Via Negativa, društvo za sodobne scenske umetnosti
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29 Nov 2024
A performance of "100 Toasts - Sto zdravic", a collective celebration of what we love, what we think is great and what we do not accept. Written and choreographed by Anita Wach and Bojan Jablanovec, produced by Via Negativa and coproduced by Festival Maat Lublin and Ja Ja Ja Ne Ne Ne Warszawa.
at the Perform[ing] Poland
23 Nov 2024
Dramaturge Jasna Žmak will be joining the festival with her solo project "this is my truth, tell me yours". Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art Zagreb, and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.
at the Zero Point International Festival
30 Sep 2024
1 Oct 2024
Two solo theatre lecture-performances titled "This is my truth, tell me yours" by playwright and writer Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women.
at the Bitef Festival
19 Sep 2024
A solo theatre performance "This is my truth, tell me yours" by playwright and writer Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women.
15 Jun 2024
A performance of "Naked Life - Golo življenje" by Olja Grubić. Produced by Via Negativa.
at the International Performing Arts Festival A Part
25 May 2024
A solo performance of "this is my truth, tell me yours" by Jasna Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, and Center for Drama Art Zagreb.
at the Festival of Monodrama Zagreb
19 May 2024
A performance of "Hundred Toasts - Sto zdravic" by Anita Wach and Bojan Jablanovec, produced by Via Negativa, Maat Festival Lublin, and JaJaJa NeNeNe Warsaw.
at the Festival Teszt
14 May 2024
A solo performance of "this is my truth, tell me yours" by Jasna Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, and Center for Drama Art Zagreb.
15 Mar 2024
Performance Hundred Toasts - Sto zdravic, a solo performance by Anita Wach. A celebration of achievements and failures of artists, statesmen, and thinkers who fundamentally influenced the track of history. With concept and direction by Bojan Jablanovec. Produced by Maat Festival Lublin and Via Negativa.
at the Interstices Festival
23 Nov 2023
"this is my truth tell me yours" - a solo performance by Jasna Žmak, co-produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.
20 Nov 2023
"MandićCirkus", a performance by Marko Mandić, co-produced by Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Via Negativa.
at the Desire Central Station
1 Jul 2023
1 Jul 2023
25 Jun 2023
Hundred Toasts, a solo performance by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa
at the A Part Festival
25 Jun 2023
22 May 2023
19 May 2023
21 May 2023
this is my truth tell me yours produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art in Zagreb and City of Women
at the Vox Feminae Festival
17 May 2023
Bulgaria Sofia Toplocentrala
13 May 2023
Extima: Fertile Soil by Olja Grubić, produced by Via Negativa
at the Prvo pa žensko (It’s First and It’s a Girl)
3 Feb 2023
Italy Trieste/Trst Hangar Teatri
8 Nov 2019
9 Nov 2019
12 Jun 2019
Devised theatre performance Sorry, produced by Via Negativa,
at the International Performing Arts Festival A Part
27 May 2019
Hundred Toasts, a solo performance by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa,
24 May 2019
21 May 2019
Tonight I Celebrate, a concert performance by Uroš Kaurin and Tomaž Grom, produced by Via Negativa,
at the Antistatic International Festival of Contemporary Dance and Performance
20 May 2019
21 Feb 2019
The solo performance What Joseph Beuys Told Me When I Was Lying Dead in His Lap by Boris Kadin, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa,
7 Dec 2018
Hundred Toasts, a solo performance by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa,
at the MAAT Festival
25 Nov 2018
1 Dec 2018
The performances The Idiots, directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac and produced by Mladinsko Theatre; Hero 2.0 by Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions; 365 Falls by Via Negativa; and a concert by Laibach,
at the Desiré Central Station
7 Nov 2018
8 Nov 2018
The performance The Ninth by Via Negativa, supported by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin,
at the Euro Scene Leipzig
4 Oct 2018
5 Oct 2018
The premiere of the devised theatre performance Sorry, produced by Via Negativa, followed by artist talk with Anita Wach,
at the Ciało/Umsł Festival
29 Sep 2018
15 May 2018
Hundred Toasts, a solo performance by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa,
at the Queer Festival Zagreb
19 Nov 2017
27 Nov 2017
The Ninth - The Anthropological Machine powered by Beethoven, a performance produced by Via Negativa, and Simona Semenič's we, european corpses, directed by Sebastijan Horvat and produced by Mladinsko Theatre,
at the Desiré Central Station Festival
27 Oct 2017
Hundred Toasts, a solo performance by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa,
at the Teatri di Vetro Festival
28 Sep 2017
29 Sep 2017
7 Sep 2017
Promising! #10, performed by Loup Abramovici and Tomaž Grom with special guest Roberta Milevoj, produced by Via Negativa and co-produced by Sploh Institute,
at the Electro Camp Festival
2 Apr 2017
27 Nov 2016
The Ninth, a performance produced by Via Negativa
at the Sacred Homelands festival of international performance
8 Oct 2016
The Ninth, a performance produced by Via Negativa, at the Ciało/Umsł Festival, followed by a meeting with Anita Wach and Bojan Jablanovec
2 Oct 2016
15 Jun 2016
9 Mar 2016
Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, at the Rassegna Festival Internazionale Il Teatro Nudo di Teresa Pomodoro
