Spinoff show: EMFAZNA ZALEDJA will in 2025 cover selected art festivals taking place in Slovenia outside the centralized capital. Alongside a dedicated podcast episode, the project will feature written art criticism, created in collaboration with the online critical platform @koridor_ku
The fourth episode corresponds to the 31st edition of the International Festival of Computer Art, @mfru.ifca , titled Esoteric Ecotechnique: Irrational Computation and Conspiratorial Networking; it took place between September 26 and October 5, 2025, in Maribor.
Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts (check the link above)
Artists:
Ioana Vreme Moser
S()fia Braga
Pedro del Real Lavergne
Tanja Brandmayr (Stadtwerkstatt)
Lara Mejač & Davide Bevilacqua (artistic and programme direction)
Art Criticism: @adrijan_praznik
Acknowledgements: Laja Mejač, Adrijan Praznik, Barbara Eržen, Vito Švagelj
Logo: @amnt_amanita
Thank you🖤
Emfazna zaledja is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
Po zaključku MFRU31 se znova glasno zahvaljujemo vsem, ki ste se nam pridružili – umetnikom_cam, sodelavcem_kam, zarotniškim partnerjem_kam in obiskovalcem_kam – v sooblikovanju novih konstelacij misli in skrbi.
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𝐄𝐳𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜̌𝐧𝐚 𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 se je razgrnila kot polje konspirativnih gest in skupnih preizkusov, kjer sta se tehnologija in umetnost srečala z uporom in skupnostjo. V času naraščajočega računalniškega nadzora je prisotnost začrtala nove, krhke tokokroge povezovanja. V skritih omrežjih vznikajo novi svetovi.
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MFRU31 has come to a close and we want to loudly thank again everyone who joined us — artists, team, co-conspirators, and guests — for forming new constellations of thought and care.
💨🧢❤️🔥🤲🏻
𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 unfolded as a field of conspiratorial gestures and shared experiments, where resistance met imagination and technology met community. In a time of growing computation and control, everyone’s presence helped us trace new, fragile circuits of connection. In the hidden networks new worlds emerge.
🤲🏻🧢💨❤️🔥
#mfru31recap
📷 @cd_yknyu
Z razstave ☞ 𝐄𝐳𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜̌𝐧𝐚 𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐬̌𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐫𝐞𝐳̌𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐞 @ Minoritska cerkev
➳ Kurirala sta Lara Mejač in Davide Bevilacqua
➳ Z deli umetnikov, umetnic in kolektivov: S()fia Braga, Pedro del Real Lavergne, Lucile Olympe Haute & The Institute of Diagram Studies, Ginevra Petrozzi, Federico Poni & Chiara Prodi, REINCANTAMENTO, Technologie und das Unheimliche, Ioana Vreme Moser, Staš Vrenko
From the Exhibition ☞ 𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬. 𝐈𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 @ Minorite Church
✧ Curated by Lara Mejač and Davide Bevilacqua
✧ Featuring works of S()fia Braga, Pedro del Real Lavergne, Lucile Olympe Haute & The Institute of Diagram Studies, Ginevra Petrozzi, Federico Poni & Chiara Prodi, REINCANTAMENTO, Technologie und das Unheimliche, Ioana Vreme Moser, Staš Vrenko
#mfru31recap
Z razstave ☞ 𝐊𝐑𝐄𝐒. 𝐓𝐥𝐞𝐜̌𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢 @ Salon+
Obrisi eksperimentalnih umetniških pristopov, ki jih zaznamujejo razvijanje specifične estetike, ustvarjanje ambientalnih spekulativnih okolji, raziskovanje mej med fizičnimi in virtualnimi prostori, grajenje novih karakterjev, prevpraševanje odnosa do telesnosti in fascinacija nad tehničnimi zmožnosti različnih medijev. Med vizijami prihodnosti in mističnim onostranstvom se je ob Kresu znova povezala skupnost umetnic_kov ter prižigala nove iskre slovenske digitalne ustvarjalnosti.
