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Sislej Xhafa, IT

Performance at Železniška postaja Ljubljana and Video installation

The Kosovar artist Sislej Xhafa enacted his performance in the railway station of Ljubljana. Looking at the notice-board of departures and arrivals, he announced the information about the trains in the style of a stockbroker on the floor of a busy stock exchange. A video of this performance was shown on the day of the opening of the biennale, together with a new performance.