eliXir (2025)

The exhibition eliXir: rewild • reinvent • replenish marked the closure of a nine-month-long research art–sci–tech project titled eliXir that took place on the xMobil platform. xMobil is led by pETER Purg, produced by Mojca Stubelj Ars (GO!2025, Xcenter) and was part of the official program of the European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia.

The project eliXir was developed and led by Jatun Risba in collaboration with Uroš Brezavšček and Vita Matjač (Floravita) and in dialogue with the environmentalist Anton Komat. It intertwined local foraging, artistic practice, ancient wisdom practices, and modern technological innovations, while connecting communities through the exchange of knowledge about food. The project aimed to activate local audiences in the development of new (r)evolutions. In doing so, it opened up spaces for meetings, dialogue, and collective creation, where novel connections between humans, ecology, and technology were tested.

Through interactive installations, performative practices, and open laboratory situations, visitors were invited to participate – from gathering and preparing food to experimenting with materials and energy sources. In this way, eliXir went beyond the framework of a conventional exhibition and established itself as a dynamic process in which scientific curiosity, cultural heritage, and creative imagination intertwined, and where each contribution — whether practical, aesthetic, or reflective — became an integral part of a shared (r)evolutionary flow.