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V Imenu Ljudstva (In the name of the people), directed by Jure Novak, producer Maska Institute, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010.

Known for integrating innovative and socially engaged approaches to contemporary art practice since 1993, Maska Institute engages in contemporary art production, publishing, education, research, and activism. Since 2017, Maska runs The New Post Office project together with Mladinsko Theatre.

Maska productions

Maska Productions produces performances and other interdisciplinary, visual, and new media events by established and innovative artists as well as first projects of the youngest generation. The performances range from engaged interdisciplinary performances tackling issues such as identity, intimacy, (Slovene) political reality, and mass entertainment to more genre dance works. Maska regularly enters co-productions with other cultural and contemporary art organisations, its productions are often awarded and featured in the programmes of the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance, Borštnik Theatre Festival, and Week of Slovenian Drama.

Dušan Jovanović - Spomenik G by prodoktv on YouTube

Monument G (Spomenik G) trailer

Visual and intermedia production, among others, includes co-productions with Aksioma Institute, Cona Institute, Intima Virtual Base, the International Centre of Graphic Arts – MGLC, etc.

Maska publishing

Maska's wide-ranging publishing programme is aimed at offering critical writing on media and society as well as on reflecting the broadest area of contemporary performing arts, from theatre, contemporary dance and new ballet to performance, multimedia, and new-media/intermedia art.

Book series

The TRANSformations (TRANSformacije) book series covers contemporary performing arts theory, introducing some new terminology and conceptual frameworks by Slovene or foreign authors, such as Hans-Thies Lehmann, Amelia Jones, Mladen Dolar, Aleš Erjavec, Jonathan Burrows, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bojana Kunst, Aldo Milohnić, Andrew Hewitt, etc.

The Mediactions (Mediakcije) book series offers some critical, even subversive titles from the fields of media and society. The series has thus far brought translations of authors such as Jacques Rancière, Chantal Mouffe, Serge Halimi, Oliver Razac, Robert Phaller, Naomi Klein, Sandra B. Hrvatin and Lenart J. Kučič, etc.

For a detailed list of titles see below.

Maska, Performing Arts Journal

The institute has been publishing the performing arts journal Maska (The Mask), a successor to the modernist magazine of the same name launched in 1920, since 1993, with bilingual (English and Slovenian) editions available since 2002. For a detailed overview see Maska Journal.

Maska symposium

Maska symposium's basic project is the Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts, a year-round programme featuring internationally acclaimed scholars and artists, aimed at enhancing analytical and critical thinking about performing arts and facilitating the understanding of historical, aesthetic, and cultural contexts to create new forms of reflection. The seminar has thus far hosted some prominent names in the fields of philosophy and theory as well as makers themselves, such as Amelia Jones, Jacques Rancière, Bojana Cvejić, Chantall Mouffe, Bojana Kunst, Tim Etchells, Rabih Mroué, Svetlana Mintcheva, etc.

The participants of the seminar take part in the ongoing platform The Audience Council, organised by Bunker Institute, Via Negativa, and City of Women since 2013, which aims to encourage reflection and stimulate an exchange of the audience's views.

External links

My Name Is Janez Janša by aksioma on Vimeo

Gallery

V Imenu Ljudstva (In the name of the people), directed by Jure Novak, producer Maska Institute, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010.

Artists Janez Janša and Janez Janša presenting their Biography

The Slovenec Slovenca gor postavi theatre performance team (from left): Alja Kapun, Miha Brajnik, Katarina Stegnar, Janez Pipan (former director of SNG Drama Ljubljana), and Rok Matke. In front: Marko Bulc (performance director) and Maša Kagao Knez. The performance was co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Maska Institute

