Recorded live at NIANSA2k24 festival at Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia on June 2nd 2024. ROR QUARTET were: Boštjan Leskovšek - ROR, Iva Tratnik, Tatiana Kocmur, Borut Savski. This was a group built around sound artist, poet, photographer and friend Boštjan Leskovšek. This was his last public appearance.
Summer Songs, the second project of The Silent Movies duo, is an artistic environment comprising a series of sources of visual, sound and verbal information mutually dependent on each other. It functions as an never-ending concert, in which a video installation composed by a series of recent silent films made by Francisco Tomsich provide rough material, red threads and digital data to a sound ecosystem developed by Borut Savski.
Lately i am acquiring some finger dexterity again. The victims are some relatively newly developed instruments (turboguitars, turboflutes and cirkulinos). Here is a selection of cutouts from various live situations - mostly as parts of Cirkulacija 2 program - from 2020 onwards.
Interdisciplinary impro group from Celje Slovenia with the project name Umoblodnica (Iva Tratnik, Andreja Džakušič, Keiko Miyazaki, Estela Žutić, Simon Macuh, Dalibor Bori Zupančič, Amper-o-mat). A recording of the performance on May 20, 2021 Circulacija 2 | underpass Ajdovščina Ljubljana.
Generative algorithmic composition excerpts based on realtime video data for Francisco Tomsich "ELEGIJA | ELEGY" video installation presented from 10th to 21st July 2020 at Cirkulacija 2 Ljubljana Slovenia. Elegija (Elegy) is a mournful song performed by ensemble of video installations, sculptures and sound installation – made specifically for Cirkulacija 2 premises in Ajdovščina subway.
Field recordings in air and water during the Cirkulacija 2 visit in Finland. The place of rest and contemplation was at Future Lake near Helsinki and the performance place was on Merikerho club/ ship in Helsinki harbor. Boštjan Leskovšek was using the underwater recordings as his instrument. Here it is as separate album.
A recording of Cirkulacija 2 (Stefan Doepner, Boštjan Leskovšek, Borut Savski) performance at Merikerho club Helsinki Finland on 20th October 2018. Visit was part of two-way exchange between Ljubljana and Helsinki (Cirkulacija 2 and Koelse = Association of experimental electronics – Kokeellisen Elektroniikan Seura)
V gosteh v C2 je bil John Duncan, eden temeljnih sodobnih radikalnih umetnikov zadnjih štirideset let. Z Duncanom smo v veliki dvorani Cirkulacije 2 v treh dneh pripravili kvadrofonsko situacijo v kateri smo se zvrstili vsi sodelujoči. Domači sodelujoči: Iva Tratnik, Stefan Doepner, Boštjan Leskovšek in Borut Savski.
In 2010 Bogdana Herman and Borut Savski initiated the "Newly composed folk songs" project which resulted in seven public appearances and a compilation cd. In 2016 we started a new round of Slovene new-folk songs. First results are here ...
Double-bill/ triple action. On the occasion of Mike Hentz's Mental Landscapes lecture at Cirkulacija 2 - a concert occurred: Javier Areal Vélez – Argentinian composer and guitar improviser claiming to be open to any kind of participation visited C2. He was joined by the two local strummers: Leskovšek and Savski.Some participants so-far :
musical terrain vague premiere shows in Cirkulaciji² in Ljubljana: 11., 13., 16., 26. and 27. june 2025 always at 8 PM period: zero/0 tolerance, duration: 47 minutes “I can never get over when you’re on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees […]
Predstavitev Cirkulacije 2 na Niansi je potekala v večih sklopih skozi celoten festival. V petek, 06. 06. 2025 sta v zgodnjih popoldanskih urah nastopila duo Razvrat, takoj za njima sta sledila performansa Igorja Stangliczykega in Marke Batista, v soboto 07. 06. 2025 se je z dronovskim zvočnim performansom predstavil Antez. Sobotni večer je bil obarvan […]
Early on Monday, May 19, 2025, Boštjan Leskovšek passed away – sound artist, performer, poet and photographer – co-founder of the Cirkulacija 2 initiative. For the past two and a half years, his health had been steadily deteriorating due to Alzheimer’s disease. We will pay tribute to his memory on Saturday, May 24, 2025 from […]
Thursday May 8th 2025 at 8 PM Cirkulacija 2 / Radio ether (56th birthday of Radio Študent) Coincidence links (and not just causally unrelated facts). Who dares to walk through this precarious land without a project in their pocket, without plans for an uncertain future, without pre-defined parameters that meet the standards and criteria set […]
2. 4. at 18.00 in Cirkulacija² the annual festival of music and labels Tresk #16 is opening. 18.00 Round table: Digital autonomy of musicians_ and independent labels_, moderated by Luka Prinčič 19.00 Concert: Nina Virant – VIRA 20.00 Tresk #16 visual award announcement NINA VIRANT – vocal, synths, author of project, music and text […]
SPATIAL CONFLUENCES The second edition of the Cirkulacija 2 program presents an audio-visual platform entitled Spatial Confluences. Over two evenings, local and international artists will inhabit the gallery space in the form of a one-hour event, where experimental electronic sound is intertwined with live spatial video mapping. The events bring together various artistic approaches that […]
