Due to the closure of the castle, the exhibition Milestones of Theatre Play at Turjak Castle is open until September 1, 2024.
A fundamental characteristic of acting (and theatre art itself) is ephemerality, which is why theatre play is usually described as an elusive artistic expression that lives in the moment of performance. It is impossible to preserve it in the entirety of its realization.
Exhibition of the Slovenian Theatre Institute - Theater Museum Milestones of theater play was born from the desire to get closer to the art of acting and does not imagine that it will firmly grasp the incommensurable, nor that it will be between milestones covered all the various past acting performances. It wants to offer the experience of feeling a theatrical play. Therefore, the approach taken by the exhibition is only one of the possible ones.
An extremely wide field of theater plays is offered in Slovenia different angles of consideration:
• chronological as a short historical overview of individual historical chapters and some prominent acting expressions;
• comparative, where stylistic differences are shown on the basis of different stage portrayals, namely the two central characters of Ivan Cankar as a playwright who has a special significance for Slovenian theatre;
• searching with the presentation of selected examples of a different approach to play and theatrical creation;
• pedagogical, which, through the reflections of today's professors at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (UL AGRFT), addresses the issues of the formation of new generations of actors, acting methods and techniques.
Visitors are invited to discover the theater play by entering the typically a theater space – to the hall. However, the exhibition also wants to attract attention outside of it: z considerations, memories and anecdotes, which in their own way contribute to the preservation of the theatrical play.
The exhibition it is methodologically derived from selected photographic, audio and audio-visual recordings. The fundamental guide in the preparation of the exhibition content was based on the material kept by the collections of the Slovenian Theater Institute - Theater Museum. Along with the collaboration with UL AGRFT and with Slovenian theater houses and producers, the collaboration with Tone Stojko, who keeps a rich archive of videos of performances, also represents an important contribution to the exhibition.
Contents on recorded exhibition chapters introducing actress Sara Dirnbek and Blaž Chief.
Visitors can access the contents via tablets, while providing a historical flyover projection in the central part of the exhibition space – on the "stage" of the theater hall.
She is the author of the exhibition Ana Perne, theatrologist and curator from the Slovenian Theater Institute - Theater Museum.
Photo: David Verlič
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
Public guided tours of the exhibition were
on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at 6 p.m
on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 11 a.m
on Friday, October 27, 2023, at 5 p.m
on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 5 p.m
The exhibition is led by the author Ana Perne, theatrologist and curator from the Slovenian Theater Institute - Theater Museum.
Pedagogical program
Theater play in Slovenia, exploratory tour of the exhibition, 120 minutes, suitable for high school groups
In three thematic groups, on a guided tour, groups can discover the historical development of theatrical play in Slovenia, get to know important actors from past and present times, and explore stylistic differences in the embodiment of dramatic characters (in the example of Jerman and Helena from Cankar's plays Servants and For the good of the nation). They can see the best moments of the theater play, listen to the memories and anecdotes of the actors, and think about the transience of the play and the inseparability of playing and watching. The final discussion of the research tour is intended to summarize the impressions, perceptions and feelings of the theater play. The exhibition, with its rich photographic, audio and audio-visual material, invites individual exploration after the guided tour.
He is the head of the pedagogical program Sandra Jenko, museum consultant from the Slovenian Theater Institute - Theater Museum.
The exhibition was opened on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. (photo: David Verlič)
TURJAK CASTLE
Address:
Opening hours:
at Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m (guided tours by prior arrangement).
Ticket price for Turjak Castle: 10 EUR.
FROM THE MEDIA
The new permanent exhibition SLOGI is opening its doors at Turjaška Castle, SiGledal, 22 September 2023
Styles from now on with a permanent exhibition at Turjak Castle, STA/SiGledal, 28 September 2023
contribution in the show Cultural panorama, 3rd program of Radio Slovenia - Ars program, 30 September 2023
Milestones of theater play - exhibition of the Slovenian Theater Institute, Culture, 1st program of TV Slovenia, 1 November 2023
Theater exhibition in Turjak, Diary, 28 September 2023
Exhibition Milestones of Theater Play, The stage, 3rd program of Radio Slovenia - Ars program, 2 October 2024
