Fragments of Time

What secrets does a place hold when it has witnessed the life of a city for centuries? What stories remain etched in its walls, and which have been lost to time?

Fragments of Time is a distinctive artistic installation that places the space itself at the centre of the experience — its architecture, history and invisible layers of memory. Within the unique atmosphere of the Judgement Tower, past, present and imagination intertwine.

Through subtle interventions with light, shadows and ever-changing images, the installation reveals the architectural features of the space, highlights its structures and opens up new perspectives on an environment we may know, but have perhaps never truly seen. With its medieval foundations, historic walls and contemporary architectural interventions, the Judgement Tower becomes the protagonist of the narrative.

The past intertwines with an audio narrative that brings together historical facts, imagination and stories that might have happened. The boundaries between the real and the imagined, the familiar and the unknown, gradually begin to blur.

Light symbolises the transience and infinity of time. As a bearer of memory, it reveals traces of the past and connects them with the present. In a place where justice was once passed, light now presides — the judge of time, revealing fragments of stories woven into the architectural fabric of the city.

Fragments of Time invites visitors to immerse themselves in the experience and reflect on space, history, heritage and their own place within the continuous flow of time.

The project opens up a new dialogue between light, architecture and cultural heritage, inviting visitors to discover the historic spaces of the Minoriti Cultural Quarter from a different perspective.

What remains? What has been forgotten? And which stories continue to live on within this space?

Concept, lighting design, scenography and direction • Gašper Bohinec
Music, lighting design and programming • Urban Kolarič
Video • Filip Ferk
Dramaturgy • Zoran Petrovič
Photography and outside perspective • Andrej Firm
Expert consultant • Niko Šetar
Cube construction • Lucijan Jošt
Voice • Vesna Vončina
Production • GBEvents, in collaboration with Maribor Puppet Theatre

The project is co-financed by the Municipality of Maribor.

Admission is free.

Exhibition Opening

Saturday, 5 December 2026, at 6 pm

Exhibition Opening Hours

The exhibition will be open from 5 December 2026 to 24 January 2027, Thursday to Sunday, with three daily entry times: 5 pm, 5:30 pm and 6 pm.

The exhibition will be closed for the holidays on 24, 25 and 31 December 2026, and 1 January 2027.