Since a major solar flare (known as The Flare) wiped out the digital record, the origins of many archived objects have slipped out of reach. Under these conditions, the histories of things are no longer retrievable; they are convened  in public hearings. The name of this practice is tuning.

For the 403rd edition, two objects have been recovered from an underground vault, found side by side, unlabelled. They might be old-socialist, capitalist or vectoralist relics, or objects from the early days of our now-familiar commonism. Without metadata to lean on, the question is not what they really were, but what they can become – what concepts they call for, what meanings they can hold, and what societal roles they may play going forward.

Three invited delegates will report, each with a different method, theory, and stake in what these objects can be taken as. One will speak on behalf of the transregional Spiritual Order of Planetary Sapience. Two are delegated from our local naturecultures: one from the Department for the Psychology of Unproductivity, and the other to be disclosed at the hearing.

Are we dealing with instruments for administering rest, props for planetary rites, remnants of an interface economy, or something else entirely?

In the company of the Mediator, the Steward and you – the attending Peerticipants – the delegates will give short testimonies, compare notes, contest one another and, where possible, attempt demonstrations of use. Questions and alternative readings from the floor are welcome.

Free admission. Registration at the auditorium entrance.
Language: A fusion of Slovenian and decolonial English

Credits

LARP design and facilitation by Rok Kranjc

Delegates: Maja Bojanić, Brandon Rosenbluth, and Lea Sande

Steward of TUNING #[40]3: Tjaša Pogačar

The event is part of the Tuning With series co-created by Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana and Šum platform. Tuning With is curated by Vladimir Vidmar and Tjaša Pogačar.

Conceived as a hybrid format combining a lecture, roundtable, and open discussion, the series aims to explore, reflect on, and recontextualize selected phenomena of contemporary art. Invited speakers will bring diverse perspectives and formulate interpretive proposals shaped by the creative and theoretical frameworks they work within.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Ljubljana.

Production: MG+MSUM and ŠUM (Association Gallery Boks)