The first project of this edition of Lighting Guerrilla happened quite a while before the official opening of the festival. The Diving Bell installation was created by the students of Gimnazija Koper, under the mentoring of their teachers, Matej Kocjan and Dragica Samsa, and exhibited it at the Mestno kopališče in Koper. The installation puts a special emphasis on the Slovene coastal region and its marine dimension. During the night, the bell that represents both the world of underwater depths and a lighthouse draws the attention of lost travellers and beckons them towards it using light and sound. The essence of the installation is in combining the sea world with the elements that, on the solid ground, give identity to that which is hidden beneath the ever-changing surface of the sea. Maurits Cornelius Escher once called this link “the triple world”.

The workshop, which included students from Years 1 through 3 of the Umetniška gimnazija Koper, was mentored by Matej Kocjan Koco, Dragica Samsa and Ambrož Čopi, teachers at Gimnazija Koper.

MATEJ KOCJAN - KOCO is a comic author, illustrator, mentor and teacher. He regularly heads comic workshops organized by the Stripburger magazine. He was also on the editorial staff of the Stripburger magazine for several years. He published several independent books (Delikatessen, Pagatova izpoved, Maček Omar).

DRAGICA SAMSA (1966, Postojna) holds a degree in industrial design, organ playing and has been teaching the specialised courses at the graphic department of the school, as well as heading various extracurricular activities. With her lamp New Movement she participated at the Reci: luč exhibition at Light Guerrilla.

AMBROŽ ČOPI is a young Slovene composer and a choral director. At the Gimnazija Koper, he teaches specialised courses (solfeggio, musical composition), as well as leading the Vladimir Lovec chamber orchestra. With his program in basics of composition, he has been encouraging youths to be creative for several years.