RED DISTRICTS I, 1980 - 2009

RED DISTRICTS I – Construction of a New Power Plant in Trbovlje, signed and stamped by Laibach

This depiction"Construction of a New Power Plant in Trbovlje" is one of eight iconic motifs from the Red Districts series in this set (all prints on aluminium plates) and represents the construction of the newer thermal power plant complex, which took place between 1964 - 1968. The plant originally was created with too low a chimney for its ultimate purpose, so a 360 m high chimney was added in 1976, which is still the highest chimney in Europe.

The Trbovlje Thermal Power Plant complex was one of the largest power plants in Yugoslavia. Together with the coal mines in Zasavje, it was a critical ingredient for the development of many factories, industrial and craft enterprises, transport and social activities in Zasavje and wider Slovenia.

Laibach performed twice in the Trbovlje power plant area (actually in the premises of the older Thermoelectric Power Plant I) in December 1990 and October 1992. These events were actually the first ever concerts of the group in their home town. The 1990 performance took place on the historic date of 26 December, when Slovenia declared the results of the referendum on its independence. Laibach played the concert in an old industrial hall in temperatures as low as -10 °C. The British music magazine Wire listed the concert as one of the 60 concerts that "shocked the world".

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