a/political presents Alamut by Laibach, an original symphonic work by the engineers of human souls – the retro-avant-garde group Laibach, composed by Luka Jamnik in collaboration with Idin Samimi Mofakham and Nima A. Rowshan. Alamut is an original symphonic work by Laibach based on a famous story from eleventh-century Persia, as told by the Slovene writer Vladimir Bartol in his novel of the same title published in 1938. The central character is Hassan-i Sabbāh, the charismatic religious and political leader of the Nizari Ismailis and the founder of a mysterious military formation known as the Assassins, whose name is still feared and respected today. In Laibach’s Alamut, the ideas of radical nihilism interweave with the classical Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam, the sensual verses of Mahsati Ganjavi blend with minimalist orchestral colours derived from Iranian tradition. Hassan-i Sabbāh’s propaganda mechanism is echoed in the industrial principle of the workings of the orchestra and Laibach’s unique sound. The trailer featured is an excerpt from a feature film produced by a/political and Staragara and directed by award-winning Sašo Podgoršek. The upcoming film documents the development and showcase of Alamut against the ever-changing landscape of diplomatic relations between Iran and Europe.

Laibach Alamut teaser 

Created by Sašo Podgoršek 2022

Catch Alamut shows in 2023 here:

October 14th: Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom, SI

October 15th: Trieste, Politeama Rossetti, IT

October 19th: Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle, DE

October 22nd: Zagreb, Vatroslav Lisinski Hall, HR

https://www.laibach.org/   / laibach     / laibachofficial     / laibach 

Laibach Alamut teaser 04

Created by Sašo Podgoršek 2022

Catch Alamut shows in 2023 here:

October 14th: Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom, SI

October 15th: Trieste, Politeama Rossetti, IT

October 19th: Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle, DE

October 22nd: Zagreb, Vatroslav Lisinski Hall, HR

https://www.laibach.org/   / laibach     / laibachofficial     / laibach 

Recorded in May 2009: Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015) Laura Flanders interviewed the author in anticipation of what would become his last book, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, published by Nation Books. Galeano spent a lifetime reflecting on the lives—political, cultural, and historical—of the people of the Americas.

In April 2009, Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez gave Barack Obama a copy of Galeano’s book Open Veins of Latin America. Galeano joined us to discuss his work, the political moment, and the past and future of US-Latin American relations.

Eduardo Galeano at Sanje

Kurt Vonnegut Lecture

February 4, 2004

The Case College Scholars Program

Subtitles: Eva Collins Alonso

Ugledni ameriški komik in neprizanesljivi preizpraševalec »veljavnih« resnic v pogovoru z Mattiasom Desmetom, avtorjem odmevne knjige Psihologija totalitarizma (zbirka Dokumenta, Sanje 2023).

Dolge ure letenja. Več kot 4600 ur v zraku, v različnih majhnih letalih, sam, med tišinami modrine ali v iskanju majhnih modrih zarez med nevihtnimi gmotami, skozi katere se mora pilot prebiti. Z ultralahkim letalom je že trikrat obkrožil svet. Mnogokrat se je znašel v nemogočih situacijah in odpilotiral skoznje.

Nagrajeni avtor, biolog, fotograf, naravovarstvenik, ki je med drugim prejel priznanje najboljši pilot sveta. 

Knjiga Točka brez povratka.

Glasba: Nimetu (album Vrtise, Sanje 2022)

✅ Webpage: http://booknight.net/the-night-book/


BOOKNIGHT LOVESTREAM ❤️

FROM CHAOS TO COSMOS | IZ KAOSA V KOZMOS

Opening of Universal Book Night | Otvoritev Noč knjige

with

VANDANA SHIVA (India), ANTOINE CASSAR (Malta), NAHID KAZEMI (Iran, Shiraz), RAMON TORRES GALARZA (Ecuador) – – MATIJA SOLCE &'Karantena K52 Collective'20.00 – DOBRILA ZVONAREK (Noć knjige, Croatia), ANJA NOVAK (Slovenia).

Moderated by/Pogovor vodijo: Cvetka Flores, Andreja Udovč, Rok Zavrtanik.

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First half of the stream in English, second part in Slovenian.
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An ethnologist says there are now 7,105 living languages, with 906 “dying” and 1,481 “in trouble.” In truth, nobody knows exactly how many languages there are because so many of them are undocumented…

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
~Nelson Mandela

Universal Book Night is:

✅ An international event, supporting and celebrating books as the foundation of a healthy society.
✅ Addresses all generations of readers, from the youngest to the oldest.
✅ Addresses the professional, business and wider publics.
✅ Connects everyone working in the area of books and reading, also connects them with readers
✅ Encourages an increase in reading, literacy and the values of imagination in the society
✅ Vision: a world-wide project that connects and empowers cultures and languages across the globe
✅ It is a non- & trans-commercial project
✅ It respects and encourages the use and expression of every language and culture in the world
✅ It encourages cooperation among all vital organizations in every country/culture
✅ Appreciation of the principles of creativity & freedom of expression
✅ It helps build world awareness and to support culture and creativity
✅ The awareness that reading offers a foundation for a healthy society and healthy individuals; it encourages and empowers the principles of knowledge, creativity, innovation, invention, enterpreneurship, sovereignty

Join us dreaming anywhere – on the internet, in a dream, in your imagination … anywhere on planet Earth, or beyond!

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Honourable patron: Unesco - Commission for Slovenia
Initiator and coordinator of the project – Sanje: https://www.sanje.si/blog/about-sanje/
Support: Radio Slovenia, Slovenian Book Agency