The Manifest

"Is there any place left for us at all? Who is it taking it away? Should we trust one another? Do we even have a future?"

Boarding school Dijaški Dom Ivana Cankarja, often referred to as DIC, is located in Ljubljana’ biggest school district Poljane. This is also a place where thousands of pupils are cramped amongst rapidly growing number of ramps, parking lots and outlined urban spaces. Green yards separated with fences for pupils to keep distance are a sharp yet very clear message of extremely rigorous schools system which again and again operates against the benefits of the youth. A country in which we are born is ransacked and there is only a little hope left for us …

One thing is certain – the future belongs to us and we want it back! We’ve had enough and we demand a change to take place here and now! We call for “No Man’s Land” to become a “Planet Land” – a free and unlimited place for all species, planets and even a whole wide universe to enjoy in.

The thread of graffiti and street art workshops is to set fictive virtual gardens, lawns and pastures which will eventually lead to mental transformation and gaining of new green spaces in our reality as well. We want freedom, easy pace and a bright future. Therefore, we are spraying colorful hope and visualizing plants of salvation for those who have lost hope already. This is an offer impossible to miss, let alone to refuse!

The theatre workshop explores the topic of active citizenship through the participants’ performances. You will be invited to deliver intergenerational messages and transform them into adequate theatre scenes and situations. The final production will therefore be a result of your active working process assuming that BEING a citizen does not only mean to obey, but to demand as well.

Rock is a music genre belonging to the past, present and future generations. Therefore, rock music workshop invites you all to create a powerful music expression of resistance, love and participation. Rhythm, sounds, body movement and dancing will break down the barriers and set you free. 

Learning to learn and to be able to organize all newly acquired knowledge and skills into a transparent and recognizable system is our mission. We want to make our references matter and raise awareness of our knowledge so that one day, we’ll matter too! It is our desire to enter an equal footing with everything we are able to do, because the future belongs to us!