[spectre] Opening: Festival Break 2.4 - Potemkin Village, Ljubljana, November 5-18, 2007

[Stehpanie Benzaquen]

FESTIVAL BREAK 2.4 : POTEMKIN VILLAGE

The association Zavod K6/4 and the team of Break are delighted to  
announce the opening of the ninth edition of the festival, Break 2.4  
that will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 5-18, 2007.

Participants: Fabrizio and Gabriele Ajello, Hamdi Attia, Fouad Asfour  
and Catrin Bolt, BAVO, Rotem Balva, Adina Bar-On, Ioannis  
Belimpasakis, Delphine de Blic, Constantin Bokhorov, Francisca  
Caporali, Charlie Citron, Redas Dirzys, Philippe Dutilleul, EIA, Omer  
Fast, Harrell Fletcher, Robert Franciszty, Ryuzo Fukuhara, Marija  
Gajicki, La Generale, Marina Grzinic, Corrado Guzzanti, Benda Hofmeyr,  
Franck Houndegla, Rafal Jakubowicz,  Jasa H. Jenaul, Enrique Jezik,  
Jiri Jilek, Tadeusz Kantor, Oleg Kireev, Stas Kleindienst, Dejan  
Kljun, Takuji Kogo, Neven Korda, Marko Kovacic, Michael Laird and  
Carina Gossele, Sebastjan Leban, Federico Leon and Marcos Martinez,  
Ligna, Zhenchen Liu, Christina McPhee, Francois A. Micheux, Milica  
Milicevic and Milan Bosnic, Monochrom, Amir Muhammad, Not an  
Alternative, OPA, Jesus Palomino, Don Parker, Helma Pollock, Arjan  
Pregl, Mirjana Preis, Pulska grupa, Jochen Roller, Sala-manca, Igor  
Skofic, Sonja Soldo, Alexandru Solomon, Joze Spacal, Martina Stirn,  
Tjebbe van Tijen, Irena Tomazin, Eugeny Umansky, Emina Visnic, George  
Weiss, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Martin Zet

Organizer: Zavod K6/4
Kersnikova 6, Ljubljana 1000
For more information: http://www.break-festival.org
Phone: +386 1 438 0297
Festival manager: Mateja Juric
Artistic director: Stephanie Benzaquen
Curators: Spela Zidar, Miha Colner
PR: Nina Leban

Exhibition: November 5 ? 18, 2007
Venues: Potemkin Palace; Kiberpipa; Contemporary Art Gallery Alkatraz;  
City Museum of Ljubljana
Opening reception, Potemkin Palace, Bohoriceva Street 5, November 5, at 8 pm

Site specific installations: Ajdovscina Square, Slovenska Avenue 5,  
Tivoli Park, Union Brewery, Main Train Station of Ljubljana, Congress  
Square.

Performances:
Sala-manca, Tribute to an Anonymous Poet (City Museum of Ljubljana,  
November 6, 7 pm); Mirjana Preis, Marathon (Plesni Teater Ljubljana,  
November 7, 8 pm); Oleg Kireev, N?jing, (Klub K4, November 7, 11:00  
pm); Tjebbe van Tijen (Potemkin Palace, November 8, 6:30 pm); Irena  
Tomazin, Af ter the Po tem kin vil la ge is go ne (Train Station of  
Ljubljana, November 8, 8 pm); Martin Zet, The need for miracles,  
attempt number 1 (Metropol, November 10, 9:30 pm); Ryuzo Fukuhara and  
Martina Stirn (City Museum of Ljubljana, November 13, 6pm); Jochen  
Roller, No money no love (Plesni Teater Ljubljana, November 14, 9 pm);  
Adina Bar-On, Lo (Rog, November 16, 4 pm); Neven Korda and Aksioma  
Association, Side Branch 2: The Lost City (Potemkin Palace, November  
17, 9 pm).

Screenings:
Alexandru Solomon, The great communist bank robbery (November 12, 9  
pm); Amir Muhammad, The year of living vicariously (November 13, 9  
pm); Corrado Guzzanti and Igor Skofic, Fascisti su Marte (November 15,  
9 pm); Federico Leon and Marcos Martinez, Estrellas (November 16, 9 pm).

Symposium:
Guerrilla Gigs (ongoing 5-18 November); My life in art (November 10,  
12 am - 7 pm: Soviet Kitchen? Info Shop Metelkova; Hey look at me, I?m  
in a demonstration, Congress Square of Ljubljana; I?m writing an  
application, JSKD Teater); Where are the masses for art? (Metropol,  
November 6, 13, and 17, 2 pm).

Workshop:
The double role of mass media (Department of Communication, Faculty of  
Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, November 14, 4-8 pm)

The festival Break 2.4 has received the generous support of:
Ministry of Culture of Slovenia; City Government of Ljubljana; SOU  
(Student Organization of the University of Ljubljana); Institut  
Francais Charles Nodier ; Italian Institute for Culture; Goethe  
Institute; British Council; Lithuanian Institute; Mondriaan  
Foundation; Prins Claus Foundation; Embassy of Spain; Embassy of  
Mexico; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; CONACULTA National  
Council of Culture of Mexico; Royal Embassy of the Netherlands;  
Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia; Embassy of South Africa; Embassy  
of Israel in Austria; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of  
Israel; Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Embassy of Malaysia; Embassy  
of Russia; Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic; Ministry of  
Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Pivovarna Union d.d;  
Ljubljanske mlekarne d.d.; Lesnina engineering d.d