Čas med obdobji merimo različno. Včasih nam leti, drugič se vleče, zgodi se da celo stoji. Odvisno predvsem od tega, kolikšen je naš energetsko-čustveni vložek, kakšna so naša pričakovanja in naša razočaranja.

Obdobje med 12. in 13. festivalom Exodos je bilo predvsem dolgo in, milo rečeno, zahtevno. To je bil čas razočaranj in spoznanj, pa tudi čas, ki je omogočil novosti, zahteval odločitve in spremembe.

Zahvaljujem se vsem, ki ste ob nerazumljivi odločitvi ministrstva za kulturo izrazili podporo festivalu Exodos. To nam je dalo dodatno moč in utrdilo prepričanje, da je mednarodni festival Exodos pomemben za slovenski kulturni prostor, saj odpira nova obzorja in nove poglede.

Pred nami in vami je 13. Exodos. Z 1/3 načrtovanega programa – vse želje se ne uresničijo vedno,a ne? – v novi obliki, z novim konceptom, z novo ekipo, z novimi avtorji, z novimi predstavami, v novih prostorih, v novem času.

Le cilj ostaja isti: Narediti dober festival, ki bo nam in vam prikazal nekaj novega, lepega, drugačnega in nepozabnega.

Nataša Zavolovšek
direktorica Festivala

The time between periods is measured in various ways. Sometimes it flies and sometimes it drags; it even happens that it stands still. It all depends primarily on the volume of the invested energy and emotions, on our expectations and disappointments.

The period between the 12th and the 13th Exodos Festivals was above all long, but also demanding, to put it mildly. It was the time of distress and recognition, but also the time that has led to novelties and called for changes and decisions to be made.

I would like to express my thanks to all who have encouraged the Festival after the incomprehensible decision of the Slovene Ministry of Culture to withdraw its financial support. This encouragement has strengthened us and hardened our conviction that the Exodos International Festival of Performing Arts is important for the Slovene cultural space – for it is opening up new horizons and new perspectives.

Here comes the 13th Exodos Festival, with only one third of the planned programme – well, not all wishes can always be fulfilled, right? – in a new form, with a new concept, a new form, with a new concept, a new team, with new artists, new performances, in new venues, in a new time.

Only the goal remains the same: to prepare a good festival during which everyone will see something fresh, attractive,different and unforgettable.

Nataša Zavolovšek
Director of the Festival