VN Depo

Documents 2002 – 2024

Seven Deadly Sins

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Out_Photo29
Out Video 1:32:52
Four Deaths FDS070
Four Deaths Video 1:18:57
Viva Verdi_ Photo512
Viva Verdi Video 1:01:24
Would Would Not 293
Would Would Not Video 1:42:56
Incasso_Photo6
Incasso Video 1:04:20
More Video trojke
More Video 1:30:57 (threes)
Starting Point Anger Video 1 2
Starting Point Anger Video 1:05:31

Via Nova

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No One Should Have Seen This_ Photo18
No One Should Have Seen This Video 43:51
Game with toothpicks_ Photo11
Game With Toothpicks Video 31:59
Buyer with an eye_Photo5
Buyer With an Eye Video 31:03
Good Deal_ Photo17
Good Deal Video 52:49
Pure performance_Photo2
Pure Performance Video 49:38
What Joseph Beuys told me_Photo5
What Joseph Beuys Told Me… Video 36:17
Invalid_ Photo31
Invalid Video 52:01
Spotlight on Me_ Photo21
Spotlight on Me Video 39:09
Viva Mandić_ Photo2
Viva Mandić Video 39:47
Still Life STL0726
Still Life Video 27:05

Irresolvable

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Shame_ Photo31
Shame Video 1:11:55
Just the Beginning_ Photo34
Just the Beginning Video 1:06:30
Oops_ Photo21
Oops Video 42:33
Last Rehearsal for the Generation_ Photo31
Last Rehearsal for a Generation Video 1:11:52
And so on and so forth_Photo1
And So On And So Forth Video 1:13:04
The Brake_ Photo23
The Brake Video clip 03:02
365 falls_Photo18
365 Falls Video 1:36:46
MNP Temisoare_Photo1
Manipulations Video 1:12:02
Sorry_Photo26
Sorry Video (extracts) 1:35:47

30 Movements

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How to explain monument_DSC_6173
How to Explain a Monument to a Herd of Hares Video 28:15
Prisoners of freedom_DSC_6542
Prisoners of Freedom Video 28:59
Final Solution_MAS_3234
Final Solution Video 17:04
We, the Perverts_DSC_9599
We, the Perverts Video 15:34
Three Lives_MAS_5776
Three Lives Video 31:08
Nessun dorma_DSC_6015
Nessun dorma Video 23:32
Happy Birthday MAS_2774
Happy Birthday Video 23:32
No Pain No Gain_MAS_5440
No Pain, No Gain Video 42:29
Left Middle Right_DSC_6485
Left Centre Right Video 38:34
Balance_DSC_6239
Balance Video 10:00

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VN Depo contains texts, videos, photos and media responses of VN projects from 2002 to the present. All content is protected as copyrighted works and may only be used for private and non-commercial purposes.

Public reproduction, distribution, transmission, broadcast, display or any other form of public distribution of the content published in the VN archives and on the VN website is prohibited without the explicit written permission of VN or other copyright holders.

In case you need VN documents for a purpose other than exclusively private, please send us a request for consent, which can be found in the information section of each document. Read more about the terms of use

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VN Depo

Documents 2002 – 2024

VN Depo is a collection of documents on the performative artistic practice of a number of artists working within the Via Negativa platform. Since the beginning of the millennium, Via Negativa has been identifying the irresolvable ideological ruptures of contemporary society and addressing them through its performative strategies in the relationship between the artist and his audience. VN Depo provides digital access to Via Negativa’s artistic works (performance texts and performance videos) and extensive documentation of the projects (photographs, media reactions, reflections, etc.) from the first project (2002) to the present day.

VN Depo is intended for research, study and education. By publishing archival documents, Via Negativa aims to provide a comprehensive insight into the development of the creative processes, production models and performance strategies and formats of the artistic practice of the VN platform. In these fields, Via Negativa has emerged as one of the central actors in the “production of contemporaneity”, constantly relocating, circulating and exploring performance potentials in galleries, theatres, public spaces, digital media, etc. with its performance strategies. For further information on the conceptual and performative characteristics of the VN platform, please refer to the essay Nerazrešljivost kot performativni simptom (Théâtre Public n°222, October 2016) by Dr Blaž Lukan.

Since its foundation (2002), VN has produced more than 150 projects (performances, interventions, installations, videos, collective presentations, workshop presentations, etc.) with more than 250 participants from Slovenia and abroad, and in co-production with numerous Slovenian and European partners. During this time, extensive documentation has been accumulated revealing how the VN platform has evolved conceptually and how it has resonated in different temporal and cultural contexts. Currently (2024), VN Depo contains more than 3000 documents, classified in the following categories:

– photo (photos of performances at home and abroad),
– video (performance videos, video excerpts and video trailers),
– media responses (radio, television, newspaper reviews and interviews),
– texts (performance texts, reflections, leaflets).

VN Depo includes archived completed projects that include a full-length performance video and performance text in their documentation, as well as projects that are currently still alive, so the full-length videos of these projects are not yet available to the public. VN Depo is an ongoing project that evolves with the dynamics of the Via Negativa platform. Its content is constantly being updated and expanded with new documents and new projects.

VN Depo is for private and non-commercial use only. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, all content is protected as a copyrighted work. Public reproduction, distribution, transmission, broadcast, display or any other form of public distribution of the content published in the VN Depo and on the VN website is prohibited without the written permission of VN or the other copyright holders. Permission to use VN documentation for other than strictly private use may be obtained by submitting the consent request form located in the information section of each document.

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VN Artistic Director
Bojan Jablanovec

Producer
Špela Trošt

Contact
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