The book contains 24 compositions written for, or inspired by, Tomaz Pandur's plays Baroque and Caligula. Silence's very first published score, edited by Hladnik, features 124 pages of meticulous notations.
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A ritual of a body cleansed of all its semiotic qualities, White reflects on and celebrates body's ability see through things and see things through - independent of verbalisation.
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KING LEAR: A DECLARATION OF SINCERE LOVE
With the king absent, the audience becomes a sovereign in this peculiar feminist take on the Shakespeare classic text. Premiered at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, King Lear by Jurišić and Rusjan is as contemporary as it is archetypal.
Read moreThe Second Freedom
Seductive iconoclasts, Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba dissolve the private-public boundary, presenting the audience with secretion as a desirable tool for testing morality and freedom of expression.
Read moreThis is not a hit
Matej Kejžar (dance) and Marjan Stanić (drums) deconstruct music and dance patterns in order to establish a dynamic and creative tranquillity. They sow noise in order to reap silence
Read moreEden
A place where Kline heals with a razorblade, Eden is a humorous search for heaven, not beyond this world but rather here and now. Eden was performed at Prague's 4+4 Days Festival, Barcelona's Mercat de les Flors, Novi Sad's Infant Festival, etc.
Read moreBallet of Revolt
Dancing across a banknote map of Europe strewn across the stage, Jurišić praises and ridicules the possibility of revolt in the contemporary West. Ballet of Revolt premiered to a critical acclaim at the Tanzquartier Wien in Austria.
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Six acclaimed performing artists investigate the reasons for creating their body-based work. They try to find out why we still need art, affirming art's place in the world as they move along and form an ad hoc collective.
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Premiered at Tanzquartier in Vienna and staged in Prague, London and New York, Sofa is a site-specific and context-specific durational performance on the social role of laughter. It features Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba as the Almighty Laughing Weapon.
Read moreMatej Kejžar
Educated at Trisha Brown’s, SNDO and X-GROUP P.A.R.T.S., Matej Kejžar (Ljubljana, SI/ Brussels, BE) has been working with Rosas (The Song; Cesena) and creating his own performances throughout the world, including the internationally acclaimed Verbalisation Trilogy and numerous choreographies developed for, and in collaboration with, the leading world dance talents from Sao Paulo to Singapore. Kejžar’s latest performance, Rave, was commissioned by, and premiered at, the 2015 Festival d’Avignon.
Read moreMALA KLINE
A choreographer, performer and author, Mala Kline (Ljubljana, SI/ Brussels, BE) constantly challenges the boundaries of performing arts both in practice and theory. She's been using dreaming as a creative method. Her works have been staged at Barcelona's Mercat de les Flors, Novi Sad's Infant Festival, Prague's 4+4 Days Festival, etc.
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Vik Burian & Jose Scaglione, Typetogether
The Pekinpah Association hosted renowned type design studio in Ljubljana on the 26th June 2014. The aim was to introduce high-end experts to local type scene, establish fruitful connections and offer aspiring young Slovenian type designers possibility of quality feedback on their portfolios.
Read moreLeja Jurišić
The last Champion of Yugoslavia in artistic gymnastics, Leja Jurišić (Ljubljana, SI) collaborated with Tim Etchells and Meg Stuart and created a series of critically acclaimed pieces. Her works have been shown at Tanzquartier Wien, Hellerau Dresden, Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, BiennaleOnline Art+ New York, Les Subsistances Lyon, and ]performance space[ London.
Read moreSILENCE: THE PASSION OF THE COLD
On Sep 1st 2008, the Pekinpah Association released The Passion of the Cold, a double album with music from (or inspired by) Tomaž Pandur’s plays Barroco and Kaligula.
Read moreSPIDER festival 2016
The fifth (over)bold performative arts festival
2. & 3. 6. 2016
Španski borci Culture Centre and Secret Location, Ljubljana
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SPIDER slang 2015
The (over)bold performative arts festival
13. & 14. 6. 2015
Stara mestna elektrarna - Elektro Ljubljana
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SPIDER EXPAND! 2013
Festival of contemporary dance & performance art
September 27th & 28th 2013
Španski Borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana