Presentation of Slovenian Culture in the United Kingdom

In 2004 the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government Public Relations and Media Office began an initiative for the presentation of contemporary Slovenian culture in the United Kingdom during the latter's presidency of the European Union in 2005, in collaboration with cultural institutions in the United Kingdom. A number of other ministries and institutions are also involved in the initiative and sponsors have been found for some of the projects.

On the basis of the selection made by our British partners in accordance with the British concept of this type of presentation of a foreign culture, the programme consists of the latest projects by Slovenian artists in various fields and is designed to offer a cross section of the most recent cultural creativity in Slovenia.

The series of presentations of visual art from Slovenia began at the end of June with two events forming part of a presentation of new EU members entitled "Arrivals>Slovenia".

From 6 September onwards the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London is hosting a "Slovenian Season" which will include presentations of works from the fields of multimedia art, theatre, film, electronic music and design.

Additionally, September, October and November will see various presentations - in London, Edinburgh and Shrewsbury - of Slovenian visual art and design, Slovenian drama, Slovenian literature and Slovenian philosophy.

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