Invalid

A handicapped system can only exist with handicapped people

“28 September 1990, Maribor General Hospital. A stone rolled on Pohorje and hit him in the left knee”. Thus begins the story of Primož’s knee injury, with extensive diagnostic and therapeutic documentation, which has not yet come to an end. Today, Primož is still an active actor, dancer and performer, diagnosed with Laesio menisci medialis genus dex. At every rehearsal and performance, he is still at risk of dislocating his knee again. The performance thematises Primož’s reality as a disability of a system that we maintain ourselves. At his request, the audience binds his arms and legs until he is left without functional limbs. A disabled system can only flourish with disabled people. Without broken knees and elbows, it is impossible to exist or thrive in this system.

Invalid

2010 • Via Nova
Dance performance • 60 min

Concept — Primož Bezjak, Bojan Jablanovec
Direction — Bojan Jablanovec
Performance — Primož Bezjak
Choreography — Gregor Luštek
Music and performance — Tomaž Grom
Producer — Špela Trošt
Production — Via Negativa

The performance text summarises medical reports from the Maribor General Hospital, the Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital, the Ljubljana Clinical Centre and the Artros Orthopaedic Clinic from the period 1990 – 2008. The performance also uses the Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach, performed by Glenn Gould.