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-[[Maska Institute]] is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for publishing, production, education, and research, registered in 1993. It is divided into three departments: Maska Productions (performances, interdisciplinary, and visual artworks), Maska Publishing, and Maska Symposium. Its activities engage in contemporary art and theory, research, experimental performing practices, interdisciplinary art, and critical theory. Maska works on the Maska Symposium series in collaboration with the [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]].
-}}
-== Maska Productions ==
+{{Image|Glej Theatre 2010 In the name of the people Photo Urska Boljkovac.jpg}}
-Maska Productions produces performances and other interdisciplinary performing arts events by innovative, exploring artists as well as first projects of the youngest generation. The performances range from engaged interdisciplinary performances tackling issues, such as identity, intimacy, (Slovene) political reality, and mass entertainment to more genre dance works. Recently Janez Janša made reconstructions of founding performances of experimental Slovene theatre from the 60s (''Pupilia Papa Pupilo and the Pupilčeks'' (Pupilija papa pupilo in pupilčki) (2006), awarded at the 41st ''Bitef'' in Belgrade, and ''Monument G'' (2009)). His ''Slovene National Theatre'' [Slovensko narodno gledališče) (2008) won the award for innovation and aesthetic breakthrough at 43rd [[Borštnik Meeting, Slovene Theatre Festival]] 2008. Irena Tomažin received the [[Golden Bird Award]] 2006 for her performance ''Caprice'' [Kaprica], co-produced by the [[City of Women]] festival. Maska also produced work by Ivan Peternelj, Magdalena Reiter, Mare Bulc, Neda R. Bric, etc.). Maska's productions regularly appear the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]].
+Known for integrating innovative and socially engaged approaches to contemporary art practice since [[Established::1993]], [[Maska Institute]] engages in contemporary art production, publishing, education, research, and activism. Since 2017, Maska runs [[Nova pošta|The New Post Office]] project together with [[Mladinsko Theatre]].
-''We Are All Marlene Dietrich FOR'' (2005) was a Maska's co-production with Iceland Dance Company, in collaboration with Reykjavik Arts Festival. The project received an EU grant as a part of Trans Danse Europe 2003-2004. Yasminne Hugonet's ''Of Other'' (O drugem) (2007) was co-produced by Synalephe (France), the [[French Cultural Institute Charles Nodier, Ljubljana]], and [[City Museum of Ljubljana]].
+}}
+{{TeaserSlo|Maska se ukvarja s sodobno umetniško produkcijo, založništvom in izobraževanjem. Vodi projektni prostor Nova Pošta.}}
-In 2008 Maska organised the ''East Dance Academy'', a project aimed at interdisciplinarity and strong social contextualization of artistic production. The event included reconstructed performances, screenings of dance and performances from 60s and 70s, live archiving, debates, and lectures. With the project, Maska introduced the platform ''ARTCHIVE – Contaminated with History'', a one-year programme intended to historicization of contemporary performing arts in Eastern Europe. East Dance Academy is part of the international project ''What to Affirm What to Perform?'', a cooperation between Allianz Kulturstiftung, Centre for Drama Art Zagreb, The National Center of Dance Bucharest, and Tanzquartier Wien.
+== Maska productions ==
-The 2009 event ''Shocking Gala Show'', marking the 40th anniversary of the emergence of experimental theatre group Pupilija Ferkeverk, included performances, exhibitions, a conference, and lectures (among others by Hans-Thies Lehmann, Ramsey Burt. The events were financed also through Erste Stiftung, Allianz Kulturstiftung, and the [[European Cultural Foundation (ECF)]].
+Maska Productions produces performances and other interdisciplinary, visual, and new media events by established and innovative artists as well as first projects of the youngest generation. The performances range from engaged interdisciplinary performances tackling issues such as identity, intimacy, (Slovene) political reality, and mass entertainment to more genre dance works. Maska regularly enters co-productions with other cultural and contemporary art organisations, its productions are often awarded and featured in the programmes of the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]], [[Borštnik Theatre Festival]], and [[Week of Slovenian Drama]].
