OHO in Škofja Loka!

18:30 – guided exhibition tour with the curator Barbara Borčić

19:00 – pre-screening discussion about the film ‘OHO’

20:00 – screening of the film ‘OHO’ at Kino Sora (Sora Cinema), Mestni trg 15, Škofja Loka

Come and join us for a screening of the documentary film ‘OHO’ and a pre-screening discussion with the co-screenwriter Urška Jurman and OHO group’s member David Nez.

The discussion will be hosted by Barbara Borčić, co-curator of the exhibition For the Democratisation of Art – Revisited, Radical Artistic Practices in Yugoslavia (1960–1990), which features the work of the OHO group and David Nez, among other artists.

The discussion will take place at Škofja Loka Museum at 19:00, followed by a film screening at Kino Sora at 20:00. You are also invited to join us for a guided tour of the exhibition at 18:30, before the moderated discussion. The tour will be guided by the curator Barbara Borčić.

On the day of the event, the museum will be open from 10:00 to 20:00.

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OHO FILM is a documentary about the Slovenian avant-garde art movement and group OHO. The years 1965–1971 in Slovenia – then a republic of socialist Yugoslavia – were defined by the avant-garde art movement known as the OHO Group, which has inspired and continues to inspire many artists, including Marina Abramović.

OHO is considered one of the most interesting, complex and important examples of post-war avant-garde art in Central and Eastern Europe. After achieving major success as one of the first from Eastern Europe to exhibit at New York's MoMA, the group disbanded in 1971.

OHO was not just an art collective but a unique cultural phenomenon that explored the visible and the immaterial through art, philosophy, sociology, science and coexistence with the earth and nature. Already in the 1960s, the group was raising relevant questions about anthropocentrism, ecology and the economics of the art.

This documentary about OHO by Damjan Kozole (Berlinale Competition title Spare Parts and documentaries such as Ulay: Project Cancer, Borders and Pero) is rich in never-before-seen archival material and, for the first time, comprehensively presents this inspiring phenomenon of intertwining art and life.

Filmmakers

screenwriters
Urška Jurman, Damjan Kozole, Matic Drakulić
director
Damjan Kozole
producers
Danijel Hočevar, Zala Opara
co-producer
Marinko Sudac
director of photography
Sašo Štih
film editor
Matic Drakulić
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanović, Matjaž Hanžek, David Nez, Marika Pogačnik, Biljana Tomić, Tomaž Brejc, Ješa Denegri, Marina Abramović

production
Vertigo
co-production
RTV Slovenija
in collaboration with
GO! 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia Evropska prestolnica kulture, Film Studio Viba Film, Društvo Igor Zabel za kulturo in teorijo, Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

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The film screening and discussion are part of the programme accompanying the exhibition For the Democratisation of Art – Revisited. The discussion will be partly in English.

Tickets for the OHO film’s screening will be available at Kino Sora (Sora Cinema) before the screening. The ticket price is EUR 6.