The traveling exhibition "The Garden of the (In)visible" moves to Koper: on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 11 a.m., at the Auditorium of the University of Primorska Armerija (Titov trg 4, Koper), the opening of the new stage will take place.
The exhibition will feature speakers: dr. Katja Hrobat Virloget (UP), dr. Michaël Mrissa (UP), dr. Roberta Altin (UTS), dr. Giuseppe Grimaldi (UTS), dr. Jure Gombac (ZRC SAZU), Mirna Buic (PiNA), dr. Stefano Lusa (Radio Capodistria – RTV SLO), dr. Dimitrij Mlekuž Vrhovnik (ZVKD, UL), Adriana Torregrossa (Cizerouno associazione culturale).
The exhibition tells the story of invisible passages that leave visible traces. Objects that are part of our lives, our world, our everyday life. The Garden of the (In)Visible displays some of the abandoned objects on the borders with Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, collected by professors and students from the University of Primorska and the University of Trieste, partners of Transform 4 Europe.

Tours: March 23 to May 16, 2024, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (or by reservation: info@upr.si)

CREDITS

Coordination: Roberta Altin, Katja Hrobat Virloget

Concept & scientific team: Roberta Altin, Katja Hrobat Virloget, Alessandro Monsutti, Giuseppe Grimaldi 

Gathering and collection of exhibits: Students of the Border Archive (cultural anthropology course, Dep. Humanities University of Trieste); Students of Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska: Monika Cergolj, Kristina Kovačić, Michał Saczuk; Friends and voluntaries 

Creative Project and exhibition: Federico Barile AltreMenti, Rino Lombardi

Photographs: Angela Tozzi Ins, Katja Hrobat Virloget

Communication:  Communication and External Relations Staff University of Primorska & University of Trieste

Sponsor:

T4E Transform4EuropeAlliance

University of Primorska, UP Faculty of Humanities 

Department of Humanities – University of Trieste

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) projects: J6-50198 Etnography of Silence(s), J6-2578 Urban Futures: Imagining and Activating Possibilities in Unsettled Times