The Vast Automaton – Screening Programme

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻
SCREENING PROGRAMME @ Slovenian Cinematheque, Ljubljana
11 September 2025 at 19:00
aksioma.org/the-vast-automaton

From Martian dust storms to automated food production, from ghost fish surviving the toxic legacy of mining to impossible dreams of mind-to-mind communication and other weird technical mythologies. In a roller coaster of facts and speculation (and sometimes hilarious absurdity), these films trace the industrial not as a functional surface but as a spectre that permeates language, memory, biology, and landscape, revealing systemic projects of domination and redesign of the human.

Curated by 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻 and 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 for the 5th 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝐵𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙.

Featuring works by 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗵, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘃𝗶́, 𝗖𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗻, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 and 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗴.

𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝐸:

*ੈ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗜 / at 19:00
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗵: 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙 (2024)
10’52’’
𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸: 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 (2023)
15’
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑛 (2025)
15’ (excerpt)

*ੈ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗜 / at 20:30
𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑎: 3𝐷 (2020)
8’51”
𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘃𝗶́: 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 (2024)
23’
𝗖𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗻: 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑅𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 (2025)
15’15’’
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 & 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗴: 𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑂𝑛 𝑀𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 (2024)
18’41’’

Tickets 🎟 2,40 eur
(each screening)

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Produced by Aksioma in co-production with Labin Art Express XXI, in partnership with Slovenian Cinematheque.

Financial support: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana.