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City of Women 6 – 14 Oct, different locations

23rd International Festival of Contemporary Arts - City of Women In October Ljubljana will become the centre of unusual, current and involved happenings with performances, exhibitions, concerts, films, discussions and parties. This year’s festival, with the slogan » nation_nature_norm«, is an opening space to excellent, provocative and socially committed artistic suggestions. The artists will talk about abortion, legally unrecognized and non-normative families, biology and feminism and gender performance tactics. Festival will be reaching out to the audiences that are willing to challenge, broaden and sharpen perspectives on equality, solidarity and diversity. www.cityofwomen.org

CityofWomen Laia Abril: On abortion (Spain) Festival and exhibition opening 6 Oct, 19:00 Kresija Gallery Eszter Salamon (Hungary) - brunch with artist 7 Oct, 11:00 Balassi Institute Iveta Grófová: Little Harbour (Slovakia) - film 7 Oct, 17:00 Kinodvor cinema Eszter Salamon: The Valeska Gert Museum (Hungary) - performance 7 Oct, 20:00 Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova - MSUM Anna Linder: Sperwhore (Sweden) Opening of the film installation 8 Oct, 19:00 Alkatraz Gallery

Families Otherwise - discussion 9 Oct, 17:00 Old Power Station Queer Moves – screening of shorts 9 Oct, 19:00 Alkatraz Gallery Susanna Gartmayer (Austria) and Ana Kravanja (Slovenia) - concert 10 Oct, 19:30 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre Éric Fassin: New Family Models (France) - lecture 11 Oct, 18:00 City Museum of Ljubljana Oona Doherty: Hope Hunt (Ireland) – dance performance 11 Oct, 20:00 Španski borci Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman: 2.Walks (Slovenia) - locational multimedia performance 12 Oct, 17:00 and 18:00 Špica Park

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