20. 9. 2025 Cycling Guided Tour of Maribor's Forma viva

Cycling Guided Tour of Maribor's Forma viva
meeting point: UGM, Strossmayerjeva ulica 6
end point: Trg Borisa Kidriča
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 10:00

As part of European Mobility Week, we are joining forces with the Maribor Cycling Network to invite you on a guided tour of Maribor's Forma viva. Created in the second half of the 20th century, these concrete sculptures connected the left and right banks of the Drava River, the old and new parts of the city. The artworks were placed mainly in areas with high foot traffic, allowing the organizers to introduce residents to a new, modern artistic style. Today, we invite you to take a look at these works from a contemporary perspective – how we experience them today, what role they play in the modern urban space, and how they appeal to passers-by. We will cover the distances between the sculptures by bike, so make your visit sustainable too.

The tour is led by: 
Brigita Strnad, museum consultant at UGM
Žiga Ozvaldič, Maribor Cycling Network

Locations:
1.    Lawn in front of UGM / Will Nettelship, Summer Joy, 1986
2.    Lawn at SERŠ / Momčilo Krković, Encounter, 1970
3.    Gosposvetska 46 / Tone Lapajne, Untitled, 1967
4.    City Park / Slavko Tihec, Sphere, 1973
5.    Prešernova ulica 10b, on the facade of an apartment building / Janez Boljka, Atomic Home, 1973
6.    Razlagova ulica 14, Platform in front of Economics Faculty / Bradford Graves, Bridge to Man, 1970
7.    Razlagova ulica 20, Platform in front of Economics Faculty / Mojca Smerdu, Blossom, 1983
8.    Kidrič Square / Lino Tinē, Untitled, 1967

Information: Brigita Strnad, brigita.strnad@ugm.si, +386 2 22 94 697, +386 41 57 50 50