4 Dec 2015
10 Dec 2015
Hundred Toasts for Dead Artist, a solo performance by Anita Wach (Via Negativa)
at the Maat Festival
1 Dec 2015
28 Nov 2015
5 Dec 2015
The Ristić Complex, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, and Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, at the Desiré Central Station International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
14 Oct 2015
24 Sep 2015
17 Jul 2015
29 Jun 2015
30 Jun 2015
Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, and Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, at the 42nd International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre
23 May 2015
25 May 2015
Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, and The Crazy Locomotive, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, at the Teszt Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara
11 Mar 2015
12 Mar 2015
14 Dec 2014
On the Right Track, a cabaret of the political absurd produced by Via Negativa
at the Festival Natura Dei Teatri
6 Nov 2014
9 Nov 2014
20 Oct 2014
21 Oct 2014
28 Sep 2014
MandićMachine, Extract Mandić, and Viva Mandić, solo performances by Marko Mandić produced by Via Negativa, at the Balkan Spirit Festival
5 Mar 2014
16 Mar 2014
Damned be the traitor of his homeland! by Oliver Frljić (Mladinsko Theatre), Sad Sam Lucky by Matija Ferlin (Emanat Institute), Who is Next? by Janez Janša (Maska Institute), and Just the Beginning produced by Via Negativa, at the Festival of the Independent Balkan Scene Transitions: 1. Balkans
27 Nov 2013
The lecture Hunt for the Real by Bojan Jablanovec (Via Negativa) at the Spectacular - Laboratory for performing arts
24 Nov 2013
25 Nov 2013
Performances MandićMachine, The Brake, and On The Right Track produced by Via Negativa at the Desiré Central Station 2013 and the lecture Hunt For The Real by Bojan Jablanovec at the Desiré Academy
27 Sep 2013
The Storm, produced by Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL), and MandićMachine, a solo performance by Marko Mandić, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa and the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
at the Bitef Festival
29 Jun 2013
2 Jul 2013
The gallery performance, exhibition and video installation Via MSU Zagreb - No One Should Have Seen This produced by Via Negativa, the solo performance Drop Dead by Katarina Stegnar, and a trip to the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) accompanied by Dragan Živadinov
at the Eurokaz Festival
19 Jun 2013
Oops, a dance solo by Anita Wach, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and coproduced by Via Negativa
at the A PART International Performing Arts Festival
8 Apr 2013
MandićMachine, a solo performance by Marko Mandić, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa and the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana,
20 Mar 2013
MandićMachine, a solo performance by Marko Mandić, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa and the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana,
18 Mar 2013
MandićMachine, a solo performance by Marko Mandić, directed by Bojan Jablanovec and produced by Via Negativa and the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana,
22 Nov 2012
25 Nov 2012
Who is next, a performance by Janez Janša (Maska Institute) and Via Negativa
at the LIMIT - Live Art Festival
25 Jun 2012
3 Jul 2012
MandićMachine by Marko Mandić and Bojan Jablanovec, and produced by Via Negativa; Re-/de-/Construction: Class Enemy produced by Mladinsko Theatre; and Divine Comedy, choreographed by Edward Clug, music by Milko Lazar and Borut Kržišnik, at the 39th International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre
5 Jun 2012
31 May 2012
23 May 2012
26 May 2012
28 Feb 2012
3 Mar 2012
SAD SAM /ALMOST 6/ by Matija Ferlin, produced by Emanat Institute and Invalid by Primož Bezjak and Tonight I celebrate, a concert performance by Uroš Kaurin, produced by Via Negativa
at the Contrefugue Festival, DañsFabrik
23 Feb 2012
24 Feb 2012
Solo performances Viva Mandić! by Marko Mandić and Invalid by Primož Bezjak, produced by Via Negativa
15 Nov 2011
Performance what joseph beuys told me while i was lying dead in his lap directed by Bojan Jablanovec, produced by Via Negativa
at the Natura dei teatri Festival
6 Nov 2011
20 Oct 2011
29 Oct 2011
Dance performances by Rosana Hribar/Gregor Luštek, Mala Kline, Branko Potočan and theatre performances Tonight I Celebrate and Mandićstroj (Via Negativa
at the Perforacije Festival
19 Mar 2011
17 Mar 2011
20 Mar 2011
Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland!, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced byMladinsko Theatre; Out, Invalid, Tonight I Celebrate, and Game With Toothpicks by Via Negativa; Ma and Al, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced by Mini Theatre,
at the Perforations Festival
Performance cycles
The concept for Via Negativa evolved out of a need to re-examine the ideas, meanings and explanations that underpin theatrical production and to challenge the dominant production models and normative standards of making theatre. Understanding theatre as a principle of communication rather than aestheticisation, Via Negativa is known for applying a method of reduction in exploring the relationship between the performer and the spectator, which is conceptualised as a complex flow of expectations, judgments, stereotypes, fallacies and prejudices, which trigger various emotional, rational or irrational responses.
