Miloš Kosec

4’33’’ in Bežigrad

Publication

The text was developed in relation to the sound walk Zeleni atrij mesta and stems from reflections on the architectural and cultural heritage of Ljubljana. It focuses on the area of the Central Stadium in Bežigrad, designed by architect Jože Plečnik and closed to the public since 2008.

The author reflects on a degraded site that, despite its historical and symbolic significance, continues to decay and lose its role in the city’s public life. Through sound, walking, and historical layering, the text opens questions of listening to space, heritage preservation, and the relationship between past and present.

The text was developed in relation to the sound walk Zeleni atrij mesta and stems from reflections on the architectural and cultural heritage of Ljubljana. It focuses on the area of the Central Stadium in Bežigrad, designed by architect Jože Plečnik and closed to the public since 2008.

The author reflects on a degraded site that, despite its historical and symbolic significance, continues to decay and lose its role in the city’s public life. Through sound, walking, and historical layering, the text opens questions of listening to space, heritage preservation, and the relationship between past and present.

Miloš Kosec

An architect, assistant professor, lecturer, and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana. He graduated in 2013, receiving the Plečnik and Prešeren Student Awards, and completed his PhD at Birkbeck, University of London, with a thesis on activism and passivity in contemporary architecture. He also works as a curator and regularly contributes to the magazines Outsider and Praznine.

Text: Dr. Miloš Kosec
Introductory text: Nika van Berkel, Karmen Ponikvar
English translation and copy-editing: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
Slovenian copy-editing: Melita Silič
Design: Matej Tomažin
Editor: Irena Pivka

Publisher: Cona, Institute for Processing Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2024
Book series: Steklenik

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