Authors Aleksandra Rakić and Urša Zajc, Klementina Kranvogel and Ana Jelinič, Anamarija Lukšić, Mateja Perko and Katja Kuhar, Petja Zorec and Ema Salčinovič. Mentors: Elena Fajt and Marija Jenko

The students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering used their perception of light to design the textile objects that they placed into Soteska, a lonely street not far outside the city centre. Soteska resembles a nice outside living room, as it expands into a small square in the middle. The giant amorphous armchair from which warm light and seductive rustling emanate are an enticement to rest. Textile leaves coated in reflective paint warn that after every summer, Winter is coming. Or were they just strewn there by winds from Zvezda park? The undulating ribbons and the lace canopy from perforated ribbons draw shadowy images, while transparent veils arch across the hidden garden. Is this house jewellery in the form of knit garlands? Is this an artificial paradise in the middle of the concrete heat?

ELENA FAJT is an assistant professor for clothes design at NTF, Chair of Textile and Fashion design. As an author, she has been collaborating on the on-going project Hairsense which was presented at individual and group exhibitions at home and abroad (USA, Germany, Italy, Croatia). She designed numerous costumes for theatre and dance performances on domestic and foreign stages, as well as costumes for feature films and shorts.

MARIJA JENKO is an academic painter that specialises in graphics. She also works on designing patterns for textile, screen printed textile, and designing textile objects. She also creates illustrations. Her work was exhibited at international events at home and abroad, including: 50th International Graphic Biennial in Ljubljana, at the 7^th Biennial of Slovene Graphics, at the 1^st International Mediterranean Biennial of Engraving in Greece etc.