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Video narrative: Concentration camp Rab

by sasa on Sep 6, 2020 • No Comments

Video narrative about a concentration camp for civilians on the Croatian island Rab is APIS institute latest contribution to the remembrance of victims of internment in Italian Facist camps during WW2. It is available through QR codes at the memorial complex. Visitors can easily access it in five languages using their mobile phone and...

January Schedule of Multimedia Interactive Show “All that I Am”

by romana on Jan 4, 2020 • No Comments

After the December 19 premier show, you are kindly invited to join us in the month of January, between January 11-19th in the repetitions of the multimedia interactive performance All that I Am in the MULTIVIZIJA House at Rakova jelša (Ljubljana), which will be further enriched by guided tours of...

Collaboration / Documentary / Journalism / Multimedia / Photo

Unique Trubarjeva, visit: www.trubarjeva.si

by romana on Jan 3, 2020 • No Comments

A team of creatives composed of writer Jeff Bickert, architect Blaž Budja, documentary photographer Mance Juvan and graphic designer Sava Kosmač, just completed the Samosvoja Trubarjeva (Unique Trubarjeva) project in December 2019. The authors are intertwining various artistic practices: photography, typography, graphic design, architecture, and artistic text to document the life of...

Memory / Multimedia

Rijeka 2020 Awakened

by sasa on Oct 7, 2019 • No Comments

The photo-documentary exhibition Last Witnesses, remembering Italian fascist concentration camps for civilians, hosting as part of Rijeka 2020 program has achieved its purpose: raising awareness of the existence of Mussolini fascist camps. Addressing the audience are the few living witnesses of the internment from Slovenia. An Intimate Photo-Documentary Exhibition The Last Witnesses,...

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Rijeka 2020 guest appearance

by sasa on Sep 13, 2019 • No Comments

Hosted as part of the Rijeka 2020, European Capital of Culture, programm, the photographic-documentary exhibition Last Witnesses contributes to the preservation of the historical memory of internment in Italian fascist camps for the sixth consecutive year. The guests at the opening will be last living witnesses of the internment in years 1942 and 1943. The Croatian exhibition...

Multimedia / Photo / Vulnerable groups

Photography exhibition All that I am

by romana on May 28, 2019 • No Comments

Author: Jelena Radusević Empowering and representation of vulnerable groups through the artistic experience Invitation to the opening of exhibition and a discussion Opening of exhibition Atrium of the ZRC Research Centre, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana 30 May 2019 at 5pm Exhibiting: Camilo Acosta Mendoza, Aber Al Gendy, Tina Cerk, Naiem Ibrahim, Kevin Koman...

Education / Multimedia / Vulnerable groups

Multivizija: Multimedia, Theatre and Dance Training for Vulnerable Groups

by romana on Dec 14, 2018 • No Comments

Multivizija is a training that combines different art expressions: photography, video, audio, dance and theatre. 50 participants who have experienced being different – because of a different culture, an experience of migration or sensory or physical disability – will be engaged in this creative process of workshops. Workshops will be led...

Education / Journalism / Multimedia / Photo / Social act / Video / Youth

Media Literacy in Action

by romana on Dec 5, 2018 • No Comments

The participants of international youth exchange Embrace the Reality with Media Literacy, lead by APIS Institute in November in Slovenia, have confirmed that such programs serve as a remarkable experiential space to learn. Along this line, young people presented newly acquired knowledge of media literacy at the closing event in...

Education / Migration / Multimedia

Multimedia Educational Toolkit on Migration and Refugeeism

by romana on Oct 28, 2018 • No Comments

With the support of the Government Communication Office, teachers of primary and secondary schools and high schools received multimedia educational material on migration and refugees. The toolkit was designed and produced by the non-governmental organization APIS Institute in cooperation with Slovenska Filantropija and ISIM ZRC SAZU experts. This is the...

Collaboration / Documentary / Multimedia / Photo

Announcing the 2017 Photo Marathon Jury Awards

by romana on Dec 12, 2017 • Comments Closed

On October 14, 2017, 161 participants across five cities took to the streets to document 12 themes in 12 hours. Through a collaboration including on the ground organizers representing community associations in each city, we gathered 1858 photos capturing one day across the Mediterranean region. Participants were challenged to photograph...

Documentary / Migration / Video

Facing the Road on Festival of Migrant Film

by romana on Jun 14, 2017 • Comments Closed

Fighting for what one believes in requires difficult choices. It can also take unimaginable courage to face life-changing consequences. Hakim Asnabla from Marocco grew up believing in freedom, democracy and equality. Because of these beliefs he joined a student movement struggling for free education. Because of his involvement he was...

