Welcome to the website for the
Slovenian Australian Institute.
This site was launched in April 2002
in Sydney Australia and very much
reflects the aims and objectives
of the Institute. It is a visual record
for all its activities, projects
and associations and is also
a bilingual site.
Visit 'About Us' to find out more
about why the Institute exists, who
we are and by visiting 'Upcoming Events and 'Events Archive',
see what
the Institute has already achieved
in both Australia and Slovenia.
Feedback
on this site is welcome.
Send an email to:
info@sloaus-inst.com
or if there are interesting projects,
exhibitions, points of interest that
may be included or linked to
this site.
Interested in
learning Slovenian?
Visiting Slovenia
for a holiday?
Want to know what is at the
Slovenian
National Gallery
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CURRENT EVENTS
MARCH
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/ MAY
2002
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OPENING THURSDAY 24 MAY 2002
'SHOOT
AT
THE ARTIST'
TOURING TO ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Posters documenting the part youth
movements played during the formation
of the Republic of Slovenia.
Venue
NEXUS GALLERY
Lion Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett Street
& North Terrace, Adelaide 5000.
(08) 8212-4276 Fax 8212-3276.
Email: nexus@nexus.asn.au
Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00
Sat-Sun 2.00 to 5.00
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Representative
from Slovenia arriving in Australia
Marina Grzinic
Installation of the 'Salon de Fleurus', Curated by
Marina Grzinic
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Art Gallery of
New South Wales
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Venue for
'Salon de Fleurus'
Art Gallery Road
The Domain NSW 2000
10 - 5 pm
tel: 61 2 9225 1790
Exhibition Dates
15 May to 14 July 2002
Special Event
Saturday
18 May, 2002
11-12pm
&
Museum of Sydney
Cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets, Sydney
NSW 2000, Australia
Tel: 02 9251 5988
Thursday 16 May 2002
1-4pm
Marina
Grzinic will be one of the guest speakers
during a series of lectures that examine the interaction
of artists and curators in contemporary museum and gallery
spaces.
Bookings
essential. Contact Museums & Galleries Foundation
on 02 9358 1760
or mgfnsw@ozemail.com.au.
More
information on this venue
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Since
1973, The Biennale of Sydney has showcased new
international artwork shown along side cutting edge
Australian art at major art venues throughout Sydney
NSW.
The
themes for the Biennale of Sydney 2002 are imagination
and invention. (The World May Be) Fantastic delves
into the way artists explore narratives, fictions, models
and fabrications to challenge and questions our interpretations
of the world.
About
Marina Grzinic...
Marina
GRZINIC received her Ph.D in Philosophy on the topic
of Philosophical Aspects of Virtual Reality and Changed
Time and Space Paradigms in the 1990's at the University
of Ljubljana. She works as a Researcher at the Institute
of Philosophy at The Scientific and Research Center
of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Art.
For further biographical information:
www.c3.hu/scca/butterfly/Grzinic/cv.html
Visit:
More
about 'Salon de Fleurus'
Photo
reproduced from the following website:
www.galerija.skuc-drustvo.si/fikcija.html
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Lounge
Around in Slovenia |
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AUSTRALIAN
COMPANY TO OPEN IN SLOVENIA, 19 JULY 2002
If you have experience in retailing and also speak Slovenian,
Harvey Norman may have the ideal - if slightly unusual
- opening for you. The Aussie retailer needs salespeople on
the floor by the time its first store in Ljubljana, the capital
of Slovenia, opens on July 19. While most of the 100 people
employed in the store will be hired locally, the retailer wants
people who have developed sales techniques in Australia. 'We
would like to use the selling techniques people use in Australia…
and people who have an understanding of the Harvey Norman system,'
says the group's Finance Director, John Skippen.
He says it is vital that it has Slovene speakers with Aussie
know-how in sales, warehouse management and administration to
impart their knowledge to the local workforce.
The Ljubljana store will have a similar product range to Harvey
Norman stores across Australia. Training will be given before
departure for Slovenia.
Applications should be forwarded to Tina Clarisse, Locked Bag
2, Silverwater DC, NSW, 1811 or jobs@harveynorman.com.au
Original text printed in Sydney Morning Herald, 'My Career',
Feb 23-23, 2002
Visit: Interview
with John Skippen April 02
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'SHOOT
AT
THE ARTIST'
Posters documenting the part youth
movements played during the formation
of the Republic of Slovenia.
Venue
Lake Macquarie City Gallery
1A First Street Booragul NSW 2284
7 March to 21 April 2002
View
images from the opening
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Lujo Vodopivec
Parcours, 1999
installation (detail only) |
'FRANCOPHONE
FESTIVAL'
Art exhibition by artists from
Francophone countries (Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, France, Lebanon, Mauritius, Poland, Slovenia
and Switzerland)
Artists represented from Slovenia
Lujo
Vodopivec, Eva Heimer
Venue
Customs House, Circular Quay
Level 2
10am to 5pm from 16 to 23 March 2002
For more information about the festival
visit
www.france.net.au/consulat
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ROUND
TABLE DISCUSSION
Collaboration with 2nd and 3rd Generation Australian Slovenians
'Lost Generation Found'
Later this year, the Institute will convene a Roundtable
Discussion to analyse the social and cultural requirements
for 2nd and 3rd generation Australian Slovenians? How can
the Institute foster these needs? Leading Academics will be
invited to attend this event. Further details will be announced
shortly.
This event will be video and audio documented for SBS Radio
and National Radio, ABC. Copies will be sent to Slovenia media
for further distribution. Full transcripts of the proceedings
will be published on this website.
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Farewell
to Helena Drnovsek Zorko
Charge d'Affaires
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
Canberra ACT Australia
1998 - 2002
The Slovenian Australian Institute
would like to thank Helena for her
tireless efforts over the past five years and
her initiative and enthusiasm for the establishment of the Slovenian
Australian
Institute. This site contains a number
of cultural projects that were the initiatives of Helena D.Zorko.
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