GENERAL INFORMATION
DATES: from 23 to 25 June 2025
VENUE: EPICenter, Kolodvorska pot, Nova Gorica SLO
ADMISSION: free with registration
ABOUT THE EVENT
To celebrate GO!BORDERLESS NOVA GORICA / GORIZIA EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2025 and the 25th Anniversary of the Florence Convention, UNISCAPE aims to contribute to
both by reclaiming people’s perceptive power in Landscape to challenge existing borders, and
reconnect with the ecology of planetary boundaries. The festival investigates the reawakening
of human perceptual capacity and subjectivity as a means of reconnecting humans and the
earth’s limits through deeply sensory engagement with landscapes, emphasizing perception
and landscape dimension as a pathway to understanding ours and respecting planetary
systems’ inherent boundaries.
On the first day, all participants, members of the UNISCAPE network, observer organizations
and representatives from interested institutions, within an open meeting of the UNISCAPE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, will discuss the development of the landscape alliance, the relaunch of
the Florence Convention, and future common challenges to keep the landscape cause alive.
The meeting will also serve as a launch platform for the 2025 edition of the NEXT GENERATION
LANDSCAPE FORUM, dedicated to early researchers, students, and young people,
encouraging engagement with a broader audience beyond academic circles to highlight the
significance of landscapes, landscape studies, and research in cultural, political, economic,
and social contexts.
The second day will open the LANDSCAPE ATELIERS, which will showcase and discuss the
contributions of the call. The event aims to highlight the work of UNISCAPE-affiliated
universities and sister organizations on the theme of Landscape, Borders, Borderscapes, and
the migrating nature of people and nature across borders, territories, disciplines, identities, and
rules.
The third day will be dedicated to the visits and all other forms of informal interactions.
Event organised by UNISCAPE and the University of Nova Gorica
UNISCAPE LANDSCAPE FESTIVAL ON THE BORDERS OF THE PLANET
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
๏ Saša Dobričić, UNISCAPE President, University Of Nova Gorica
๏ Conor Newman, UNISCAPE Vice President, University of Galway
๏ Tessa Matteini, UNISCAPE Director, University of Florence
๏ Rita Biasi, Tuscia University
๏ Anna Lambertini, University of Florence
๏ Rene Rusjan, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Stojan Pelko, GO! 2025 Head of Programme Manager
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
๏ Saša Dobričić, UNISCAPE President, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Katja Fak, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Tommaso Zanaica, UNISCAPE Office Manager
๏ Marco Acri, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Nika Bronić, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Gaja Golob, University of Nova Gorica
๏ Nadja Lovec Santaniello, University of Nova Gorica
EVENT ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA AND UNISCAPE
Official Programme of GO! Borderless – Nova Gorica/Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025