Lecture / Beat the Maribor Drum
US, YOU, THEM. Fragments of the 1980s Alternative Practices in Maribor
Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva 6, Maribor
Thursday, 14 November 2013 at 18:00
lecture by: Rajko Muršič, (former) musician, publicist and researcher in the field of popular music
Exhibition US, YOU, THEM. Fragments of the 1980s Alternative Practices in Maribor is the first presentation of creative and subcultural scene of the 1980s in Maribor and its surroundings. The exhibition comprises over 250 fragments, documents and artworks from private collections and archives as well as reconstructions of performances and public space interventions. The first retrospective exploration and presentation of fragmentary material of alternative practices in Maribor includes novelties introduced in the 1980s, such as the first Slovene fanzine Pankzija by Danilo Celan, one of the first Yugoslav independent and private publishers MML – Marzidovshekminimal laboratorium and creative interventions in Maribor courtyards and parks.
Rajko Muršič is a lecturer at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts, University in Ljubljana. Among others he conducts a module on the anthropology of popular music. He is the author of several books and articles on the topic of punk and alternative music. He was a member of various music groups in Maribor (Mi, Gromska strela in 300 peklenščkov, Nebodigatreba s Tralfamadorja). He worked as a journalist for Radio MARŠ and Radio Študent and for Katedra student publication.
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