Collaborating with a range of established and emerging makers, Via Negativa has been developing its work through the following performance cycles:
Seven Deadly Sins
The cycle (2002–2008) was dedicated to the negative drives of life as the basic dynamic of subjectivity and was developed within the thematic framework of the seven deadly sins. It resulted in seven performances, including Incasso (2005), which received a special jury award at the 11th INFANT International Festival Novi Sad in 2005.
Via Nova
This performance cycle (2009–2011) reflected on the relationship between creation and destruction, theory and practice, copy and original, presence and absence, and value and price, and featured small format projects, mainly solos or duets, among them also the solo piece by Marko Mandić MandićMachine (2011), which was awarded by the Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia , at the Slovene Festival of Chamber Theatre (SKUP) , and at the INFANT International Festival in Novi Sad. The performance-exhibition Via Nova Museum received the Audience Award for Best Performance at the 2009 edition of Eẋ Ponto International Festival.
Irresolvable
The latest of Via Negativa's cycles (2012–ongoing) addresses the utopian foundations of modern society, ideas such as justice, freedom and equality, which are the subject of permanent ideological manipulations and irresolvable social tensions.
For more about Via Negativa's projects see below.
Via Negativa regularly presents its work at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station (initially also at Mini Theatre and Glej Theatre in Ljubljana) and often collaborates with other institutions, for example, Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, City of Women Festival, Pekinpah Association, Institute Maska, Sploh Institute, etc.
In cooperation with Bunker Institute, City of Women and Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia, Via Negativa also co-organises the series of public discussions titled "The Audience Council", aimed at encouraging reflection and the exchange of the audience's views.
VN Lab
The VN Lab is Via Negativa's laboratory for performance art, organised as a series of workshops intended for practitioners from the fields of performance art, theatre, dance, experimental research or body practices to explore the question of why and what to perform. Led by Bojan Jablanovec, Katarina Stegnar and Gregor Zorc and following the method of self-staging, developed on the basis of Via Negativa's creative practice, besides developing individual participant's creative processes, the workshops often result in performance pieces that are presented to the public. The VN Lab is organised in collaboration with Bunker Institute.
International co-operation
Via Negativa uses workshops to develop a model for the international production of contemporary theatre works that would not be driven by the logic of limiting the number of permanent members. Including international teams of performers, Via Negativa has produced work in collaboration with University of Zagreb – Student Centre – Teatar &TD; the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova; Kampnagel, Hamburg; Eurokaz, Zagreb; the Croatian National Theatre Opera Zagreb; Oblivia, Helsinki; Maat Festival, Lublin; JaJaJa NeNeNe Association, Warsaw; Forum Freies Theater, Düsseldorf; Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf; etc.
Via Negativa performances have been presented at various international festivals, such as the Venice Biennial; the Contemporary Drama Festival Budapest; the International Festival Perforacije Dubrovnik; the International Festival of New Theatre Eurokaz; Es.terni Festival – International Festival of Contemporary Creation; Desiree International Theatre Festival Subotica; Fabrik Potsdam; Sacred Homelands Festival, UK; Electro Camp Festival, Venice; Infant Festival; Mladi levi Festival; Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts; etc.
See also
External links
- Via Negativa website
- Via Negativa projects
- "The Spectator's Performing Body", an article on Via Negativa by Tomaž Krpič in New Theatre Quarterly
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Established by the stage director Bojan Jablanovec in 2002 in Ljubljana, Via Negativa is an international platform for the research, development and production of contemporary performing arts. +
Established by the stage director Bojan Jablanovec in 2002 in Ljubljana, Via Negativa is an international platform for the research, development and production of contemporary performing arts. +
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