News and responses
MUSIC VIDEO
Fugue for the Nation
As part of the Fugue for the Nation project, we are releasing a 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. A song titled Square is part of the musical tapestry of the post-performance Fugue for the Nation.
REFLECTIONS • BLAŽ LUKAN
Things fall into a void
“The impact of performance or of art in general is today more a problem of a ‘deaf’ era, not just in cultural and artistic terms, but in society as a whole. Things fall into a void. Every individual practice, whether performative or theatrical, is always dependent on context; it cannot perform on its own. Even if the media and the audience take notice of it, it still requires some other context: some form of reflection, flow, or communication in a social sense.” Conversation about the VN platform
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