Migration / Multimedia / Social act / Youth

Youth Reflecting “European Dream” Youth Exchange

by romana on Jun 14, 2017 • Comments Closed

Participants from Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, Netherlands and Northern Ireland met in May in Slovenia. One week long event took them on a journey to contemplate on meaning of EU on their lives, they deepened their level of understanding of national and European identities and reflected the consequences of EU crises...

Collaboration / Education / Multimedia / Youth

Facing the Street – Digital Storytelling in Youth Work with Vulnerable Groups

by romana on Feb 25, 2017 • Comments Closed

From the 21. to the 29. of July, APIS Institute organized a training course “Facing the street – Digital stories in youth work with vulnerable groups” taking place in Ljubljana. The training course for youth workers was realized in the frame of Erasmus + Youth in Action programme. APIS designed...

Multimedia / Photo / Social act / Uncategorized / Video / Youth

Ljubljana, my City: Participatory Photography and Video Workshops for Youth

by romana on Feb 3, 2017 • Comments Closed

Between September and November 2916, APIS Institute implemented participatory photography and video workshops for 12 to 14-year- olds. Workshop participants explored photography and video as a means to express their views about Ljubljana. What do children’s perspectives tell us about the city and the community we live in? What do...

Collaboration / Photo / Social act

Announcing the 2016 Photo Marathon Jury Awards

by romana on Feb 3, 2017 • Comments Closed

On October 22, 2016, 271 participants across seven cities took to the streets to document 12 themes in 12 hours. APIS in 2016 joined the Photo Marathon in Ljubljana for the first time. We joined other on the ground organizers from Beirut, Algiers, Palermo, Napoli, Marseille, representing community associations in...

Collaboration / Migration / Multimedia / Youth

Music on the Move Video & Evaluations

by Natasa on Nov 4, 2016 • Comments Closed

At the end of September 2016 we concluded the “Music on the Move” project. Through musical creation we connected thirty-eight participants and six organizations: ADIS (Romania), AIM-Agenzia Intercultura e mobilità (Italy), Zavod APIS (Slovenia), The Inside Out Programme (UK), United Societies of Balkans (Greece), Urbana mladež (Croatia). This examination of cultural diversity took place in the...

Collaboration / Documentary / Multimedia

Digital Storytelling for International Youth Workers

by romana on Oct 5, 2016 • Comments Closed

In cooperation with the organization Balkanska iniciativa za toleranciju from Serbia, APIS Institute has successfully conducted the workshop for digital storytelling through use of video and photography tools for youth workers. This workshop was the first part of an ongoing one year project 3M- Multimedia Multipliers from the Margins, dedicated...

Collaboration / Documentary / Education / Migration / Photo / Video

Framing Equality / Equality in Focus

by romana on Mar 2, 2016 • Comments Closed

FRAMING EQUALITY and EQUALITY IN FOCUS are two projects that took shape as a photography and video workshops conducted by APIS Institute in order to overcome stereotypes and empower migrant and Roma women living in Slovenia. In the framework of these projects, 8 photo-stories and 5 short films have been created. Through...

Collaboration / Education / Photo / Youth

Migration and Youth- Transmedia Exhibition of Art School Students

by romana on Jan 15, 2016 • Comments Closed

How do young people think about migration ? The photographer Manca Juvan initiated a trans-media exhibition on Migration and Youth, which aims to answer this question. The exhibition was done in cooperation with APIS Institute, the High School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana (SŠOF), and the Institute of trans-media...

Collaboration / Education / Video / Youth

Rhythm of Youth Presentational Video

by Natasa on Oct 30, 2015 • Comments Closed

At the end of October 2015 we concluded the “Rhythm of Youth” project. Through musical creation we connected thirty participants and six organizations: ADIS (Romania),Associazione TDM 2000 (Italy), Zavod APIS (Slovenia), The Inside Out Programme (UK), United Societies of Balkans (Greece), Urbana mladež (Croatia). This examination of cultural diversity took place in...

Memory / Photo

Last Witnesses

by sasa on Feb 22, 2015 • 1 Comment

This is a photo documentary exhibition about the impact of human rights violations inflicted seven decades ago and then forgotten. It captures the vulnerability of survivors, an intimate heritage of the internment in poorly known Italian fascist concentration camps for civilians. The first opening happened in September 2013 at the...

