The authors of this article analyse various artistic projects in Slovenia, Germany, Russia and elsewhere, which were created in the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall. They focus especially on works that thematise key existential and political issues while articulating forms of radical doubt. The article also offers an analysis of different manifestations of theatricality and characteristic constellations of pathos and melancholy. Key viewpoints of theatre aesthetics in times of contemporary existential disorientation and crisis are then defined on the abovementioned bases.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2884187
35 national theatres were active in former Yugoslavia in 1990. The article examines how national theatres were connected to mechanisms of social control and what the role of ethnic, geographical and political denotations in the names of theatres was. The establishing of many national theatres in former Yugoslavia is considered to be a symptom of the decline of the state and of increasing ethnopluralism. The series “Studies in International Performance” is edited by Janelle Reinelt, and Brian Singleton, president of the International Federation for Theatre Research.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2280283
An Introduction to the Theory of Dramatic Genres is the first comprehensive work in Slovenia dealing with the emergence and development of dramatic genres. It discusses fundamental notions and genre theories from Aristotle onwards, terminology, structural elements determining individual genres and their historical development from ancient times to the end of the 20th century. The author argues that the presented historical turns only partly coincide with well-known art periods. It is a work of international importance due to its inclusion of examples that extend beyond national borders.
COBISS.SI-ID: 239905792
Through their work, the Pupilija Ferkeverk group left an important mark on the neo-avant-garde art in Slovenia and former Yugoslavia. It introduced numerous innovations, in particular the dramaturgy of collage, which intertwined elements of everyday life and popular culture, as well as audio-visual aids, performance art and happening. These novelties represented a new, interdisciplinary view of art and society. Dr. Denis Poniž and Dr. Barbara Orel, a member of the project group, contributed articles to the monograph on the 40th anniversary of the emergence of the Pupilija Ferkeverk group.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2902619
The article deals with internationalization of Slovenian theatre after 1989. It is devised as a case study and focuses on the work of Tomaž Pandur, a director at the Slovenian national theatre in Maribor between 1989 and 1996. The author analyses Pandur’s concept of “theatrum mundi” and the establishment of postdramatic theatre aesthetics in Slovenia. Particular emphasis is put on the social function of theatre within a local, national and international context during said period.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2869083