Rally of Truth

“I love this land, the pastures and my flock”

(Boris Kadin)

An auto-ironic retrospective of the political and ideological heritage of the former Yugoslavia, tailored from the standards of the Croatian popular music. The performance takes its title from the large “people’s”rallies that took place in the late 1980s, where Serbian politicians proclaimed their truths about their Yugoslavia. Today, Yugoslavia is no more, but Doris the sheep remains with her truth and her new republic: “It is true, we sheep do not like to live alone. We fall into depression. We get lost in space. We panic. I confess. I love you. I love this world, I love this land that gave birth to me. I will never forget the moment I felt the power of my flock for the first time. It was then that I thought: Doris, what you live and feel is authentic, unique and special.”

Rally of Truth

2011 • Via Nova
Concert performance • 40 min

Concept, text, performance — Boris Kadin
Music adaptations — Vedran Supičić, Marin Supičić
Computer sound processing and design — Tomaž Grom
Light design — Igor Remeta
Producer — Špela Trošt
Production — Via Negativa

The performance used musical adaptations of the following songs: Oliver Dragojević: Vjeruj u ljubav • G. Novak – R. Šverko: Za mene je sreća • Parni valjak: Ljubavna • Prljavo kazalište: Ružo Hrvatska • Josipa Lisac: Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo • Band Aid: Moja domovina • Novi Fosili: Da te ne volim • Let 3: Izgubljeni • Dubrovački Trubaduri: Jedan dan