Come join us on our special benefit event in Cirkulacija 2, where we are fusing art and socializing in support of the independent scene! 🌟 🎶 When? Friday, 21. 3. 2025 at 18.00 📍 Where? Cirkulacija 2, Ljubljana 💥 What? Art and socializing Entry: Voluntary contribution – support the scene and meet the artists! Come […]
On thursday, march 20th at 19h on the initiative of Žiga Pilih, Cirkulacija 2 is hosting the fourth in a series of performances on the theme of the climatic apocalypse. Red alert on space ship Titanic: while passengers of the upper classes are having fun on the deck, a small part of the crew below […]
Bread and roses Within the framework of Women’s Day, together with the 26th International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawn, we present the performance series Bread and Roses, curated by Tatiana Kocmur. From March 7 to 9, 2025, three performances by artists Lučka Centa and Urška Medved, along with artist Hristijan Nashulovski, will take place—where the […]
Cirkulacija 2, Podhod Ajdovščina 2, 1000 Ljubljana https://maps.app.goo.gl/kGtQT1wz2DHJZFTn9 January 16 – February 5, 2025 Opening: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8 p. m. The project is supported by the City of Ljubljana, Department of Culture. Colin Black (AU/SI), sound art Zsuzsanna Szegedi-Varga (HU/US/SI), intermedia art Jaka Železnikar (SI), language art We invite you to the […]
Podzemne mravljivce bomo z veseljem sprejele vaš koščk podpore s katerim bomo lahko lažje cirkulirale naprej. Ker si v prihajajočem letu želimo še več unikatnih trenutkov in cirkulacijskega rajanja opominjamo, da lahko 1% dohodnine donirate nevladnim organizacijam. Namenitev teh sredstev ne predstavlja dodatnih stroškov. Vse, kar rabite je nekaj minut, da izpolnite obrazec, ki ga […]
We invite you to a pre-holiday surprise at the Cirkulacija 2 premises, on Monday, 23. 12. 2024 at 8 pm. We will pre-premiere a unique photo animation with accompanying music, which Marko Košnik realized based on an extensive collection of “walk – laps” photographs. He captured them during a continuous walk through the exhibition openings […]
Comedy of (artificial) intelligence We are inviting you to the first replay of the theatrical-improvisational show In the rhythm of the algorithm, on friday, 20. 12. 2024 at 20.00 in Cirkulacija². Will the machines one day beat us to it and even push us out? With the help of artificial intelligence, will we upgrade ourselves […]
LULLABY FOR CIRKULACIJA III. + Motherless Children in Yerevan date: 13/12/2024 place: Cirkulacija 2, Ajdovščina underpass Ljubljana -> backstage start: > 20:00 / with direct streaming to Yerevan/ Armenia artists: Marko Batista – sound roar Elvin Brandhi – coup de voix Marko Batista: The moles encountered strange box-like formations buried deep beneath the concrete surface. […]
Spoštovani/a, z velikim veseljem vas vabimo na 10. sejem umetnin ART-MUS, ki bo letos ponovno združil ljubitelje umetnosti, ustvarjalce in strokovnjake v edinstvenem prostoru, kjer se umetnost prepleta z navdihom. ART-MUS je skozi desetletje postal osrednje stičišče umetnikov, zbirateljev, galeristov in ljubiteljev umetnosti. Ob letošnjem jubileju smo pripravili raznolik program, ki poudarja pomen umetnosti v […]
Thursday, November 28 at 20:00 | Cirkulacija 2, Podhod Ajdovščina 2, Ljubljana, https://maps.app.goo.gl/kGtQT1wz2DHJZFTn9 How do you know – before you know? Colin Black (AU/SI), sound art Zsuzsanna Szegedi-Varga (HU/US/SI), intermedia arts Jaka Železnikar (SI), e-literature We invite you to an international cross-cultural and multimedia event, where a trio of authors, gathered not in a group, but […]
Monday, 25 November at 7:00 pm at Cirkulacija 2, Ajdovščina underpass, Ljubljana Sanja Nešković Peršin: The Moment Before (2024) artist intervention Duration: 30 min. Free entry Sanja Nešković Peršin in collaboration with film artist Atej Tutta offers us a possible key to contemplate her dancing, as it is submerged into a precisely sculpted audio-visual atmosphere. […]
On Thursday, 14th November 2024 at 19.00, you are invited to Alkatraz Gallery, Metelkova Mesto, to the opening of the video-sound installation After the Party The Silent Movies: Borut Savski and Francisco Tomsich The Alkatraz Gallery is open from Monday to Friday between 12:00 and 18:00 Francisco Tomsich: After Party is an interactive immersive installation […]
Research work in progress: The distance we share Neža Knez in collaboration with Tatiana Kocmur and Tino Dožić Wednesday, 6th November; joint dinner and reading at 6:30 p.m Friday, 8th November; guidance through research materials at 7:00 p.m Cirkulacija 2 opens space for artists to explore and test materials and media, which will be realized […]
Wednesday, 30th October 2024 at 20:00 in Cirkulacija 2, Ajdovščina subway Ljubljana Antez: “No Es” The sound sculptor, architect and percussionist from Grenoble will perform his dextrocentric circulation in Cirkulacija2, which he has been developing for about fifteen years. While circling to the right around the axis or horizontally placed large drum, he pushes a […]
