International conference hosted by the MA program Choreography and Performance (Gießen), May 29 – June 1 2014

The international conference The Public Commons and the Undercommons of Art, Education, and Labor is hosted by the MA program Choreography and Performance (Justus Liebig University, Gießen) and organized in collaboration with the Hessian Theatre Academy, the East European Performing Arts Platform, Bunker Ljubljana, ID Frankfurt, and Frankfurt LAB, which will also be its venue. It is funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

More information: The Public Commons and the Undercommons of Art, Education, and Labor

Your Gay Thoughts

Photo: Ada Hamza

Your Gay Thoughts (YGT) is an inovative audio-visual collective from Ljubljana ranging from post-pop, hip hop, post-punk to kalimba juke scene and melanholic schlagers. An hour of pure sound and vision extravaganza.

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Matej Kejžar: WHITE

Photo: Matija Lukić

White is a ritual, dedicated to all colourblind people. It’s a symbol of new beginning. White canvas. New, undefined space. It’s ritual of the body which is freed from its representation.

Author and performed by: Matej Kejžar
Sound recordings: Matej Kejžar
Costumes: Matej Kejžar & Matic
Sound: Luka Kejžar
Intervention: Janez Vidrih
Producer: Žiga Predan
Production: Pekinpah / Kink Kong
Partners: Bunker, En-Knap / Španski borci, Cheerz Georges Brussels
Acknowledgements: Iztok Kovač, Davis Freeman, Nina Meško, Petra Veber, Leja Jurišič, technical team Španski borci, technical team Bunker

Nicolás F. Rosés Ponce: Ω MANTRA

Photo: Nellie de Boer

Ω Mantra is an exploration of the strong bond between the dancer and the music, a primitive relationship between movement and sound. The existence of both movement and sound in the same space creates a relation. The body transforms itself into an instrument that allows us to see sound and to listen to movement. Choosing a traditional form with the ability to give spontaneous to these complex motions, the power to transform purely physical actions into intellectual and aesthetic values. Leading the audience through different landscapes and emotions.

Author & performed by: Nicolás F. Rosés Ponce

Spider, An Itinerant Artistic Manifestation in White

With our special Wednesday – White Spider event, we are celebrating this year’s continuous Spider Expand! festivals, with sold out events in DCj Brussels (March), Les Subsistances, Lyon (April), LaborGras Berlin (April) & just recently in Syghrono Theatro, Athens (May). (more…)

International Forum STILL READY TO CHANGE?

Still Ready to Change? forum picks up where the Ready to Change? organized by Bunker and Sostenuto partners in 2010 left off – with the potential for change.

It seems like the multitude is still searching for a different reality than the one we’re living now, even if without a clear idea of how this different reality should look or how we can achieve it. (more…)

Meeting of the Create to Connect partners in Paris, 16th and 17th May 2014

Create to Connect  is a joint effort of 13 European cultural and research organizations to create powerful and long-lasting connections of artists, cultural operators, researchers and audience. The partners’ organizations have made commitment to several years researching and finding new approaches to educate the audience as well as the production models that will engage the audience in new innovative ways and trying to create new public arenas together with the audience, whether it be physically, through dialogue or participation. The project runs from 1st September 2013 to 31st August 2018, its coordinator is Bunker, Ljubljana.

More information: www.createtoconnect.eu

Svetlana Makarovič, Milko Lazar: THE SAGA OF HALLGERD

Photo: Jana Jocif

In her work entitled The Saga of Hallgerd, Svetlana Makarovič drew upon the Icelandic storytelling tradition so very dear to her, and set off to the battle beween Christianity and Paganism that had flared up in the 10th century. The central character appearing in this battle is the beautiful Hallgerd, who was loyal to the old ways, treated people with respect and stood up against injustice. (more…)

Leja Jurišić, Teja Reba: THE SECOND FREEDOM

Photo: Nada Žgank

“In The Second Freedom the authors paste together some motives from their previous solo and co-authored pieces and then develop them in an experimental manner, without obsessing excessively about the exact dramaturgical limits of the performance. In this diversity of roles, images and transformations the potential for reflection and self-reflection arises and we see it run smoothly during the performance itself. (more…)

ZVOKOTOK

Photo: Rok Pevec

Zvokotok is a cycle of contemporary composed music, the purpose of which is the integration of established institutional spaces of artistic activities and the spaces of dynamic activites of non-governmental organizations. (more…)