Bojan Jablanovec
FOUR DEATHS

May 15 at 7.00 pm
Venue: Gledališče Glej
Duration: 75 minutes
English subtitles.

The performance piece Four Deaths is from the cycle Via Negativa. Envy is the mortal sin taken as the starting point for this performance. Four performers stage four deaths. Katarina Stegnar murders Pina Bausch; Grega Zorc kills Tim Etchells; Barbara Kukovec, La Ribot; Petra Zanki, Marina Abramović. With a conscious attempt at re-creation, the four performers tackle the object of their envy: the work of art. By taking the place of the viewers, they stand before the audience as both substitute and original.

Bojan Jablanovec is a theatre director. In 2002, he began the cycle Via Negativa which is a form of collective creation and education, as it also organizes workshops. Via Negativa is a cycle of performances each of which has as its starting point one of the human qualities that from the Christian perspective are conceived of as mortal sins. The performances function as a collage, the actors’ artistic contributions being pieces in a puzzle. As director, Jablanovec conceptually links them. This year, the cycle will be concluded with the performance Via Nova which will gather together all of the performers and material from previous performances.

Concept, direction, set: Bojan Jablanovec
Text and scenes: Barbara Kukovec, Katarina Stegnar, Petra Zanki, Grega Zorc, Dylan Tighe, Bojan Jablanovec
Performers: Barbara Kukovec, Katarina Stegnar, Petra Zanki, Grega Zorc
Production manager: Špela Trošt
Production: Via Negativa
Co-production: Gledališče Glej

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