Art, Science, Water and New Ways of Sensing the Environment
Ocean-Archive.org’s Digital Resident Robertina Šebjanič presents her work at the exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance
6 October – 7 October 2026
Ocean-Archive.org’s 2026 Digital Resident Robertina Šebjanič presents her research project Shadows Above My Window_Mislinja 238 km² at the exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance at the Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts (KGLU) in Slovenj Gradec, on view from September 11 until December 3, 2026. The project, developed as a part of Šebjanič’s residency with TBA21–Academy, explores the river as a dynamic ecological system through listening, hydroacoustic research, environmental data, archival materials and local knowledge, connecting environmental processes with human and more-than-human narratives. TBA21–Academy’s Digital Program Director Petra Linhartová and Digital Program Manager Michal Kučerák join two international roundtables accompanying the exhibition, on October 6 at 6 PM at the Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts (KGLU) in Slovenj Gradec, and on October 7 at 6 PM at ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana.
WATER ECOLOGIES
A roundtable accompanying the exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 6 PM
Location: KGLU, Slovenj Gradec
What can art, science, and the people who live in an environment tell us about it? How are rivers and lakes changing as a result of human interventions and climate change? And how can we observe, document, and understand these changes? The roundtable accompanying the international exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance will bring together artists, researchers, representatives of local communities and volunteer organizations, as well as international cultural and research networks, through concrete examples from Koroška and the wider region.
Participants:
Nataša Tajnik Stupar, participating artist in the exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance (Slovenia)
Robertina Šebjanič, participating artist in the exhibition Wild Waters: In Search of Balance (Slovenia)
Matjaž Jež, Nature of Pohorje Association, President (Slovenia)
Gregor Borovnik, Slovenj Gradec Volunteer Firefighting Association, Commander (Slovenia)
Tomaž Garmuš, Slovenj Gradec Volunteer Firefighting Association, Deputy Commander (Slovenia)
Petra Linhartová, Digital Program Director TBA21-Academy, (Austria)
Michal Kučerák, Ars Biologica, curator of the independent study program ABIS (Czech Republic),
Laura Welzenbach, Head of Ars Electronica Export (Austria)
Leonardo Delmonte, Executive Director, Wunderkammer consortium (Italy)
Moderator:
Petra Čeh, Director of KGLU and curator of the Wild Waters exhibition (Slovenia)
The roundtable will be held in Slovenian and English, with translation provided.
Organizers: KGLU, On Rizom Institute
Financial support: Municipality of Slovenj Gradec, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
HYDROCOMMONS / HIDROSKUPNOST
A Roundtable on Art, Science, Water and New Ways of Sensing the Environment
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 6 PM
Location: Atrium Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Atrij ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana
Bringing art and science into conversation with local knowledge, data, and archives, the discussion asks what becomes visible when different ways of knowing meet. What can measurements and data tell us? What do local experiences and memories reveal? And what might we learn from the sounds, traces and behaviors of other living beings? Participants of this roundtable will explore how changes in water are sensed, studied and understood, and consider the disappearance, scarcity, excess and pollution of water, from retreating glaciers and changing river systems to urban water challenges and transformations of aquatic ecosystems.
Participants:
Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, Climatologist and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (Slovenia)
Petra Linhartová, Digital Program Director TBA21–Academy, (Austria)
Petra Čeh, Director of KGLU and curator of the Wild Waters exhibition (Slovenia)
Michal Kučerák, Ars Biologica, curator of the independent study program ABIS (Czech Republic)
Laura Welzenbach, Head of Ars Electronica Export (Austria)
Leonardo Delmonte, Executive Director Wunderkammer Consortium, (Italy)
Miha Pavšek, researcher at Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Anton Melik Geographical Institute (Slovenia)
Moderators:
Robertina Šebjanič, artist-researcher (Slovenia)
Sabina Oroshi, curator, Muzej-Museo Lapidarium (Croatia)
The roundtable will be held in English.
Organizers: On Rizom Institute, KGLU, ZRC SAZU
Financial support: City of Ljubljana, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
