FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
SCCA, Centre for Contemporary Arts-Ljubljana
National Network
Slovenia
Address
Metelkova 6 1000 1000 Ljubljana SloveniaCountry
SloveniaCity
1000 LjubljanaStreet address 2
Metelkova 6Telephone
00 386 1 431 83 85E-Mail (2)
production.manager@scca-ljubljana.siWebsite
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2000Contact Person1
Dušan DovčJob Title 1
production managerContact Person 2
Simona ŽvanutJob Title 2
head of World of Art SchoolOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
1. SCCA-Ljubljana is a non-government and non-profit organisation. Personnel: 8 persons 2. ca. 110.000 EUR/year 3. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia; Municipality of Ljubljana; European Commission; Public Relations and Media Office; Employment Service of Slovenia, embassies, sponsors etc. 4. SCCA is dedicated to production, research, education and information and consultancy programmes in the field of arts and culture. 5. SCCA is a member of: IKT (International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art), Luxemburg; Slovene network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandria; GAMA (Gateway to Archives of Media Art), Bremen; On-AiR (European tool for artists), Amsterdam, InSEEcp (Informal SEE Network of Cultural Portals); On-the-Move (cultural information network), Brussels; Cultural Quarter Tabor (the association of organisations from the neighbourhood Tabor in Ljubljana); Asociacija (Association of Independent Artists and Organisations in the Field of Culture in Slovenia), Ljubljana.Mission and Objectives
Established in 2000, SCCA-Ljubljana, Centre for Contemporary Arts (a successor to the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana, 1993–1999) is a generator of innovative programmes and services that facilitate artistic and interpretative practices. Its diverse activities address artists, curators, theorists, and critics in the fields of visual and new media arts. They trigger artistic, discursive and social practices and are rooted in the interdisciplinary approach and intense international cooperation. SCCA-Ljubljana divides its programme into four complementary areas: projects, video/archive, school and services.Main Projects / Activities
(A) PROJECTS - Studio 6 and No Nails, No Pedestals: exhibitions, discursive projects, installations, performances, video, interdisciplinary projects - PlatformaSCCA: the publication dedicated to the contemporary art theory and intriguing topics - Žepna Pocket Edition (in cooperation with Založba /*cf. publishing house) - Exhibitions and Researches (B) VIDEO / ARCHIVE DIVA Station (www.e-arhiv.org/diva) is a physical and web archive of video art which is being developed with the intent to research, document, present and archive video/media art. - Archiving Practices: research, study exhibitions and educational seminars that thematize the importance of AV archives, their creation, integration and accessibility - Videodokument: the documentation, archival and research project on video art in Slovenia (1969-1998) - Videospotting: a series of video programs of relevant Slovene production and its presentation abroad - Artservis’ Collection is a thematic project on production conditions in culture - Internet Portfolio: presentations of the selected artists on the Internet (C) SCHOOL - World of Art (www.worldofart.org): School for Curators and Critics of Contemporary art - Library: books, periodicals and catalogues from the field of contemporary arts and new media. (D) SERVICE: - Artservis: online information resource (opportunities for funding, co-operation, education) - Evrokultura: online information resource for Slovene cultural operators (EU programs) - Arts Link: international exchange programme