TO)pot 2026: Misliti-s tišinami (niz razprav)
TO)POT 2026: MISLITI-S TIŠINAMI
Niz razprav sklicuje Maja Bjelica, ZRS Koper
📅 Četrtek, 24. september 2026
📍 Cukrarna, učilnica, in BAZA, Center mladih Ljubljana
🎟 Vstop prost. Za predavanje Rajka Muršiča je potrebna predhodna prijava.
11.00–13.00 | Katja Hrobat Virloget: Etnografija tišin(e). Predavanje ob etnografskih raziskavah spomina, eksodusa in verovanj obravnava molk kot posledico razmerij moči, travme, odpora in kolektivne identitete. (https://fb.me/e/26l9MyANXv)
11.00–13.00 | Janez Križaj: Kultura poslušanja. Interaktivno predavanje od fizike in psihoakustike do zvočne ekologije odpira vprašanja hrupa, pravice do tišine in družbene odgovornosti poslušanja. (https://fb.me/e/6sEgBuqlE)
11.00–13.00 | Gregor Pompe: Slovenska recepcija Johna Cagea – pomenljiva tišina. Predavanje raziskuje ambivalentno recepcijo Johna Cagea v slovenski povojni glasbi ter njegov vpliv na alternativne in interdisciplinarne zvočne prakse. (https://fb.me/e/4nHD43cfV)
13.00-14.30 | OBED
14.30–15.20 | Rajko Muršič: Zveneti v tišini: neubesedljive zvočne igre v ritmu nasprotij in protislovij. Peripatetično predavanje z začetkom v BAZI med hojo raziskuje zven, šum, ton, ritem in protislovja našega doživljanja tišine. (https://fb.me/e/8t6jDfaW8)
English below ↓
Kako misliti tišino, če ta nikoli ni samo odsotnost zvoka?
Niz razprav Misliti-s tišinami, ki ga je za festival TO)pot zasnovala Maja Bjelica, združuje različne teoretske in praktične pristope k raziskovanju tišine in njenih pojavnosti. Tišina se razpira kot prostor možnosti in poslušanja, pa tudi kot molk, prekinjen izraz, posledica družbenih razmerij moči ali pravica, ki jo v hrupnem svetu vse težje ohranjamo.
Katja Hrobat Virloget bo skozi etnografske raziskave spregovorila o tišinah, ki nastajajo ob travmi, spominu, družbenih konfliktih in razmerjih med dominantnimi in marginaliziranimi skupinami. Janez Križaj bo vprašanje poslušanja povezal z akustiko, zvočno ekologijo in pravico do tišine. Gregor Pompe bo skozi slovensko recepcijo Johna Cagea osvetlil vlogo tišine v avantgardni glasbeni umetnosti.
Niz bo sklenil Rajko Muršič s peripatetičnim predavanjem, na katerem se bomo med hojo premikali od tišine k zvenu, šumu, tonu in zvoku ter preverjali, ali lahko tišino sploh mislimo oziroma doživimo.
Tišine TO)pota tako niso nujno tihe. Lahko so glasne ali komaj zaznavne, prisotne ali odsotne, osvobajajoče ali zadušljive. Niz Misliti-s tišinami jih odpira kot prostor poslušanja, pozornosti in premisleka.
Več informacij in celoten program:
www.cona.si/festival-topot/2026
Organizator niza razprav je Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Inštitut za filozofske in religijske študije.
Niz razprav Misliti-s tišinami je del dejavnosti raziskovalnega programa Filozofija in umetnost (P6-0279), ki ga izvaja ZRS Koper, finančno pa ga podpira Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije (ARIS).
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TO)POT 2026: THINKING-WITH SILENCES
Series of talks curated by Maja Bjelica, ZRS Koper
📅 Thursday, 24 September 2026
📍 Cukrarna, classroom, and BAZA, Center mladih Ljubljana
🎟 Free admission. Advance registration is required for Rajko Muršič’s lecture.
11.00–13.00 | Katja Hrobat Virloget: Ethnography of Silence(s). Drawing on ethnographic research into memory, exodus and beliefs, the lecture considers silence as a consequence of power relations, trauma, resistance and collective identity. (https://fb.me/e/26l9MyANXv)
11.00–13.00 | Janez Križaj: Culture of Listening. An interactive lecture moving from physics and psychoacoustics to acoustic ecology, exploring noise, the right to silence and the social responsibility of listening. (https://fb.me/e/6sEgBuqlE)
11.00–13.00 | Gregor Pompe: The Slovenian Reception of John Cage – Meaningful Silence. The lecture explores the ambivalent reception of John Cage in post-war Slovenian music and his influence on alternative and interdisciplinary sound practices. (https://fb.me/e/4nHD43cfV)
13.00-14.30 | REPAST
14.30–15.20 | Rajko Muršič: Sounding in Silence: Inexpressible Sonic Games in the Rhythm of Opposites and Contradictions. A peripatetic lecture from BAZA exploring sound, noise, tone, rhythm and the contradictions inherent in our experience of silence while walking. (https://fb.me/e/8t6jDfaW8)
How can we think about silence if it is never simply the absence of sound?
Thinking-with Silences, a series of talks conceived for the TO)pot festival by Maja Bjelica, brings together different theoretical and practical approaches to understanding silence and its many manifestations. Silence emerges as a space of possibility and listening, but also as muteness, interrupted expression, a consequence of social power relations or a right that is increasingly difficult to preserve in a noisy world.
Katja Hrobat Virloget approaches silence through ethnographic research into trauma, memory, social conflict and the relationship between dominant and marginalised groups. Janez Križaj connects listening with acoustics, acoustic ecology and the right to silence. Gregor Pompe considers the role of silence in avant-garde music through the Slovenian reception of John Cage.
The series concludes with Rajko Muršič’s peripatetic lecture, moving through walking from silence towards resonance, noise, tone and sound, while asking whether silence can truly be thought or experienced.
The silences encountered at TO)pot are therefore not necessarily quiet. They can be loud or barely perceptible, present or absent, liberating or suffocating. Thinking-with Silences opens them as spaces for listening, attention and reflection.
Full programme and information:
www.cona.si/en/topot-festival/2026
Organizer of the lectures series is Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
The lecture series Thinking-with Silences is part of the activities of the research programme Philosophy and the Arts (P6-0279), implemented at ZRS Koper and financially supported by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS).