Name: Nika van Berkel, Karmen Ponikvar: Zeleni atrij mesta
Start: 2024-09-25T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Plečnikov stadion, Dunajska c.

Nika van Berkel, Karmen Ponikvar: Zeleni atrij mesta

zvočni sprehod, 60 min
sreda, 25. 9., 18.00 (premiera in pogovor)
petek, 27. 9., 18.00
sobota, 28. 9., 11.00
Plečnikov stadion, Dunajska c.
🇬🇧 EN below
Vabimo vas na premiero novega zvočnega sprehoda Zeleni atrij mesta, avtoric Nike van Berkel in Karmen Ponikvar.
▶︎ PRIJAVA: https://pretix.eu/cona/topot2024/
Ljubljana vse bolj pozablja na podobo mesta, katerega glavna sestavina je kulturna identiteta, ki se odraža tudi v arhitekturi. Pri tem je ključno, da kulturna dediščina, s katero morajo ljudje imeti osebni stik, ostaja živa.
Zeleni atrij mesta je zvočna raziskava zapuščenega prostora sredi mesta, kjer se razrašča zelena krajina. Združuje umetnost in arhitekturo in črpa navdih iz zgodovinske zgradbe, ki so jo po zasnovi Jožeta Plečnika začeli graditi leta 1925. Poigrava se s spomini na preteklost in jih vpleta v sedanji čas. Centralni stadion za Bežigradom je za javnost zaprt že od leta 2008. Namesto da bi prostor namenili javnosti, stadion propada, njegov pomen pa se vse bolj izgublja. Preko zvočnosti in zgodovinjenja želiva tako prebivalcem kot obiskovalcem Ljubljane približati degradirani prostor stadiona, ki ga je razpadajoči čas izkrivil pod različnimi koti. Stadion v svojem tihem propadanju visi v brezčasni praznini in vzbuja ideje o njegovem oživljanju. Odmevi drobcev ruševin, palic, vej in stekla praskajo po teksturi zraka in opominjajo na nekoč aktiven prostor.
Zvočni sprehod bo deloval kot glasbena intervencija, ki bo Plečnikovemu stadionu vdihnila začasen smisel in ga oživila v njegovem resonančnem jedru. Spodbujala bo poglobljeno razmišljanje o ohranjanju kulturne dediščine in v ospredje postavila veččutno zaznavanje prostora, s poudarkom na akustičnih karakteristikah Plečnikovega stadiona in njegovega okolja, ki s svojim resonančnim telesom odigra vlogo instrumenta – stadion ne le kot prostor, temveč kot živa zvočna entiteta.
● Nika van Berkel je leta 2015 zaključila študij arhitekture na Fakulteti za arhitekturo Univerze v Ljubljani. Kmalu zatem se je iz Slovenije preselila na Nizozemsko, kjer ustvarja in biva. Njeno delo raziskuje meje med arhitekturo, krajino, zvokom in umetnostjo.
● Karmen Ponikvar je slovenska zvočna umetnica in raziskovalka elektronske in elektroakustične glasbe. Trenutno študira zvok na Inštitutu za sonologijo v Haagu na Nizozemskem, kjer raziskuje prostorskost zvoka in njegovo teksturo.
Koprodukcija premiere: Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje
🇬🇧 English
soundwalk, 60 min
Wednesday, 25 Sep, 18:00 (premiere and talk)
Friday, 27 Sep, 18:00
Saturday, 28 Sep, 11:00
Plečnik Stadion, Dunajska St
▶︎ APPLY: https://pretix.eu/cona/topot2024/ (soundwalk in Slovene, summary and book available in English)
Ljubljana is increasingly losing touch with its cultural identity, the essential component of which is also the city’s architecture. It is crucial to keep this component alive, fostering a personal connection between people and their history.
Green Atrium of the City is a sonic exploration of an abandoned space in the middle of the city, where a green landscape is growing. A soundwalk combining art and architecture draws inspiration from a historic building designed by Jože Plečnik, begun in 1925, weaving memories of the past into the present. The Central Stadium in Bežigrad has been closed to the public since 2008. Once a public space, it is now falling into disrepair, its significance increasingly waning. Through sonority and historicization, we want to bring the inhabitants and visitors of Ljubljana closer to the degraded space of the stadium, which has been distorted from different angles by the decay of time. In its silent decay, the stadium is suspended in a timeless void, inviting ideas for its revival. Echoes of falling debris, sticks, branches, and glass scratch the texture of the air, reminding us of a once vibrant place.
The soundwalk acts as a musical intervention, breathing temporary meaning into Plečnik Stadium and reviving its resonant core. It prompts deep reflection on the preservation of cultural heritage and foregrounds the more sensory perception of space. The soundwalk focuses on the complex sound structure and acoustic characteristics of Plečnik Stadium and its environment, which, with its resonant body, acts as an instrument – the stadium not only as a space but as a live sonic entity.
● Nika van Berkel graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Ljubljana in 2015. Shortly after, she moved from Slovenia to the Netherlands, where she works and lives. Her work explores the boundaries between architecture, landscape, sound, and art.
● Karmen Ponikvar is a Slovene sound artist and researcher in electronic and electroacoustic music. She is currently studying sound at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, the Netherlands, where she studies sound’s spatiality and texture.
Coproduction of premiere event: Museum of Architecture and Design