-Visual and intermedia production includes co-productions with [[Cona Institute]] and [[Intima Virtual Base]], whose project "Oppera Internettikka Bollywooddikka", co-produced by Maska, was performed live in in New Delhi, India, in the frame of the ''CeC & CaC - The Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-Agents Conclave'', presented by The Academy of Electronic Arts and The India International Centre in 2006.
+{{YouTube|07jig45wq4I}}
-Maska's latest productions were on tour in numerous European countries, USA, Asia and Africa.
+''Monument G'' (Spomenik G) trailer
-== Maska Publishing ==
-Maska is engaged in publishing books related to the broadest area of contemporary performing arts, from theatre, opera, contemporary dance and new ballet to performance, multimedia and new-media art.
+Visual and intermedia production, among others, includes co-productions with [[Aksioma Institute]], [[Cona Institute]], [[Intima Virtual Base]], the [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana|International Centre of Graphic Arts &ndash; MGLC]], etc.
-* The ''TRANSformations'' (TRANSformacije) book series covers contemporary performing arts theory, introducing some new terminology and conceptual frameworks by Slovene or foreign authors, including titles such as Hans-Thies Lehmann's ''Postdramatic Theatre'', Amelia Jones' ''Body Art. Performing the Subject'', Nicolas Bourriaud's ''Relational Aesthetics and Postproduction'', Bojana Kunst's ''Dangerous Connections'', Alexei Monroe's ''Plural Monolith. Laibach and NSK'', Jacques Attali's ''Noise'', Aldo Milohnić's ''Theories of Contemporary Theatre and Performance Art'', etc.
-* The ''Mediactions'' (Mediakcije) book series introduces critical writing on media and society. The series brought translations of 'New Watchdogs' by Serge Halimi, followed by Naomi Klein’s ''No logo'' and ''Monopoly'' by Sandra B. Hrvatin and Lenart J. Kučič, dealing with the issue of ownership in Slovene media. Includes also ''A Hacker Manifesto'' by McKenzie Wark, Mike Davis'
+== Maska publishing ==
-''Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb'', and Ariel Dorfmann's and Armand Mattelart's ''How to Read Donald Duck''.
-Special issues include books related to performance practise and its refelection, such as ''Janez Janša - Life [in Progress]'', containing 55 instructions from the performance and exhibition of the same title and is accompanied with critical writing, Marcel Stefančič's ''Janez Janša: Biography'' (in Slovene), and two joint issues of Maska magazine with the Crotian ''Frakcija Magazine'' and ''Performance Research''.
+Maska's wide-ranging publishing programme is aimed at offering critical writing on media and society as well as on reflecting the broadest area of contemporary performing arts, from theatre, contemporary dance and new ballet to performance, multimedia, and new-media/intermedia art.
-==== Maska Magazine ====
+=== Book series ===
-The performing arts magazine Maska (in English: The Mask) is a successor to the modernist magazine of the same name which was launched in 1920. Since 1999, when the magazine was re-launched, the bilingual (English and Slovene) magazine appears three times a year and is mostly topic-related. So far over 50 theoreticians and writers have written for the magazine.
-Some recent titles include: ''Art, Society, and Feelings''; ''Performing Visuality, Performing Life: practices in Slovenia from the 60s to 80s''; ''History, Experience, Archive''; ''Europe in Capitalist A(rt) Minor''; ''Nomenclature of Space''; ''Art of Writing''; two issues devoted to an overview of Slovene contemporary dance and art production ''Does Production Dance Alone?''; ''Art in the Grip of Education'', etc. Each issue includes also interviews with artists and theoreticians, reviews of performances and books, as well as articles on the cultural politics.
+The '''TRANSformations''' (TRANSformacije) book series covers contemporary performing arts theory, introducing some new terminology and conceptual frameworks by Slovene or foreign authors, such as Hans-Thies Lehmann, Amelia Jones, [[Mladen Dolar]], [[Aleš Erjavec]], Jonathan Burrows, Nicolas Bourriaud, [[Bojana Kunst]], [[Aldo Milohnić]], Andrew Hewitt, etc.
-With the fall/winter 2006 issue of Maska, the magazine is designed by the Slovakian designer Martin Mastrik, who received an honorable mention at the Slovak National Prize for Design. Mistrik was chosen as Maska’s designer on the basis of a design competition.
+The '''Mediactions''' (Mediakcije) book series offers some critical, even subversive titles from the fields of media and society. The series has thus far brought translations of authors such as Jacques Rancière, Chantal Mouffe, Serge Halimi, Oliver Razac, Robert Phaller, Naomi Klein, [[Sandra B. Hrvatin]] and [[Lenart J. Kučič]], etc.
