Another amazing day of conversations and exchanges as we headed out of Trieste and across the border into Austria to meet Nora Leitgeb, curator of art space Kunstraum Lakeside in Klagenfurt. Over lunch I chatted to Alex Samyi about language and the idea of language frames and then we went to the city gallery to meet Hannes Zebedin who had a show opening that evening.
Later that afternoon we met Gerhard Maurer who has been leading a contemporary art project in his local area of town.
Back in the car and across the border again (thanks to our wonderful driver, curator Frederica Purgatori) and into Slovenia (via some spectacular Alpine scenery) and so to Celje to meet Matija Plevnik, Andrea, Maja, Simon and others. By this time it was 10pm and definitely time for refreshments. We stayed the night in Celje courtesy of Matija and next day back to Trieste via train and tram after a morning’s cultural endeavours.
It is becoming clear that we have been treated to so many new and interesting experiences that it will take some time for the dust to settle and for us to get any sort of perspective on everything that we have learned. This blog is a record of our travels but so much more will have to be written in due course.
For now it is to bed before we head off to Mostar in the morning but we cannot close this chapter without recording huge thanks to Elisa Vladilo for arranging everything and to all the wonderful new friends we have met already.
