BIO 29: Soft Fields – The Biennial Expands to Koper

04DEC

BIO 29: Soft Fields – The Biennial Expands to Koper

04.12.2026.
Kulturni center Libertas, Koper
18:00

BIO 29 expands to the Coast! Join us at the Libertas Cultural Centre in Koper, which becomes the key coastal hub for the Soft Fields design biennial from December 4, 2026, to April 4, 2027.

Housed in the raw, evocative setting of a former salt warehouse, this exhibition represents a major programming milestone outside the capital. Libertas will showcase outstanding international and local productions, including a technologically complex installation by the Swiss-French duo AATB, the speculative project Performative Ethnographies of X: Fabaceous Futures by Špela Petrič, installations by the globally renowned Estonian artist Katja Novitskova (Mars Potential), and visual narratives by Simon Denny.

The exhibition will also bring together works by acclaimed names such as Marlene Huissoud, Saša Spačal, Lucas Muñoz, Veljko Zejak, and Klemens Schillinger, alongside a rich collection of material samples and research from the InnoRenew institute and natural science faculties (UL ALUO, NTF). The program, co-shaped by the Luka Murovec and Multipraktik teams, directly explores local infrastructural environments ranging from the active pulse of the Port of Koper to the salt-making traditions of the Sečovlje Salt Pans (also captured through historical photography by Janeza Marenčič).

We cordially invite you to celebrate this significant expansion of the biennial at the official opening in Koper on Friday, December 4 at 18:00.

Location: Libertas Cultural Centre, Koper

Več informacij o programu: bio.si / @bio_ljubljana / @mala_galerija_bs

Photo: Jakob Bulan

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