Screening will be held twice, on Thursdays, 5 and 12 August 2021, at 19.00 at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova 2, 1000 Ljubljana.

Art historian Kanika Gupta, activist in residence at the SEM, explores ancient Indian art and mythology, and connects them to the current environmental challenges. Her film It Was In Spring ... tells the story of a house that has been demolished together with its garden and trees, and replaced with the new multistorey building surrounded only with concrete. Through the everyday as well as ritual activities the film shows different understandings of construction and related loss of biodiversity.

Free entry!

The number of guests is limited. Please register here: blagajna@etno-muzej.si.

According to the Ordinance on the temporary restriction of the provision of cultural services to end users in the Republic of Slovenia, the event can be attended only by vaccinated, recovered, or tested individuals (PCT). No evidence is required for children under the age of 15 attending with family members or guardians.

Film screening is part of a residency program organized by Kanika Gupta within the project Taking Care. Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care.