2025

Nine Elephants Vol.2

Fantastic Routes

various locations in the city and swimming pool

10–20 july 2025

We’re delighted to announce the second edition of Nine Elephants and the continuation of a fantastic conversation between residents and artists, poets and gardeners, experts and observers, which will take place over exactly ten days in July at various venues across the city – and for the first time in nearby towns and villages.
Calendar

JUMP! DON'T JUMP

10 YEARS SWIMMING POOL EXHIBITION

Swimming Pool

10 July – 18 September 2025

We will open this year’s Nine Elephants with an exhibition dedicated to the full and empty pools of the imagination, and Zhana Ivanova will warm us up in welcoming the ten-day programme of the festival.
Focus Ecologies

ICELAND BANYA MATTINE

with ideas factory and gullkistan

28 april, 11:30 – 13:30

conversation and screening
Welcome

An empty pool full of art, talks, books, plants, city, love and imagination

mondays and thursdays, 16:00-19:00
FOCUS SOCIAL

WETLANDS AND PUBLIC SPACES

cultural aperitivo with lungomare / conversation and presentation of upcoming open call

april 5th, 18:00–20:00
FOCUS SOCIAL

NINE ELEPHANTS FORUM

December, January, February

a series of lectures, discussions and talks to inspire new ways of working in the city over the upcoming weeks. FORUM is a continuation of t Nine Elephants Art in the City programme where we will dig deeper into the themes, build on partnerships and explore the possibilities for better and meaningful interaction between different actors in the cultural sphere seeking to contribute to the development of the city's potentials and urban communities through art.