News and responses
FUGUE FOR THE NATION
Kvadrat. New Music Video by Svojat
As part of the Fugue for the Nation project, we are releasing a new music video by the band Svojat, created by Matej Stupica and Jure Lavrin. The animated video connects drawings by Matej Stupica from the “Grout series”, which were displayed on posters in Ljubljana in April. Kvadrat is part of the musical tapestry of the post-performance Fuga za narod.
SVOJAT
Fugue for the Nation
In early March, Ente Tapes released a new single and music video by the band Svojat titled ‘Fugue for the Nation’, which announces the project of the same name produced by VN. In ‘Fugue for the Nation’, Andrej Fon portrays Cankar’s folk musician Kurent, who, together with Svojat, transforms a thousand hours of suffering into a single hour of joy.
REFLECTIONS • ROK VEVAR
A lot has happened in the last 25 years
The context, socio-political and cultural conditions have changed. Not only for VN, but for the performing arts in general, including internationally. It is time to reflect. There is much to consider in order to achieve new shifts. What constitutes public space? What tools did the 20th century offer in the field of performing arts? What can be done with them? What are the forms of production?
RESPONSES • VN LAB 2025
The necessity of reflecting on (artistic) priorities
The question of how to breathe life into contemporary art after the devaluation of all values in the middle of the 21st century is a valid one, but altruistically putting the performer on their feet will not be enough — the viewer will also have to be re-educated to come to the front line and boldly cross it. Sigledal.org
RESPONSES • A MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING STOPS
Axis of rotation
“A moment when everything stops invites us to reflect on the increasing pace of existence and, in its final act – the switching off or stopping – asks where it will spin us. The alternating synchronicity and asynchronicity of the performers opens up a reflection on the levers of power that dictate this rotation. Who makes us spin?” Sigledal.org
RESPONSES • MANDIĆCIRCUS
The actor as manic fragment and shock therapist
“Mandić cannot be reduced to narcissism. He is an actor who constantly shatters his image in the mirror. A powerful actor. His performance is memorable – it is a performance/announcement, a performance/manifesto, a performance/challenge. A celebration and a “horror” reflection on the acting and the actor.” Novi list, Zagreb
