Every year, the Synagogue Maribor traditionally hosts one of the exhibitions of the Festival of Photography Maribor, which takes place right during the European Days of Jewish Culture. As part of the festival, the young photographer and graphic designer Matevž Čebašek will present himself in the Synagogue Maribor, who in his artistic creativity is constantly developing his own long-term projects aimed at showing and questioning various socio-political issues. In the Mountains, the Sun is Shining is his latest author’s project, in which he investigates the disease of dementia based on experiences from the intimate sphere of his family, paying particular attention to the issues of vulnerability and unreliability of memory, which are related to dementia and placed in a specific historical context. The Matevž Čebašek exhibition will be on display in the Synagogue Maribor until 30 September 2024.

The exhibition In the Mountains, the Sun is Shining will be on display in the Synagogue Maribor from 11 to 30 September 2024.

The Festival of Photography Maribor 2024 will officially open on Saturday, 14 September 2024. On that day, at 17:00, a guided tour will be organised through the festival’s exhibition venues at Židovska Cultural Quarter, accompanied by the curators and authors of the exhibitions (the meeting point is in the Jewish Square). As part of the guided tour, visitors will also see the exhibition In the Mountains, the Sun is Shining and learn more about Matevž Čebašek’s photographic project.