Difference between revisions of "DUM Association of Artists"

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Bringing together international artists, the DUM Association of Artists was established in 1999 and acts as a producer and co-producer for projects in various disciplines including the performing arts (contemporary dance), visual arts and new media. For the latter, it has presented several projects by conceptual artist Vadim Fiškin and organised lectures on contemporary arts by experts such as Viktor Misiano.

In the period 2004–2007, DUM has run a gallery space that now features as the Gregor Podnar Gallery located in Berlin. DUM Association is a member of the Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM).

Contemporary dance production

DUM Association of Artists was founded by choreographer and dancer Mateja Bučar. After graduating from Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory and the Rosella Hightower Dance Centre in Cannes, France, Mateja Bučar became a member of the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana and subsequently a member of Dance Theatre Ljubljana. Since 1996, she has choreographed numerous performances and was awarded the Ksenija Hribar Award for life time achievement in 2017.

In developing her dance works, Mateja Bučar regularly collaborates with philosophers and theorists Renata Salecl and Robert Phaller, alongside visual artist Vadim Fiskin and a number of established contemporary dancers, such as Magdalena Reiter, Katja Legin, Maja Kalafatić, Kaja Lorenci, etc. Since 2010, she has been developing urban choreographies (Green Light, The Unnoticed, Green Table, Dual - Dancers Without Answers) in co-production with Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture. Her prior works were co-produced by Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Škuc Gallery.

mateja bučar, green light by dum00club on YouTube

Visual arts and new media art production

External links

DUM Association of Artists website

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-DUM Association of Artists was founded by [[Mateja Bučar]] and the organisation now produces much of her work. After graduating from [[Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory|ballet school in Ljubljana]] and taking studies at the Rosella Hightower dance centre in Cannes and workshops with Arthur Rosenfeld, Donna Uchisono, John Jaspers and Fatou Traore, [[Mateja Bučar]] became a member of the [[Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana]] and subsequently a member of [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]]. Since 1991, she has choreographed numerous performances: with the [[Egon March Institute]], she co-created ''Ton-Ka'', ''Cukrarna'' and ''A B Sence'', a number of her own choreographies.
+DUM Association of Artists was founded by choreographer and dancer [[Mateja Bučar]]. After graduating from [[Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory]] and the Rosella Hightower Dance Centre in Cannes, France, [[Mateja Bučar]] became a member of the [[Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana]] and subsequently a member of [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]]. Since 1996, she has choreographed numerous performances and was awarded the [[Ksenija Hribar Award]] for life time achievement in 2017.
-Since 2000, the DUM Association has presented the following projects in the field of contemporary dance: ''Dependance 1'', ''Telborg'', ''Media-Medici'', ''O Quadrate'' and ''Room and Road'' by [[Mateja Bučar]]; and ''Forma Interrogativa'' by [[Mateja Bučar]] and [[Magda Reiter]]. During 2006&ndash;2007, the complex international project ''The Brothers Karamazov &ndash; Volume 1'' was developed in collaboration with theorists [[Renata Salecl]] and Robert Pfaller, and presented at the [[Gregor Podnar Gallery]] in Ljubljana as well as at the Fabricca Europa Festival in Florence. Since 2010 [[Mateja Bučar]] has developed urban choreographies (''Green Light'', ''The Unnoticed'', ''Green Table''). These brief performances popped up in public spaces, usually unannounced.
+In developing her dance works, Mateja Bučar regularly collaborates with philosophers and theorists [[Renata Salecl]] and Robert Phaller, alongside visual artist [[Vadim Fiskin]] and a number of established contemporary dancers, such as [[Magdalena Reiter]], [[Katja Legin]], [[Maja Kalafatić]], [[Kaja Lorenci]], etc. Since 2010, she has been developing urban choreographies (''Green Light'', ''The Unnoticed'', ''Green Table'', ''Dual - Dancers Without Answers'') in co-production with [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]. Her prior works were co-produced by [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]], [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]] and [[Škuc Gallery]].
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Difference between revisions of "DUM Association of Artists"

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Contemporary dance production

Visual arts and new media art production

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