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From the exhibition ☞ 𝐊𝐑𝐄𝐒. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭 @ Salon+
The outlines of experimental artistic approaches — characterised by the development of specific aesthetics, the creation of ambient speculative environments, the exploration of the boundaries between physical and virtual spaces, the construction of new characters, the questioning of corporeality, and a fascination with the technical possibilities of different media — are beginning to emerge from the shadows. Between visions of the future and the mystical otherworld, a community of artists formed around the bonfire, igniting new sparks in Slovenian digital art.
✨🐦🔥🔥
#mfru31recap
📷Valerija Intihar
Z delavnice 🌩️ 𝐂̌𝐢𝐬̌𝐜̌𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐯 / 𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐣𝐨 𝟏𝟎 s 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐮𝐬.𝐚𝐭 @ Infotočka
Nekaj zelo konspirativnega mreženja, tehno-špekuliranja, skupinskega krpanja in skrivnostnega prototipiranja je potekalo na seansi čiščenja oblaka Servusom. Raziskovali smo alternativne operacijske sisteme in osvobajajoče delovne tokove, da bi ohranili naše stare računalnike pri življenju in svobodne pred korporativnim nadzorom. Majhno dejanje digitalnega odpora v okviru globalnega gibanja #Endof10 – dokaz, da obstajajo alternative velikim tehnološkim korporacijam.
From the workshop 🌩️ 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 / 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎 with 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐮𝐬.𝐚𝐭 @ Infotočka
Some very conspiratorial networking, techno-speculating, collective patching and secretive prototyping went on at the Cloud Cleaning session with Servus. Together we explored alternative operating systems and liberatory workflows to keep our old machines alive and free from corporate control. A small act of digital resistance within the global #Endof10 response — proving there are alternatives to Big Tech.
#mfru31recap
📷 @alens.eyes
Z razstave ☞ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭: 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐣𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐣 @ Galerija Media Nox
Za MFRU31 je kolektiv ustvaril 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑥 svojih ustaljenih komponent: MANIFESTA, RAZSTAVE in nedoločene MEGLENE KOCKE. Nato OBMOČJE NAPOLNI Z MEGLO, obiskovalce pa povabi, da se MEGLAJO NAOKROG. Poseben poudarek je na formatu NEBELKEGELN (Megleni bowling), ki uprizarja spektakel zmanjšane predvidljivosti, pa tudi halucinacijskega zavedanja, zastrte vidljivosti in zgoščene nepreverljivosti.
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From the exhibition ☞ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 @ Media Nox Gallery
For MFRU31, the Stadtwerkstatt prepared a 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑥 of their established components MANIFEST, EXHIBITION, and an undefined FOG CUBE. It picks up on FLOODING THE ZONE WITH FOG and also invites visitors to FOGGING AROUND. Special attention is paid to the format called NEBELKEGELN (Fog Bowling), which stages a spectacle of reduced foresight—as well as hallucinatory consciousness, veiled visibility, and condensed unverifiability.
🎳👀🌫️😶🌫️
#mfru31recap
📷Valerija Intihar
S pogovora 🔮𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐞 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚 𝐳𝐚𝐬̌𝐜̌𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐡 𝐳𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐣 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞𝐦 𝐯 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐣𝐮
Prihodnost milijarderjev v vesolju se razpira kot radikalna ideologija akceleracije v fiktivnem času, kjer je vsa pozornost že ujeta na robovih planeta. Umetnika vstopata v to napetost s prakso kolektivnega risanja sigilov in magičnega rituala kot obliko aktivističnega dejanja. Seansa zaščitnih znamenj proti milijarderjem v vesolju prikliče sile, ki na meji med fikcijo in resničnostjo izrisujejo uroke – morda tiste, ki bi jih tam lahko pustili za vedno.
Z razstave ☞ Ezoterična ekotehnika. Iracionalna komputacija in zarotniško mreženje @ Minoritska cerkev
From the talk 🔮𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐞 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐞́𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬
The future of billionaires in space unfolds as a radical ideology of acceleration in a fictional time where all attention is already caught at the edges of the planet. The artists enter this tension through the practice of collective sigil drawing and magical ritual as a form of activist gesture. The Séance of Protective Signs Against Billionaires in Space conjures forces that, on the threshold between fiction and reality, trace spells — perhaps the kind that could be left there forever.