Collaboration / Migration / Multimedia / Photo

Exhibition MIGRATION

by Natasa on Nov 14, 2014 • Comments Closed

Transmedia exhibition features the work of photographers Manca Juvan, DK, Fernanda Prado Verčič; in the Ljubljana’s Španski borci the exhibition also featured photographer Ana Sluga. In addition to the photographs the exhibition included video content, created by Romana Zajec, co-founder of APIS Institute. This transmedia exhibition aims to examine...

Collaboration / Education / Migration / Video

MIGRATION and SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT: Anna Lindh Foundation project

by Natasa on Jul 15, 2014 • Comments Closed

We present the results of successfully completed project of video training, which has been implemented in Slovenia and Jordan. Through video training and international cooperation, we encourage reflection on migration from the perspective of contribution to the development of society, the flow of knowledge and intercultural exchange. The participating organizations...

Collaboration / Education / Youth

Bringing Knowledge In Youth Centers

by ana on Aug 3, 2013 • Comments Closed

Youth from the Slovene capital Neighborhood Youth Centers of Črnuče and Zalog welcomed and enjoyed aromatherapy workshops Institute APIS offered. In alignment with do-it-yoursel philosophy they created their own perfume, massage oil, washing detergent … The aim of the project was to educate youngsters about the use of essential oils and...

Collaboration / Documentary / Memory / Photo

Fascism: Cutting Through Historic Amnesia

by admin on Apr 6, 2013 • 3 Comments

In Slovenia a project whose aim is to remember concentration camps run by Italian fascism is underway. While the focus is on survivors, their relatives and friends from Slovenia, breaking through a historic amnesia is crucial to the authors. In September 2013 an exhibition will be held at the Museum...

Collaboration / Documentary / Video

From Workers to Activists – For a Better Life!

by romana on Jul 11, 2012 • 1 Comment

From Workers to Activists is a documentary film about activistic and ambitious radio show that tries to break a vicious circle of exploitation of immigrant workers in Slovenia. The documentary film is a co-production of Institute APIS. Authors of the documentary film: Research journalist: Anja Kuhar | Camera: Klemen Krek | Editing: Romana Zajec Immigrant workers...

Collaboration / Documentary / Memory

Italian Fascist Camps

by admin on Jun 14, 2012 • Comments Closed

Italian Association of audio documentarists AUDIODOC manages the project of mapping, documentation and collection of oral testimonies on fascist camps during WW2. In Slovenia Apis co-founder Saša Petejan interviewed survivors of camps on croatian island of Rab and in Gonars (Italy). Fascist concentration system has made use of various tools...

Journalism / Migration / Video

EU: Keeping out the refugees

by romana on Jun 4, 2012 • Comments Closed

This is an interview with dr. Roman Herzog, a political activist and radio documentary author. He explains how EU adopted German policy from the 90s when Germany closed borders for refugees. EU has been fighting refugees outside it’s borders for many years now. In recent years these actions are mostly coordinated by...

Journalism / Memory / Video

Italian Winter

by sasa on May 16, 2012 • Comments Closed

In a short video a graphic novel author interrupts Italian’s historic amnesia and apologizes to citizens of Slovenia. A fascist camp survivor remembers events happened seven decades ago as they are happening in the very moment. Something would be missing if a psychologist would’t have a say on war trauma....

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Education / Multimedia

Music Production Workshop Series

by romana on Nov 8, 2020 • No Comments

In November, we will start with Music production workshop series, applications are now open. The workshops will be conducted by Ali R Taha. Ali has extensive experience in the fields of audio engineering, sounds design and audio production. Workshops will be held once a week through ZOOM, Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm, however the introductory...

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TRUBARJEVA ART BOOK PRESENTATION FOR MEDIA

by romana on Feb 11, 2020 • No Comments

In the week before the Slovenian cultural holiday, on February 5, we presented TRUBARJEVA art book to the media. The book illuminates one of the most special and multicultural streets in Ljubljana. It is part of the project Samosvoja Trubarjeva (Unique Trubarjeva), which was co-financed by the City of Ljubljana. The art book Trubarjeva, Expressions of...

Education / Migration

The NEXUS Project: PromotiNg thE neXus of migrants throUgh active citizenShip

by romana on Jan 2, 2020 • No Comments

The NEXUS project: PromotiNg thE neXus of migrants throUgh active citizenShip is an ERASMUS+ project (2019-1-ES01-KA203-065861), running from 2019 to 2022, focuses on empowering students (especially migrants) to exercise their rights, uphold human values, and contribute constructively to the society around them and the global community in general. Collaborators and partners: Timothy Read (UNED, Spain), Ivana...

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