To Our Delight

Olja Grubić

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Recipe for a new world

At this moment, it feels as though the world is collapsing beneath us. The order as we know it is falling apart. We are entering a time of uncertainty – of change whose outcome is difficult to imagine as a happy ending. Our present is not a “golden age.” Times past – not even that long ago – seem more stable, safer, happier. But for whom? As David Graeber and David Wengrow write: “Egalitarian cities, even regional confederacies, are quite common in history – but egalitarian families or households are not.”

The most painful losses of freedom have taken place on the micro-level – in relationships between genders, between generations, and within household roles. It is precisely where intimacy reigns that the deepest forms of structural violence often hide. Can our descendants still even imagine a utopian world of peace and acceptance?

Every generation destroys the old world and creates a new one. Will this one be better? Freedom requires responsibility. Democracy is a demanding, exhausting endeavour. Biologically, we are drawn to simple solutions; evolutionarily, we are closer to totalitarianism. It is easier to follow than to lead. Easier to destroy than to build. Every generation has its geniuses, inventors, innovators, creators, rebels, and fighters – those who push the world forward and transform it into a better, safer place to live. And then each generation is erased. Recycled. We possess great power – and with it, great responsibility. It is up to us how we use it. We must decide what recipe we will follow to build a new world. A world that will be “to everyone’s taste.”

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

Foto: Marcandrea

To Our Delight

2025
Performance • 50 min

Concept — Olja Grubić
Devised and performed by — Anita Wach, Nina Goropečnik, Olja Grubić
Producer — Lučka Neža Peterlin (Maska), Špela Trošt (VN)
Technical manager — Grega Mohorčič
Production — Maska, Via Negativa
Co-production — Glej Theatre