic waste (SI, RS)"

Mentors:

Aleksandar Božić (SI) in Dragana Dubljević (RS).

Students:

Aleksander Štumberger, Anđela Tasić, Brina Jenko, Danica Bubalo, Ilija Beuk, Lazar Simeunović, Maša Ličen, Nadja Mihić, Nikolina Sutarić, Pika Potočnik, Špela Šafarič, Stefan Gledić

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"Tricycle Trauma: Barefoot (HR)"

New circus-mime-dance-music performance and exhibition

“There is a misery of the body and a misery of the mind, and if the stars, whenever we looked at them, poured nectar into our mouths, and the grass became bread, we would still be sad. We live in a system that manufactures sorrow, spilling it out of its mill, the waters of sorrow, ocean, storm, and we drown down, dead, too soon...uprising is the reversal of the system, and revolution is the turning of tides.” Julian Beck

"Barefoot, a contemporary circus-mime-dance piece tells a story about two realities, contradictory to each other as reality is to itself: to be barefoot, on one hand means to be in a carefree, timeless state - to be barefoot on the beach, on land, on grass; but, on the other hand, the flip side of the coin of life, it also signifies the social situation of poverty. The scene is completely white - a bakery, surreally filled with dough, hanging dough, small sheets on a row of ropes. The dough is alive, it disintegrates, breaks and, when dried, changes its texture and appearance. The doughy, sticky scent enslaves the audience. The scenes are played out with symbolically important objects from the culture of Bosnia: oklagija (a rolling pin), sofra (a dining and dough rolling table), shargija (a string instrument), and tapan (a double-sided drum). At one point, the triad of performers transforms the rolling pins into flag poles on which flag-dough flags are hung. Flags without insignia, without identity - like the three nations crammed into a collapsing state devoid of integrity. The flags end up hung on the performers’ heads: dough masks denote shapeless faces which can be shaped according to political requirements, and the rolling pins become blind man walking sticks. It is about inscribing state-building systems in the ideosphere, that is, how Foucault determines the organised power of institutions over life in general, by regulating knowledge as a form of state control (biopolitics). As for the soundtrack, in addition to the initial off sounds of the city, the bazaar, its street greetings, everyday life, the play dramaturgically transitions to the flip side of the coin of that community, escalating into the sound machinery of war, which increasingly obscures the sounds of oriental Bosnia - the solitary confinement sounds of shargija (performed by Maxim Weinmann) and tapan (performed by Jasmin Dasović). The horror-vision of war is shaped by the stage image when three performers climb a trapeze, forming a kind of aerial pyramid of human bodies; darkness, gloom, night, the only light coming from a pocket battery with the off sound of the desolation of war. ”

Suzana Marjanić

"Sangara: Dreamspace"

We are invited to unpack the dreamscape, the space between nature and a box. Between looking out of the window and opening something that already has an instruction manual. As part of this year's Reciklart Festival, Sangara Perhaj will present the exhibition Dreamscape. It offers a view that is both a scene and a product. Folded over glass, the landscape crosses the boundary between dreams and packaging. Cardboard edges, glittering details, silent creatures among alpine overhangs - is this looking outwards, or inwards? Is it landscape or packaging?

"New Home"

Different seaside creatures use the waste found on the shore, each in their own way, giving discarded objects a second chance and a new home. The exhibition presents characters from animated shorts and photographs of garbage washed up on the shore, brought to life with the help of AR technology. The exhibition will also be presented from 15 August until the anniversary of Metelkova in September.

More information at:
https://www.ch0.org/zoel-kastelic-nov-dom/

Wire Crochet workshop by Rebead Upcycled

In the workshop, participants will create plant pots, key pendants or small vases from used electric wires. Since these materials are made to last and are perfectly flexible for bending into functional shapes, we will create everyday objects from them. Materials we will be using: old phone wires, broken USB cables, thin electricity wires, copper wires, and internet cables.

Duration of the workshop: 2 hours.

Aerial acrobatics: Aerial silk and aerial rope

In this workshop, we will learn the basics of aerial acrobatics on silks and rope, including climbing, various warm-up exercises, and fundamental elements. We will also explore the basics of dynamic movement. The workshop is suitable for both beginners and more experienced participants.

Application: matafir@gmail.com

Creating trinkets from waste electronics

In the workshop, we will discover how discarded electronic parts can be turned into original trinkets. Even materials originally meant for entirely different purposes can hold the potential to become jewellery. Materials will be provided at the workshop, but you are welcome to bring along any electronic parts you would like to use.

Workshop duration: up to two hours.

Digital cleaning service

The digital cleaning service offers assistance in cleaning devices directly on location. After a short theoretical introduction to the importance of digital cleaning, we will help you remove unnecessary files and applications, thereby ensuring greater security and efficiency of devices. Interactive lecture will be held in the English language. We invite you to bring your phones and laptops to put learnt in practice.

The service will be presented by members of the Ekologi brez meja association (Ecologists Without Borders), which this year carried out the campaign Let's Clean Slovenia of Digital Waste.

