Aggressive Theatre

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Društvo za sodobne umetnosti Aggressive Theatre

Gosarjeva 9/G-452, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.aggressivetheatre.com/

Aggressive Theatre is an association for contemporary arts founded by Andrej Grilc and Glorjana Veber in 2007 with 16 other members of the collective. The association is based in Ljubljana but the authors perform their work throughout the country and abroad. The socially sensitive group of artists questions the social and cultural aspects of modern society. Aggressive Theatre's work is not aimed against the classical representations of art, rather at upgrading the existing art spaces and trying to work in the non-institutionalised sphere.

The word aggressive, deriving from the Latin word ag-gredior, stands for "getting close, to act, to attack". The members of the association understand the word "attack" in its positive meaning, especially when they deal with the implementation of somewhat unusual practises in the field of art. Driven by an artistic need to change the society they try to implement their action in different fields of art: performing arts (theatre, street theatre, performance), visual art and communications (installations, works of fine arts) and literature (poetry, prose, dramatic pieces, literary evening, competitions, ex tempore).

Recent works by Aggressive Theatre include a Competition for Young Poetry, the international project Goli Otok, and the Mobile Mosque / مسجد المحمول, an installation of an all-in-one portable Islamic suitcase containing all the necessary items for constantly migrating Muslims. Among the works that have caused the most media attention was the intervention Acute Art in an "empty" public gallery space Mala Gallery, Museum of Modern Art in 2009. The "invasion" took place at the exhibition by Viktor Bernik where only empty walls were being exhibited 24 hours a day. The occupation of the exhibition with the installation named Equivalentis questioned the use of public space and the discrimination of the individuality.

External links

• Aggressive Theatre website (also in English and German)
• Studio osem on myspace
• [http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/kultura/1042288522 Article about Aggressive Theatre in Dnevnik daily newspaper