{"id":11217,"date":"2017-09-12T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntf.uni-lj.si\/oto\/?post_type=event&p=11217"},"modified":"2017-10-12T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T08:11:57","slug":"rusalca-in-reflection","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.ntf.uni-lj.si\/oto\/en\/event\/rusalca-in-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"RusaLCA in reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The exhibition in Mitnica, the exhibition pavilion<\/strong> of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering and the Institute for construction of Slovenia, and its Conservation centre of modern and contemporary art<\/strong>, is a metaphorical review of the RusaLCA<\/strong> project that is based on improved handling of water resources. These resources are ever further threatened by climate change, pollution and population growth. The Institute for construction of Slovenia<\/strong><\/a> in collaboration with its partners has developed a method, using a small biological treatment plant with nanotechnology<\/strong> to further refine water purification with the purpose of reusing and repurposing it. This would enable a drastic reduction in the use of drinking water<\/strong> from natural resources for secondary uses.<\/p>\n

Students were confronted with the growing threat of dwindling drinking water resources when they studied the purification and circulation of water. They took particular interest in the research process, from the refinement methods, materials and tools, to water itself and its properties and its intrinsic importance.<\/p>\n

In the experimental part of the project a cotton fabric was dyed with black tea extract<\/strong> prepared in a steam bath to exude maximal amounts of tannins from the tea. The fabric was submerged in this bath and left to dye for a number of days. After the colouring process iron sediment from a purification plant was used as a mordant to achieve darker shades of colour.<\/p>\n

Deni Pregelj<\/strong>, Ga\u0161per Gaj\u0161ek<\/strong>, Karmen Ho\u010devar<\/strong>, Katarina Marija Kmet<\/strong>, Uro\u0161 Topi\u0107<\/strong>, Sara Gri\u017eon<\/strong>, Ela Vehovec<\/strong>, Tina Dovjak<\/strong>, Sara Jankovi\u010d<\/strong>, Dominika Rozina<\/strong>, Barbara Su\u0161nik<\/strong>, Tina Crnkovi\u010d<\/strong>, Monika Ivanu\u0161a<\/strong>, Nina \u017dnidar\u0161i\u010d<\/strong>, Karin Gosenca<\/strong>, Mia Mati\u0107<\/strong>, Marjetka Lucija Prelog<\/strong>, Eva Primec<\/strong>, Irena Vi\u0161nar<\/strong>, Vita Rau<\/strong>, Ur\u0161ka Medved<\/strong>, Ne\u017ea Dobrovoljc<\/strong>, Ula Pogorev\u010dnik<\/strong>, Agnieszka Koraldy<\/strong>, Aditi Sakura<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Gauri Nagpal<\/strong>, students<\/strong> of textile and fashion design<\/a><\/strong> were guided by mentors doc. dr. Ana Mladenovi\u0107<\/strong>, Primo\u017e Opr\u010dkal<\/strong>, mag. Mateja Gole\u017e<\/strong>, prof. Marija Jenko<\/strong>, doc. dr. Marija Gorjanc<\/strong>, and technical assistant Marjeta \u010cuk<\/strong>, to transform the entire pavillion into a symbollical purification plant where dirty textile waste is transformed into a clean, white, substance. In doing so it raises attention to the problem of environmental damage, with focus on water resources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This exhibition is one of many performances taking part during the Days of European cultural heritage<\/strong>, this year focusing on Water \u2013 from myth to architecture<\/strong>. The exhibition was also spurred on by the 25th Biannual of industrial design in Ljubljana \u2013 with the title Faraway, so close<\/strong><\/a>; and was placed among the associated projects for this year.<\/p>\n

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Thoughts about watter…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the biggest things about water that one doesn’t really realize is the privilege of having water and the privilege of not even having to think of having water.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Najpomembnej\u0161e o vodi je, da se ne zavedamo, kako velika razlika je med \u201cimeti vodo\u201d in \u201cniti pomisliti ne na to\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gauri Nagpal, Indija<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2026it’s such a necessity but it is also such a luxury and that luxury comes with such a privilege that is often ignored and to be able to recognize that is something really, really important.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026 voda je nuja, je pa tudi razko\u0161je in to razko\u0161je je privilegij, ki ga pogosto kar prezremo, kaj \u0161ele, da bi se resni\u010dno zavedali, kako pomemben je.<\/p>\n

Gauri Nagpal, Indija<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2026and it’s really sad to see how a necessity becomes just privilege and no one can survive without water. How long can you go without water? You can’t possibly, but it becomes a luxury and that is a really sad thing for us to see. You know, you just flush down drinking water and people don’t have any to drink.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026 \u0161e bolj \u017ealostno pa bo, ko bo ta privilegij postal le beseda na papirju in nih\u010de ne bo pre\u017eivel, ker vode ve\u010d ne bo. Kako dolgo lahko zdr\u017eimo brez vode? Nikakor ne moremo in pretresljivo je gledati, kako je \u010dista voda dostopna le nekaterim, ki s pitno vodo spirajo celo svoja strani\u0161\u010da, medtem ko drugje nimajo vode niti za pitje.<\/p>\n

Gauri Nagpal, Indija<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slej kot prej bomo spoznali, da ima tudi Zemlja pravico obstajati brez onesna\u017eevanja. \u010clove\u0161tvo mora spoznati, da ne more pre\u017eiveti brez matere Zemlje, planet pa brez njega lahko.<\/p>\n

Evo Morales, Bolivija<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ljudje, ki \u017eivijo v pomanjkanju vode, imajo na izbiro tri stvari: da se prilagodijo, ostanejo, trpijo in umrejo ali da se preselijo oziroma migrirajo v kraje, kjer upajo na la\u017eji dostop do osnovnega \u017eivljenjskega vira. Ravno ta preseljevanja danes predstavljajo najve\u010dji svetovni problem, saj je prestopil vse meje in danes zaobjema tako socialni, ekonomski, kulturni kot, na vso \u017ealost, tudi voja\u0161ki problem.<\/p>\n

Monika Ivanu\u0161a, Slovenija<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Onesna\u017eevanje vode je ve\u010dja tragedija, kot si sploh lahko predstavljamo. Onesna\u017eevanje je umor. \u010ce \u017eelimo kaj spremeniti, moramo za\u010deti pri sebi.<\/p>\n

Eva Primec, Slovenija<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The exhibition in Mitnica, the exhibition pavilion of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering and the Institute for construction of Slovenia, and its Conservation centre of modern and contemporary art, is a metaphorical review of the RusaLCA project that is based on improved handling of water resources. These resources are ever further threatened by … Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":11254,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n