{"id":16901,"date":"2022-10-19T20:21:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T08:23:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16901\" class=\"elementor elementor-16901 elementor-15985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25eb08d3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25eb08d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75fc044b\" 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elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10c5c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consulting.stylemixthemes.com\/demo\/kuala-lumpur\/manchester_inner_circle.svg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-794906c4\" data-id=\"794906c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e2f618 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41e2f618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief history of <em>SLUK<\/em><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b851797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b851797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Meeting of Puppeteers and Croatian Puppet Theatres \u2013 SLUK (Susret lutkara i lutkarskih kazali\u0161ta Hrvatske) \u2013 is a theatre festival dedicated exclusively to Croatian puppetry art.<\/p>\n<p>The first SLUK took place in Opatija in 1969. as a result of the festival stage in \u0160ibenik, PIF (The International Puppet Theatre Festival), and \u2018Autumn in Opatija \u2013 Puppets for Children and Adults.\u2019 The organizational and artistic outlines of the future biennial festival were outlined in Osijek in 1977, when SLUK found its place under the sun in the organization of the Children\u2019s Theatre and several cultural institutions of Osijek.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-657636a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"657636a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5db9310\" data-id=\"5db9310\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d56c908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d56c908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since then, SLUK has been a competitive festival, therefore the attention is focused on the artistic scope of the selected plays.<\/p>\n<p>Plays are held on different stages where one can see performances by local, as well as, foreign ensembles. After being held in Osijek for a long period of time, in 1991 SLUK took place in Zadar and that was the last meeting in the former state of Yugoslavia. Since 1993 and the first SLUK in independent Croatia, the meeting has been held mainly in Osijek. The festival has undergone various organizational changes and has become a meeting and exhibition place of the best puppetry works in the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32d79b58 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32d79b58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cdce5dd\" data-id=\"5cdce5dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6451b027 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6451b027\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-65b660a1\" data-id=\"65b660a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459a4299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"459a4299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-526c1a11\" data-id=\"526c1a11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1483e619 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1483e619\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-69649763\" data-id=\"69649763\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6c46f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-stm_company_history\" data-id=\"3f6c46f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"stm_company_history.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n    <div class=\"company_history style_2 dark-bg-mode\">\n        <ul id=\"partners_carousel_69f2ca91218f9\">\n                            <li class=\"history-item\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"year\">1969.<\/div>\n                    \n                    <div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"company_history_text\">\n\n                                                    <h4 class=\"no_stripe\">First SLUK<\/h4>\n                        \n                                                    <p>First SLUK took place in Opatija in 1969.<\/p>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"history-item\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"year\">1977.<\/div>\n                    \n                    <div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"company_history_text\">\n\n                                                    <h4 class=\"no_stripe\">In the organization DKBM<\/h4>\n                        \n                                                    <p>SLUK found its place under the sun in the organization of the Children's Theatre and several cultural institutions of Osijek.<\/p>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"history-item\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"year\">1991.<\/div>\n                    \n                    <div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"company_history_text\">\n\n                                                    <h4 class=\"no_stripe\">SLUK in Zadar<\/h4>\n                        \n                                                    <p>After being held in Osijek for a long period of time, in 1991 SLUK took place in Zadar.<\/p>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"history-item\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"year\">1993.<\/div>\n                    \n                    <div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"company_history_text\">\n\n                                                    <h4 class=\"no_stripe\">SLUK today<\/h4>\n                        \n                                                    <p>The first SLUK in independent Croatia, the meeting has been held mainly in Osijek.<\/p>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n   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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome message<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a78d63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-stm_news\" data-id=\"5a78d63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"stm_news.