Irena Tomažin: THE TASTE OF SILENCE ALWAYS RESONATES

Photo: Nada Žgank

Irena Tomažin uses the medium of voice and body as her tool(s) to tackle the themes of tradition, heritage and the status of voice(s) and images, which are carried on by voice as a medium of oral tradition, from one generation to the next. In a way, we belong more to the past and to the tradition that – at first glance – seems to have faded away already; it also seems that we don’t belong to the present as much, the present that is supposed to be “the here and now.” But maybe the oral tradition that seems to have faded away with time, is only a display of its quiet, unobtrusive, and ever-continuing presence. “… It happens sometimes, that the sheer beauty of a song tends to bring me into a certain state of confusion … As if hot air is inflating inside of me … The air, which growls inside my chest, choking me until I explode, and then get expelled, way out there into the silence. And sometimes, I manage to shriek, really quietly. Very quietly and only very briefly …” Irena Tomažin

The performance at the Dance Week will take place within the framework of the festival June in Ljubljana.

Tickets: 3 EUR