A presentation of books by Jasmina Založnik Claiming of Space: New Performative Art Practices in Yugoslavia (published in Slovenian, Maska, 2024) and Alexandra Baybutt Contemporary Dance Festivals in the Former Yugoslav Space: (In)dependent Scenes (published in English, Routledge, 2023).

Jasmina Založnik analyses »performative art practices« in the period between 1965 and 1987 in Yugoslavia, focusing on Ljubljana, Novi Sad and Belgrade. »Performative art practices« are those practices that dealt with and emerged from the body – they reconstructed the understanding of the body and explored its »(re)presentations, uses and thoughts.«

Alexandra Baybutt’s book focuses on festival-making connected with the Balkan regional network Nomad Dance Academy, and highlights collective approaches to sustain a theorisation of festivals using the concepts of dissensus and imperceptible politics.

* This discussion is in English. Free entry

Organised by: Kino Šiška and NDA Slovenia in collaboration with MSUM+MG

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