Balkan Connection

The Balkans are an inexhaustible source of corpses and originals

Balkan Connection is a set of three performances directed by a Slovenian (Bojan Jablanovec) who brings together a Croatian (Boris Kadin) and a Serb (Kristian Al Droubi) in the context of Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramović and the theoretical reflection of Bojana Kunst. With Balkan straightforwardness, radicalism and humour, Boris and Kristian present their attitude towards the intellectualisation, mystification and impotence of contemporary art – without excluding themselves. “The Balkans – apart from the many corpses – have always been an endless source of originals. The concept of the new and the original is something so fatal and frightening that no one really has the courage to confront it… But we are not giving up. It is necessary to dig, dig, dig. And it is necessary to know where to dig.” Boris Kadin

Balkan Connection

2009 – Via Nova
Collective presentation – 130 min

Performances
— What Joseph Beuys Told Me …
— Game With Toothpicks
— Interview With the Artist

Concept and direction — Bojan Jablanovec
Performers — Boris Kadin, Kristian Al Droubi
Producer — Špela Trošt

Presentations
14-08-2009, Church of St. Dominic Zadar, Zadar snova festival
18-09-2009, Es.Terni festival, Terni
25-09-2009, Perforations festival, Dubrovnik
29-01-2011, The Old Power Station, Ljubljana
22-07-2013, Thealter festival, Szeget