Irena Pivka,Brane Zorman,Rajko Muršič,Jure Anžiček

Echoes of the Youth Palace

Cultural education

Echoing the Youth Palace is a sound workshop developed by Mladi zmaji in collaboration with the Cona Institute. The programme offers hands-on work with sound, from equipment basics and production foundations to field recording and collaborative editing.

Through soundwalking, recording, and composing, participants explore the acoustic landscape of the emerging Youth Palace centre. The resulting sound composition was used in the documentary Palača Cukrarna and later presented in an exhibition context.

Echoing the Youth Palace is a sound workshop developed by Mladi zmaji in collaboration with the Cona Institute. The programme offers hands-on work with sound, from equipment basics and production foundations to field recording and collaborative editing.

Through soundwalking, recording, and composing, participants explore the acoustic landscape of the emerging Youth Palace centre. The resulting sound composition was used in the documentary Palača Cukrarna and later presented in an exhibition context.

Irena Pivka

An artist and producer exploring the intersections of place, sound, and digital tools, with a focus on sound-geolocation practices.

Brane Zorman

A composer and intermedia artist researching sound through new technologies for theatre and intermedia projects.

Rajko Muršič

A professor of ethnology and cultural anthropology researching sound, music, and subcultures and their social significance.

Jure Anžiček

A music producer and sound designer specialised in Reaper software, active in film, theatre, and audio production.

Project lead: Nika Rupnik
Workshop mentors: Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman, Rajko Muršič, Jure Anžiček
Location: ČMC Šiška and fieldwork in public spaces in Ljubljana
Production: Mladi zmaji and Cona, 2025

The workshop result was used as the sound base for the film Palača Cukrarna (Kinodvor, 13 June 2025) and presented in the exhibition format Dragon Front: A Space for Youth Breakthroughs (Historical Atrium of the City Hall, 8 October–13 November 2025).

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