Biba buba baja. Accompanying Programme

Saturday, 25 May at 18.00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Opening of the exhibition Biba Buba Baja. Creating (for) the Child of Socialism
Free admission.

Thursday, 30 May at 18:00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Illusion and reality in the illustrative work of artists Ljubica Cuca Sokić and Bosiljka Bosa Kićevac / Iluzija i realnost u ilustratorskom opusu umetnica Ljubice Cuce Sokić i Bosiljke Bose Kićevac 
The lecture by art historian Gorana Stevanović (National Library of Serbia) will shed light on the phenomenon of illustration conditioned by the dialogue between the writer and the painter, the image and the text, while highlighting the key points of its development in the economic, aesthetic, social, technical and artistic circumstances, as well as its cultural significance in the context of the post-World War II period. The lecture will focus on the illustrative work of the painter and academic Ljubica Cuca Sokić (1914-2009) and the artist Bosiljka Bose Kićevac (1932-2016).
The lecture will be held in Serbian. A translation of the summary and consecutive interpreting to Slovene will be provided. The programme is free of charge.

Friday, 31 May at 17:00
The Slovenian Cinematheque
Public screening of youth films: The Lost Pencil (Izgubljeni svinčnik, Fedor Škubonja, Croatia) (Yugoslavia), 1960, 48', Slovenian subtitles) and The Youth is Building  (Mladina gradi, France Štiglic, Slovenia (Yugoslavia), 1946, 18').

Saturday, 1 June, 16:00 to 18:00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
How to draw a tree - how to write a poem? / Kako crtamo stablo – kako pišemo pjesmu?
Poetry workshop for children in the BHSC languages or in the "common language"* with poet Šimo Ešić and poetry guest Ismet Bekrić.
The programme is free of charge, but registration is required at prijava@divjamisel.org

Sunday, 2 June 11.00 to 12.00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Family guided tour of the exhibition with the curators Dr Katja Kobolt and Maša Žekš.
The tour will be followed by a collage-making workshop with illustrator Anka Kočevar.
The programme is free of charge, but registration is required at prijava@divjamisel.org

Tuesday, 4 June, 13.30 to 14.30
Vodnikova domačija Centre / Center of Illustration
I am a book. Which language do you read me in? / Jaz sem knjiga. V katerem jeziku me bereš? 
The lecture by children's book author, librarian and pedagogue Barbara Hanuš on ways to promote multilingualism is aimed at educators and librarians. The lecture will explain methods and materials for promoting the mother tongue, the language of the environment and the language of instruction.
The programme is free of charge, but registration is required at prijava@divjamisel.org

Thursday, 6 June at 11.00
Small hall of the ZRC SAZU
Historical Seminar: Lecture in English by Dr Dora Komnenović (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History - ZZF, Potsdam, Germany)
Reflections on discarded books and socio-political transformations in (post-)Yugoslavia and beyond
"De-ideologisation" or "libricide"? Based on the more or less well-known debates about the so-called "cleansing" of libraries after the collapse of socialist Yugoslavia, Dr Dora Komnenović examines the politics of collection management of public libraries in times of upheaval.
The lecture will be held in English. A translation of the summary and consecutive interpretation will be provided. The programme is free of charge.

Saturday, 8 June, 16:00 to 17:30
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Books are like children / Librat janë si fëmijët
Poetry workshop for children in Albanian with the poet Dije Demiri-Frangu.
The programme is free of charge, but registration is required at prijava@divjamisel.org

Friday, 7 June at 17.00
The Slovenian Cinematheque
Public screening of youth films: Selection of short animated films, Slovenia (Yugoslavia).
In cooperation with the Slovenian Film Archive.

Wednesday, 12 June at 18.00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Illustrated literature that quenched the curiosity of the first post-war generations of children: / Ilustrirana literatura, ki je tešila radovednost prvih povojnih generacij otrok. Starting from the partisan production for children during the war, the art historian Tatjana Pregl Kobe focuses with her lecture on the post-war decades of Slovenian literary illustration. A look at the post-war period, especially at some of the more prominent representatives of this type of illustration and their characteristic works, provides a better overview of today's production.
The lecture will be held in Slovenian. The programme is free of charge.
 

Friday, 14 June at 17:00
Slovenian Cinematheque
Public screening of youth and children's films: The Secret of an Old Attic (Tajna starog tavana), Vladimir Tadej, Croatia (Yugoslavia), 1984, 84', Slovenian subtitles.

Sunday, 16 June 11.00 to 13.00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Family tour through the exhibition with the curators Dr Katja Kobolt and Maša Žekš.
The tour will be followed by a collage-making workshop with illustrator Anka Kočevar.
The programme is free of charge, but registration is required at at prijava@divjamisel.org

Wednesday 19.6. at 18.00
Vodnikova domačija Center / Center of Illustration
Lecture by cultural anthropologist Dr Barbara Turk Niskač (Faculty of Education, University of Tampere, Finland) Children - active co-creators of social reality / Otroci – aktivni soustvarjalci družbene realnosti 
Based on an analysis of the journal Pionirski list and interviews with interlocutors who grew up in the period of socialist Yugoslavia, the lecture will focus on children as an active social group in the context of the idea of self-governance.
The lecture will be held in Slovenian. The programme is free of charge.

Cooperation of the Institute of Culture and Memory Studies / Research Centre  of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vodnikova domačija / Center of Illustration, City of Women Association and Slovenian Cinematheque