-Maska magazine has participated in numerous collaborative projects: ''Fama'', a bilingual (English and German) magazine, published in co-operation with ''Frakcija'' magazine of Zagreb to coincide with the Munich Dance Festival, which was dedicated to the thematisation of the status of the body in different cultures and artistic practices; together with ''Performance Research'' and again ''Frakcija'', Maska prepared an issue devoted to the positioning of aesthetic forms, the re-mapping and reconfiguring of East and West Europe, reflecting on the similarities and differences in assumptions about form and relational structures within the apparently shared European frameworks. The online journal in Kassel 2007, which compiled the articles that had been published on the leitmotifs of Documenta 12 in the more than 100 media around the world, also involved Maska magazine.
-In 2008, Maska launched the project ''Library Under the Trees'', where you can borrow Maska’s editions and enjoy the books and magazines for free. The ''Library'' is located in the meadow by the Tivoli Lake in Park Tivoli, Ljubljana.
+For a detailed list of titles see below.
-== Maska Symposium ==
+=== Maska, Performing Arts Journal ===
+The institute has been publishing the performing arts journal ''Maska'' (The Mask), a successor to the modernist magazine of the same name launched in 1920, since 1993, with bilingual (English and Slovenian) editions available since 2002.
+For a detailed overview see [[Maska, Performing Arts Journal|Maska Journal]].
-Maska Symposium's basic project is the ''Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts'', co-organised by [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]]. Seminar is an all year programme, with lectures by internationally acclaimed scholars, artists, and writers. Other activities include organisation of lectures, talks, debates, workshops, etc..
+== Maska symposium ==
-Maska regularly organises workshops and lectures connected to dramaturgy of dance in collaboration with international experts in the field of contemporary performing arts. Thus in 2009, it has prepared dramaturgical advising by Elke van Campenhout, a Belgian dramaturge and researcher in the field of art, Ivana Ivković, a dramaturge, and Toni Cots, a choreographer of L'Animal A L'Esquena, Spain. The sessions encourage open and critical dialogue on dramaturgical questions that arise during the creative process. In 2008, the participants of the seminar took part in the productions and projects of [[Ukrep Festival]], organised by [[Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL)]].
+Maska symposium's basic project is the Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts, a year-round programme featuring internationally acclaimed scholars and artists, aimed at enhancing analytical and critical thinking about performing arts and facilitating the understanding of historical, aesthetic, and cultural contexts to create new forms of reflection. The seminar has thus far hosted some prominent names in the fields of philosophy and theory as well as makers themselves, such as Amelia Jones, Jacques Rancière, Bojana Cvejić, Chantall Mouffe, [[Bojana Kunst]], Tim Etchells, Rabih Mroué, Svetlana Mintcheva, etc.
-In June 2009, Maska's Symposium organised a panel ''Difficulties With Contemporaneity. On Historicization Processes in Contemporary Performing Arts'' in the frame of the 15the Performance Studies International Conference, held in Zagreb, Cratia, the purpose of which was to reflect on the processes of historicization in contemporary performing arts. The panel was part of Maska's one-year programme East Dance Academy and the project ARTCHIVE - Contaminated with History.
+The participants of the seminar take part in the ongoing platform ''The Audience Council'', organised by [[Bunker Institute]], [[Via Negativa]], and [[City of Women]] since 2013, which aims to encourage reflection and stimulate an exchange of the audience's views.
-[[Maska Institute]] is a member of the [[Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM)]].
 == See also ==
-* [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]]
+* [[Maska, Performing Arts Journal]]
+* [[Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.maska.si/en/?redirect=439 Maska Institute website]
+* [http://www.maska.si/index.php?id=132&L=1 Maska Institute website]
+* [http://www.maska.si/index.php?id=129&L=1 A list of titles in Maska Publishing programme]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07jig45wq4I&feature=related The ''Monument G'' performance's trailer on YouTube]
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