From the exhibition ➳ Esoteric Ecotechnics. Irrational Computation and Conspirational Networking @ Minorite Church
@luh2203@diagram.studies
#mfru31recap
📷 @alens.eyes@valerijaintihar
Z razstave ☞ 𝑼𝑲𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑱𝑬𝑵𝑱𝑬. 𝑰𝒛𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒔̌𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒌𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒋𝒔𝒌𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂 @ Kulturni inkubator
➳ Razstavo je kuriral Vid Koprivšek
➳ Razstavljali so Beti Frim, Oskar Kandare, freakygreenfish in Sofia Talanti
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From the exhibition ☞ 𝑰𝑵 𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑻. 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 @ Cultural incubator
✧ Curated by Vid Koprivšek
✧ Featuring works of Beti Frim, Oskar Kandare, Sofia Talanti and freakygreenfish
🎮🌿🪼🌺
#mfru31recap
S koncerta 🪲𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐳 𝐦𝐚𝐩(𝐡): 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐳
Sule Suarez iz Kolumbije in Gorka Egino iz Baskije, ki delujeta iz Linza v Avstriji pod imenom map(h). Eksperimentiranje in improvizacija s kodiranjem v živo so znova odprli polje za nove, igrive koncertne formate.
From the concert 🪲𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐩(𝐡): 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐳
Sule Suarez from Colombia and Gorka Egino from the Basque Country, working from Linz, Austria, under the name map(h). Experimentation and improvisation with live coding once again opened up a field for new, playful concert formats.
S pogovora 🌺 𝐋𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐯 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐮: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐋𝐨𝐰
Ljubljana Games Club so se srečali v Mariboru, da bi razpravljali o igri Betrayal at Club Low, ezoteričnem cRPG-ju, ki nas popelje v podzemno sceno fiktivnega mesta New Kroy. Urbane subkulture so poustvarjene v nadrealnih svetovih, ki odpirajo teme za pogovor o glasbi, razpoloženju in mehaniki igre.
From the talk 🌺𝐋𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 in 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐫: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐋𝐨𝐰
The Ljubljana Games Club met in Maribor to discuss Betrayal at Club Low, an esoteric cRPG that takes players into the underground scene of the fictional city of New Kroy. Urban subcultures are reimagined in surreal worlds that open up themes for discussion about music, atmosphere and game mechanics.
📷 Alen Kresojević
The artist collective REINCANTAMENTO discussed the disappearance of alternative technological futures: through the case of Olivetti’s forgotten computer innovation 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎 101, they trace archival fragments and political undercurrents to examine how certain visions of progress were erased while others prevailed. In dialogue with ŠUM, the conversation turned to 𝐼𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑎, a Slovenian computer manufacturer whose fate reflects broader Cold War dynamics. Together, the collectives questioned how lost futures reveal not absence, but the narrowing of what the future can still become.
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 🌺 REINCANTAMENTO & ŠUM: 𝑈𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝐴 101)
Anna Fasolato in Alessandro Y. Longo iz kolektiva REINCANTAMENTO sta razpravljala o izginjanju alternativnih tehnoloških prihodnosti. Kolektiv na primeru pozabljene računalniške inovacije podjetja Olivetti, 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎 101, skozi arhivske fragmente in politične tokove raziskuje, kako so bile določene vizije napredka izbrisane, medtem ko so druge prevladale. V pogovoru s kolektivom ŠUM se je razprava usmerila k 𝐼𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑎, slovenskemu proizvajalcu računalnikov, katerega usoda odraža širšo dinamiko hladne vojne. Kolektiva sta skupaj razmišljala o tem, kako izgubljene prihodnosti ne razkrivajo odsotnosti, temveč zoževanje tega, kar prihodnost še lahko postane.
𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐫 🌺 REINCANTAMENTO & ŠUM: 𝑂𝑑𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑒 𝑖𝑧𝑔𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑗𝑒𝑛𝑖ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖 (𝑂 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝐼 101)
📷 @cd_yknyu
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