Cultural node Stanica, in the building of old and still operating train station Zilina-Zariecie is linking independent venue, artistic laboratory and activists' collective. On the white map of nowadays we would like to be a culture node - creative, educative and critical.

We continue the story of a small train station where people use to stop when passing by and share news and experiences from their travels. Truc sphérique, non-governmental organization for contemporary arts and culture was founded in 1998 in Zilina, in the building of Stanica we are based since 2003.

We run a gallery, a workshop space, residency space for artists, a café,  a waiting-room, and a multifunctional presentation venue for theatre, dance, concerts, discussions and screenings. Besides that there is also huge outer space open to the public with a garden, park, summer stage, and a children’s playground. There are several different children ateliers taking place almost every day each week, and on average two-three artistic events a week. Since 2009 we have a new performing arts venue S2 which is an alternative construction from beer crates and straw bales.

Stanica is not just the next cultural center in the town or region, but a platform for information, research, and realization of experimental art/cultural/community projects and international and inter-sector communication that lead activities to other institutions.