You can read more about the campaign and the association here.

Los Flacos (VE, HR)

Po 15 letih samostojnega ustvarjanja sta se končno našla. On prihaja iz Venezuele, ona pa s Hrvaške. Vsak je sledil povsem drugačni poti, vse do trenutka, ko sta se srečala. On je bil popotnik, ona pa je sanjala, da bi to postala. “Los Flacos” sta Flaca (Nives Soldičić) in Flaco (Emilio Alcantara), klovnski duo, ki občinstvo razveseljuje s humorjem in impresivnimi veščinami. Združila sta ju strast in ljubezen do cirkuške umetnosti, najljubše pa se jima je, ko vse to preneseta na oder in z občinstvom delita svoja čustva. V cirkuški predstavi “Los Flacos” združujeta različne cirkuške veščine: žongliranje, rola-bolo in klovnado in komedijo. Na zabaven in prikupen način občinstvu približata svet cirkusa – možnega in nemogočega, nevarnega in neškodljivega, resnega in trapastega. Ljubezenska zgodba lokalnega dekleta in priseljenca.

https://trikocirkusteatar.com/cirkus-express-los-flacos/

Marka San x Fraw Blanka (SI)

On the Reciklart stage, the duo, Marka San x Fraw Blanka, will present two fresh alternative hip hop projects: The Lost Loft EP (NO KLAN recordings) and Medetaža (Mezzanine) EP (Munje Records).

Fraw Blanka began working in music and on the microphone in 2015. She was part of the band Šlagwerk and, in 2022, released her solo album Stranski učinki (Side Effects) through the independent label Munje Records. You can also hear her on producer albums such as Reperska posla (Rapper Business) (SunnySun), Mise En Place (Shporky), and Morilne Veščine (Murder Arts) (Mirko Grozny). In 2021, she started collaborating with Marka San, and the following year they released their first track, Migrena (Migraine), featured on SEMI BEAT TAPE VOL. 1, a producer compilation by Marka San.

Marka San (Mark Divjak), a talented producer, began paving his creative path with vinyl releases that quickly caught the attention of music critics and audiences alike. His recent achievements include the RX:TX vinyl Axel Holy X Marka San – Chess EP (2023), Fraw Blanka X Marka San – Gloomy Days (official music video, 2023), and the DNO vinyl Axel Holy X Marka San – Hidden Knowledge EP (2024).

Alongside their freshly released EP, the duo will also present remixes of older tracks from Blanka’s solo album Side Effects. Expect a dark and melancholic musical treat.

https://noklanrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost-loft-ep

https://frawblanka.bandcamp.com/album/medeta-a-ep

https://markasan.bandcamp.com/track/migraines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8xIasLSOYc

Repairing small electronic devices

A practical workshop where you can learn the basics of diagnosing faults and safely repairing common gadgets such as phones, headphones, small kitchen appliances, etc. Under the guidance of an experienced technician, you will practise soldering, replacing components, and troubleshooting power issues, gaining skills to extend the life of your electronic devices. Bring along any malfunctioning devices and leave with practical know‑how, confidence, and a functional gadget.

Zinkubator

We invite you to create a fanzine using various art techniques (drawing, painting, collage, etc.) in a group setting. Young people with no artistic experience are particularly welcome.

Zinkubator kotiček

We are inviting both unexperienced creators and established artists to apply. We are looking for partially developed acts that need an audience to be perfected, as well as older acts that deserve a second chance. The maximum length of the act is 5 minutes. Please apply here

Puf Buf (RO)

Puf Buf is an inclusive theatre performance; it is part of the Basca Theatre's programme to make culture accessible to people with different disabilities. Its protagonists are 12 children with hearing impairments. The show premiered in Timișoara at the Basca Theatre in Traian Square on 25 February 2022. Two more performances followed in Timisoara, and in March the young actors took their story on tour to three other cities: Arad, Oradea and Cluj-Napoca. Puf Buf is a theatre performance for children and adults alike, introducing the audience to a journey of wonder, play, and discovery through sounds and colours. Puf Buf is an inclusive theatre performance, created with children from the School Centre for Inclusive Education "Constantin Pufan" in Timișoara, under the artistic direction of actors Costa Tovarnisky, Ana Maria Ursu and Vadim Rusu.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnZA2LdJOv4&ab_channel=AsociatiaSolidart

Concept by Costa Tovarnisky

With:
Bălan Alexandru, Borcănescu Angelo, Borchescu Darius, Boți Alessio, Boți Sara, Mic Mihaela, Sârbu Andrei, Serb Larisa

Directed by:
Costa Tovarnisky, Ana Maria Ursu, Vadim Rusu

Set design:
Lia Pfeiffer

Costume design:
Elena Mazăre

Music:
Gabi Almași

Video projections:
Dan Ungureanu

Lights:
Cristian Popescu

Counselling, sign language interpreter:
Angela Mate

Produced by Basca Theatre.

This presentation is happening with the support of Perform Europe as part of the Spreading the Roots. project.