Mediterranea 20: Biennial of Young Artists – full day programme Sunday, 1 June

We warmly welcome you to Mediterranea 20 - the Biennale of Young Artists, which will bring together more than 94 young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean.

Programme:

9:00 - 10:00
A collective breathing practice for starting our day!
Marica Mastromarino, A Collective Breath, A Collective Voice, performative practice
This meditative practice guides participants in listening to their body, breath, and surroundings. Through breathwork and vocalisation, the collective voice transcends boundaries, exploring the connection between inner and outer spaces.
You are warmly invited to participate in the performance.
EPIC center
Trg Evrope/Piazza della Transalpina, Nova Gorica
Kolodvorska pot 10, 5000 Nova Gorica

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10:00 – 22:00
Thanasis Kritsakis, Exercising Democracy, theatre performance/politics
In Exercising Democracy, the audience is invited to speak freely at a microphone while the performer, Thanasis Kritsakis, remains in silence for 12 hours. This performance explores a new way of listening, politics of representation, singularities and democracy, prioritising the voices of others.
You are warmly invited to participate in the performance.
Xcenter, Nova Gorica
Delpinova ulica 20, 5000 Nova Gorica

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11:00 – 13:00 
Presentation and Interactive workshop Art Without Borders
LEAP at Mediterranea 20 invites artists to challenge borders, share their vision, and join upcoming calls for collective exhibitions. 
With the participation of the curators of the Biennale, Tia Čiček and Misal Adnan Yıldız. Workshop led by Betiel Anghesom and Neusa Tsimba.
Xcenter, Nova Gorica
Delpinova ulica 20, 5000 Nova Gorica

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14:15 - 14:30
Carmela De Falco, As Far As It Can Reach, participative performance
As Far As It Can Reach is a participatory performance exploring collective memory and borders. Inhabitants of Gorizia and Nova Gorica use mirrors to reflect sunlight across Transalpina Square, creating a fragile horizon line that symbolises movement and connection beyond boundaries.
You are warmly invited to participate in this performance.
EPIC center
Trg Evrope/Piazza della Transalpina, Nova Gorica
Kolodvorska pot 10, 5000 Nova Gorica

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14:30 - 15:00
Alessandro Gambato, Love Me Radically, 2023, music performance, self-built prepared multichannel sound system, drums, metal containers, rattles and other small metal objects
Love Me Radically is an autobiographical solo performance exploring emotions, connections, addictions and the quest for attachment. This is an improvisational solo performance for a DIY – prepared multichannel sound system. The artist reflects on seeking validation in others to fill inner gaps, craving a radical, unfulfilling love.
Train station, Trg Evrope/Piazza della Transalpina, Nova Gorica
Kolodvorska pot 6, 5000 Nova Gorica

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15:00
Eivor Slågedal, SPIRAL 02 (Hay Spiral for the Cows), open space experience
SPIRAL 02 (Hay Spiral for the Cows) is a site-specific installation made for a herd of cows on a Norwegian mountain farm, created as a farewell ritual. The work is part of a series of temporary spiral installations made from found objects, interspersed across different sites, exploring the connection between places and their inhabitants.
Gathering at the Kostanjevica tunnel, Nova Gorica

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17:00 
Mediterranea 20 in Gorizia
Introduction to Biennale location by the Biennale curators, Tia Čiček and Misal Adnan Yıldız
Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
Via Italico Brass, 20, 34170 Gorizia

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17:20 – 22:00

Mediterranea 20 - live art

Kulturni dom Gorica

• Ioli Kaskani, falling for (you), performance
  "falling for (you)" is a performance based on the physicality of art experience where the artist explores surrender and vulnerability through the act of falling. The piece invites the audience to connect with the performer's journey of embracing uncertainty and loss of control.
  Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
• Irini Kalaitzidi, Occupied with Traffic, performance
  "Occupied with Traffic" is a performance that uses cycling as a lens to explore identity, labels, and human perception. Set on a border landscape, it invites passersby to observe and categorise the act of biking, questioning whether movement can hold a fixed meaning or is shaped by context.
  Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
• Chiara Consiglio, Laboratorio di movimento / Plasmare – Movement Lab For Everyone - participative body lab
  This movement workshop invites all bodies to explore movement, space, and connection. In a hyper-technological age, it creates a collective space for fluid, free movement, guided by curiosity and breath.
  You are warmly invited to participate in the performance. Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
• Leon Marič, Küšni me, dance performance
  "Küšni me" is a personal story of self – acceptance and transformation, exploring the author's journey of coming out as queer. It's a manifesto for those who were lost in the chaos of love, seeking acceptance and love.
  Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
• Pablo Bass de Fina, Not Quite Good Enough, contemporary dance
  This dance piece combines choreography and improvisation to portray a character driven by dissatisfaction and self-doubt. Born from a personal text, it explores the struggle to meet expectations and the elusive search for identity.
  Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia
• Natalia di Cosmo, LEGX88, performance
  This performance explores the intersections between performing and visual arts. It deconstructs beauty standards imposed by beauty pages and media, analyzing how they have shaped the female body. Through a queer-feminist lens, the artist shifts the gaze from the face to the lower limbs, investigating postures and movements as places of resistance and reappropriation. Choreography thus becomes a political act, capable of creating new imaginaries and rewriting Other bodies.
  Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia

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22:00
Helio Music, No sé hacerlo mejor; Live (I can’t do better), concert
Helio's performance is a live reflection of his latest EP, "Tiene que salirme bien," a journey of self-discovery, vulnerability, and acceptance. He invites the audience to connect with the raw emotions behind his music, sharing a space where vulnerability meets strength.
Kulturni dom Gorica / Gorizia’s Cultural Centre, Gorizia

OFF-site

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20:00 – 24:00
Circolo Arci Gong 
Via delle Monache, 10/a, Gorizia