Performativa V.
The fifth edition of Performativa presents works by artists and collectives where the word not only carries meaning, but also operates: it has a performative function. The theme shared by all three performances is an exploration of the word and voice as carriers of meaning, the body as a space of resonance, and sound as a medium transcending the boundaries of language. They all focus on the moment of exploring the relationships between word, image, sound and body, and by the central focus on the ear as a key organ of perception, which opens up space for the viewer to gain an experience of expanded listening and presence. The diversity of approaches and sensibility of the performances give rise to spatial landscapes in which sound, image, voice, body and space are persistently intertwined, complemented and challenged in a continuous collaborative interaction.
In his performance My Paradoxical Knives, Ali Moini combines physical choreography, vocal interpretation and visual metaphors in a whirling space of poetic tension. The body becomes an instrument via which the word is erased, sung and re-established within a circular system of floating knives.
Uho je najljubši čut pozornosti [The Ear is the Favourite Sense of Attention] by CPG Impro is based on an interplay of improvised poetry and experimental sound composition, where double bass, gramophone and random everyday objects co-create a soundscape in which words emerge in a continuous dialogue with noise, silence and vocal play.
Schachto-Culture: Clockspiderrainbewegen, a manifest of schachto-verbo-voco concrete poetry, performed by Damir Bartol Indoš and Tanja Vrvilo, members of the House of Extreme Music Theatre, creates by means of a sound-scenic installation a space for bodily-acoustic play in which the ear, liberated from the eye’s domination, establishes itself as an active sensor of poetic, rhythmic and motion impulses. (Mara Anjoli Vujić)
PROGRAMME
21 May 2025
7 p.m.
Ali Moini: My Paradoxical Knives
Performance, 30 min, lobby
8 p.m.
CPG Impro – Čučnik, Pepelnik, Grom: Uho je najljubši čut pozornosti [The Ear is the Favourite Sense of Attention],
Sound performance, 45 min, lobby
9 p.m.
Damir Bartol Indoš & Tanja Vrvilo - The House of Extreme Music Theatre: Schachto-Culture: Satpaukkišabewegen [Clockspiderrainbewegen]
Performance and interactive sound installation, 60 min, basement
Curated by Mara Anjoli Vujić
Curator: Mara Anjoli Vujić; Producer: Lenka Đorojević; Public relations: Mojca Podlesek; Design: Ajdin Bašić; Technical production: Martin Lovšin. Production: Cukrarna / MGML; with support from: City of Ljubljana; Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb – City Office for Culture and Civil Society, Kultura Nova Foundation
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00–19.00
Tickets
Free entry.