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n    <div class=\"stm_news  consulting_elementor_posts\">\n        <ul class=\"news_list posts_per_row_4\">\n\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/30sluknews-1-r6d92pfjk5wjjudx3dbucyhybq2fbug8qtbxf17vmk.jpg' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk\/\">30th SLUK! Adam Skend\u017ei\u0107, the president of the Croatian Centre of UNIMA<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>In the busyness of today\u2019s world, where we don&#8217;t often have the chance to stop and enjoy art, to meet people and socialise, we have \u2013 SLUK. The festival that resists the values of transience, which are inevitably imposed on us when we don\u2019t actively make time for the things that matter. SLUK comes as<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">15 April, 2025<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk-2\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/30sluknews1-1-r6d927klyb83f93uznlxjl071eig9lhcccxparycws.jpg' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk-2\/\">30th SLUK! Ivica Lu\u010di\u0107, the director of Children\u2019s Theatre \u02ddBranko Mihaljevi\u0107\u02dd<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>So, here we are, at the 30th SLUK! I, eto nas na tridesetom SLUK-u! Half of that period, even a bit more, I had a chance to see, to experience, to survive&#8230; We\u2019ll see what happens next.. Still, I hope that I will , as a carefree spectator, like one of the two old men<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">18 March, 2025<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/welcome-to-the-30th-sluk-2\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/the-selectors-report-after-watching-the-performances-registered-at-sluk-2023\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/sluk-background-1980-pwcjl2804skhfjp7ybve4k6p9xcllpig3yfzzud90c.jpg' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/the-selectors-report-after-watching-the-performances-registered-at-sluk-2023\/\">The selector&#8217;s report after watching the performances registered at SLUK 2023.<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>The selector&#8217;s report after watching the performances registered at SLUK 2023. SLUK 2023. A total of 16 performances have applied for SLUK 2023, which will be held in Osijek In addition to the five public puppet theaters, other theaters, theater companies and all artistic organizations registered in the register of the Ministry of Culture and<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">6 April, 2023<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/the-selectors-report-after-watching-the-performances-registered-at-sluk-2023\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/competition-for-the-design-of-the-mascot-and-prize-statuette-of-the-meeting-of-puppeteers-and-puppet-theaters-sluk\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ob2-pwhwj52e3f86us4sqb6lb8phef0dwfyq3ut5i9cicc.png' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/competition-for-the-design-of-the-mascot-and-prize-statuette-of-the-meeting-of-puppeteers-and-puppet-theaters-sluk\/\">Competition for the design of the MASCOT and prize statuette of the meeting of puppeteers and puppet theaters SLUK<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>Dear doll creators and masters of puppet technology, The Croatian Center UNIMA and the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek present a unique opportunity to participate in the competition for the design of the MASCOT and the prize statuette of the Meeting of Puppeteers and Puppet Theaters, SLUK. SLUK is a theater festival dedicated<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">4 April, 2023<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/competition-for-the-design-of-the-mascot-and-prize-statuette-of-the-meeting-of-puppeteers-and-puppet-theaters-sluk\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-president-croatian-center-of-unima\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ADAM-pykibaki180phx72tsogztmzr5eu74895s2yqquxuk.webp' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-president-croatian-center-of-unima\/\">29. SLUK &#8211; Introductory speech of the president Croatian Center of UNIMA<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>We wish you a warm welcome to SLUK, biennial meeting of puppeteers organized by the Croatian Center UNIMA and our most frequent host, the Branko Mihaljevi\u0107 Children&#8217;s Theater in Osijek. This festival has brought the joy and art of puppetry for many years to various cities in Croatia, and proudly continues this tradition by including<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">30 November, 2022<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-president-croatian-center-of-unima\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-director-dkbm\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/il-pykiado5e0ro7kiv5wgj2jxuynwzpplnd98yy27pwc.jpg' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-director-dkbm\/\">29. SLUK &#8211; Introductory speech of the director DKBM<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>There is no possibility to describe, explain, present or evoke SLUK in written or spoken words or in any other way. My colleagues at the Children&#8217;s Theater in Osijek, where I joined in 1993, were already aware of this, so they didn&#8217;t even try. Namely, when I got a job that year, SLUK had just<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">24 November, 2022<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/29-sluk-introductory-speech-of-the-director-dkbm\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n            \n                <li>\n                    <div class=\"post_inner\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"image\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/28-sluk-welcome-message\/\">\n                                            <img src='https:\/\/sluk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/fb-cover-sluk03-pwelb687svui1iget30u4az9ohkn2d5eol5y5x39p8.jpg' alt='' \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"stm_news_unit-block\">\n                                    <h5 class=\"no_stripe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/28-sluk-welcome-message\/\">28. SLUK &#8211; Welcome message<\/a>\n                                    <\/h5>\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"stm_the_excerpt\">\n                                            <p>The drops that weave the survival of SLUK! Dear puppeteers, you can see and feel for yourself that nothing is normal at this SLUK, so please forgive me for underlining it. So, it is not normal that the best puppeteers of Croatia do not all gather in one place every two years, that they do<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"date\">\n                                                                                            <span class=\"the_date\">18 May, 2021<\/span>\n                                                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sluk.hr\/en\/28-sluk-welcome-message\/\"\n                                               class=\"button size-lg hidden\">Read more<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief history of SLUK A Meeting of Puppeteers and Croatian Puppet Theatres \u2013 SLUK (Susret lutkara i lutkarskih kazali\u0161ta Hrvatske) \u2013 is a theatre festival dedicated exclusively to Croatian puppetry art. 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