Transience of acting in the theater, Nedeljski dnevnik, 3/1/2024
COLOPHON OF THE EXHIBITION
Author and curator of the exhibition: Ana Perne
Professional colleagues: Simona Ješelnik (UL AGRFT), Primož Jesenko and Tea Rogelj
Producer of the exhibition: Ksenija Kaučič
Cooperation in the development of the exhibition concept and exhibition design: Sanja Jurac Avci and a colleague Tomaž Budkovič, graphic design: Dolores Gerbec (all TRANS)
Co-creator of the game pieces and guide through the exhibition: Sara Dirnbek and Blaž Chief
Film crew leader and director of photography: Kajzer Nagoda's deadline
Videographer: Nuvak fight
Camera assistant and lighting designer: Domain of Lušin, Mother of Menegalia
Recorder and sound designer: Igor Iskra
Fitter: Saša Škulj
Collaborator in the preparation of archive videos: Tone Stojko
Collaborators in the preparation of photographic material: Dana Kodermac, Andrej Ovsec, Nina Sturm
Technical implementation of the exhibition: Delo osvobaja d.o.o, production and installation of curtains: Ines Martinjak, production and installation of exhibition boards: Explicit doo, electrical installations: ELPRA doo
Multimedia Programming: Jasmin Talundzic (Propaganda doo)
Lighting design: Igor Remeta
Linguistic review of printed texts in Slovenian: Andraž Polončič Ruparčič
English translations: Nataša Jelić, Primož Jesenko
Language review of printed texts in English: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
Subtitling: Janina Kos
Authors of photographs and sound, film and audiovisual recordings: Igor Antič, Tina Arko, Atelier Mosinger, Atelier V. Lobenwein, Božo Berk, Viktor Berk, August Berthold, Great Bešter, Urška Boljkovac, Angelo Božac, France Cerar, Patricia A. Cvetkovic, Barbara Čeferin, Mihael Čepeljnik, Igor Delorenzo Omahen, Leon Dolinšek, Photo studio Pavšič Zavadlav, Jože Gale, Lado Yakša, Mirko Japelj, Leon Jere, Haidy Chancellor, Egon Kaše, Toni Korošec, Alfred Kos, Sava Kosmač, Filip Kumbatovič Kalan, Sonja Lebedenec, Tomaž Lunder, Mario Magajna, Mirko Mahnič, Mahovič is ringing, Marcandrea, Domain Martinčič, Janez Meglič, Dragiša Modrinjak, Giovanni Montenero, Dušan Moravec, Julius Müller, Dušan Nelec, Andrej Ovsec, Marjan Pal, Josip Pogačnik, Boštjan Pucelj, Marjan Ravnikar, Josef Saller & Alfons Knesevič, Vlastja Simončič, A. Smolej, Milan Stante, Branko Starič, Željko Stevanić, Tone Stojko, Simon Stojko Falk, Jendo Štovicek, Damjan Švarc, Janko Traven, Peter Uhan, Uroš Vagaja, David Verlič, Franjo Veselka, Ivan Vinovrški.
Performers in the recordings made during the preparation of the exhibition: Barbara Cerar, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Tomaž Gubenšek, Sebastian Horvat, Tomi Janežič, Branko Jordan, Jernej Lorenci, Boris Stay, Branko Šturbej, Matjaž Zupančič.
In excerpts of archival recordings from the SLOGI collection, the following appear: Ivo Barišič, Danilo Benedičič, Boris Cavazza, Štefka Drolc, Janez Hočevar, Milada Kalezić, Anica Kumer, Nataša Matjašec Rošker, Ivanka Mežan, Vlado Novak, Jette Ostan Vejrup, Saša Pavček, Radko Polič, Jurij Soucek, Katarina Stegnar, Marinka Štern, Peter Ternovšek, Iva Zupančič, Milena Zupančič and conversation moderators Primož Jesenko, Jedrt Jež Furlan, Ana Perne, Stefan Vevar.
In addition to photography and audio and audiovisual recordings, the exhibition also includes other materials from the SLOGI collections.
Music: https://glasbenabanka.si and Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com; music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all; Creative Commons CC BY 3.; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
Pedagogical programs: Sandra Jenko
Design of brochures and promotional materials: Nina Sturm and Dana Kodermac
Project holder: Slovenian Theater Institute, for Gašper Troha, in cooperation with the manager of the castle Turjak Delo osvobaja doo, for Jože Zalar.
The exhibition was made possible with the financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
The sponsor is the Municipality of Velika Lašče.
The realization of the exhibition contents was supported spatially and technically by the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana (UL AGRFT) and SNG Drama Ljubljana.
Acknowledgments: Matjaž Berger, Rok Bozovičar, Paul-Henri de Cathelineau, Miha Golob, Helena Grahek, Miha Grum, Tomaž Gubenšek, Barbara Hieng Samobor, Bojan Himmelreich, Barbara Hribar, Bojan Jablanovec, Andrej Jaklič, Mojca Jan Zoran, Marko Japelj, Miha Jaramaz, Alen Jelen, Slaviša Jović, Vesna Jurca Tadel, Danica Kaše, Petra Kavčič, Alenka Klabus Vesel, Nerina T. Kocjančič, Ingrid Kovač Brus, Alenka Kovačič, Mojca Kranjc, Mojca Kreft, Ana Kržišnik Blažica, Aleksander Lavrenčič, Tina Malenšek, Tina Malič, Kristina and Tomi Meglenov, Tibor Mihelič Syed, Maja Modrinjak, Marko Naberšnik, Rossana Paliaga, Marjan Platovšek, Niko Poštrak, Sandra Požun, Inga Remeta, Tatjana Rezec Stibilj, Mitja Sočič, Peter Srpčič, Erika Šalamun Vagaja, Matic Štamcar, Manja Valdhuber, Urša Valič, Peter Vendramin, Štefan Vevar, Marija Vinovrški, Nataša Zavolovšek, Damir Zlatar Frey, Špela Zorn, Dunja Zupančič, Dragan Živadinov, Robert Waltl, Ivana V. Williams... and others who helped create the exhibition.
