Maska Institute

From Culture.si




Contact

This logo is missing!

If you have it, please email it to us.

Zavod Maska
Metelkova 6, SI-1000, Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 431 5348
Janez Janša, Director



Phone386 (0) 51 321 188
Past Events
Show more





Maska Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for publishing, production, education, and research, registered in 1993. It is divided into three departments: Maska Productions (performances, interdisciplinary, and visual artworks), Maska Publishing, and Maska Symposium. Its activities engage in contemporary art and theory, research, experimental performing practices, interdisciplinary art, and critical theory. Maska works on the Maska Symposium series in collaboration with the Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre.


Maska Productions

Maska Productions produces performances and other interdisciplinary performing arts events by innovative, exploring artists as well as first projects of the youngest generation. The performances range from engaged interdisciplinary performances tackling issues, such as identity, intimacy, (Slovene) political reality, and mass entertainment to more genre dance works. Recently Janez Janša made reconstructions of founding performances of experimental Slovene theatre from the 60s (Pupilia Papa Pupilo and the Pupilčeks (Pupilija papa pupilo in pupilčki) (2006), awarded at the 41st Bitef in Belgrade, and Monument G (2009)). His Slovene National Theatre [Slovensko narodno gledališče) (2008) won the award for innovation and aesthetic breakthrough at 43rd Borštnik Meeting, Slovene Theatre Festival 2008. Irena Tomažin received the Golden Bird Award 2006 for her performance Caprice [Kaprica], co-produced by the City of Women festival. Maska also produced work by Ivan Peternelj, Magdalena Reiter, Mare Bulc, Neda R. Bric, etc.). We Are All Marlene Dietrich FOR (2005) was a Maska's co-production with Iceland Dance Company, in collaboration with Reykjavik Arts Festival. The project received an EU grant as a part of Trans Danse Europe 2003-2004. Yasminne Hugonet's Of Other (O drugem) (2007) was co-produced by Synalephe (France), the French Cultural Institute Charles Nodier, Ljubljana, and City Museum of Ljubljana.

In 2008 Maska organised the East Dance Academy, a project aimed at interdisciplinarity and strong social contextualization of artistic production. The event included reconstructed performances, screenings of dance and performances from 60s and 70s, live archiving, debates, and lectures. With the project, Maska introduced the platform ARTCHIVE – Contaminated with History, a one-year programme intended to historicization of contemporary performing arts in Eastern Europe. East Dance Academy is part of the international project What to Affirm What to Perform?, a cooperation between Allianz Kulturstiftung, Centre for Drama Art Zagreb, The National Center of Dance Bucharest, and Tanzquartier Wien.

The 2009 event Shocking Gala Show, marking the 40th anniversary of the emergence of experimental theatre group Pupilija Ferkeverk, included performances, exhibitions, a conference, and lectures (among others by Hans-Thies Lehmann, Ramsey Burt. The events were financed also through Erste Stiftung, Allianz Kulturstiftung, and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

Visual and intermedia production includes co-productions with Cona Institute and Intima Virtual Base, whose project "Oppera Internettikka Bollywooddikka", co-produced by Maska, was performed live in in New Delhi, India, in the frame of the CeC & CaC - The Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-Agents Conclave, presented by The Academy of Electronic Arts and The India International Centre in 2006.

Maska's latest productions were on tour in numerous European countries, USA, Asia and Africa.

Maska Publishing

Maska Magazine

Maska Symposium

Maska Institute is a member of the Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM).

See also

External links

... more about "Maska Institute"
Zavod Maska +
Janez Janša +
Zavod Maska +
SI-1000, Ljubljana +
Director +
Metelkova 6 +
Maska Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for publishing, production, education, and research, registered in 1993. +
Maska Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for publishing, production, education, and research, registered in 1993. +
+386 / 1 431 5348 +
Ljubljana +
SI-1000, +
Has subobject"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.
EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki.