Postal Drama

As befits a proper city, the Ljubljana central post office imposes itself upon the streets around it. Like a well dressed bouncer in a tight suit. 

Kot se za pravo mesto spodobi, se na okoliških ulicah vsiljuje glavna ljubljanska pošta. Kot dobro oblečen izbijač.

Post offices, parliaments and customs buildings were meant to be an extension of the state. And their grandeur and permanence reinforced the power of the enlightened systems that built them. Even power stations and prisons used to be showcases of design and respect for people's eyes.

Pošte, parlamenti in carinarnice naj bi bili podaljšek države. In njihova veličina in trajnost sta okrepili moč razsvetljenih sistemov, ki so jih zgradili. Celo elektrarne in zapori so bili nekoč izložbe oblikovanja in spoštovanja do očesnih zrkl ljudi.

This is still a functioning post office. Staffed by postal employees that are just the right kind of aloof. They are very important people, certainly. And very busy too. It is a rewarding challenge to nudge them into a reluctant smile, despite themselves. 

To je še vedno delujoča pošta. Zasedeno s poštnimi uslužbenci, ki so ravno prav oddaljeni. So zelo pomembni ljudje, kajne veš. In tudi zelo zaposleni. In zato je nagrajujoč izziv jih potisniti v nejevoljen nasmeh.

Do they know they work in a splendid art nouveau building, with lots of classical influences, built at the turn of the century? We at sloveniArt will be lobbying the government to make a law requiring all the very important clerks that work in these buildings to learn about their history. 

Ali vedo, da delajo v čudoviti secesijski stavbi z veliko klasičnimi vplivi, zgrajeni na prelomu stoletja? V sloveniArtu bomo lobirali pri vladi, da sprejme zakon, ki bo od vseh zelo pomembnih uradnikov, ki delajo v teh stavbah, zahteval, da se seznanijo z njihovo zgodovino.

The government officials are not as lucky as the postal employees. The Slovenian parliament is not quite a work of art. Unfortunately, Plečnik was not able to realize his grand plan for the government buildings, which were meant to be in Tivoli Park. Pity. 

Državni uradniki nimajo takšne sreče kot poštni uslužbenci. Slovenski parlament ni prava umetnina. Plečniku žal ni uspelo uresničiti svojega velikega načrta za vladne stavbe, ki naj bi bile v parku Tivoli. Škoda.