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17 Oct 2025
18 Oct 2025
SwedenStockholmDansens Hus
In the performance "A Year without Summer" Florentina Holzinger and the ensemble examine the narratives we shape about our world, our bodies, health, decay, and identities: the 21st century quest for eternal life, medical promises, and the risks of unbridled technological development in a world shaped by AI, robotics, and bioengineering.
Co-produced by: Maska Institute.
27 Sep 2024
28 Sep 2024
SerbiaBelgradeBitef TheatreBitef Festival
A series of lecture-peformances about sexual pleasure of women titled "Sex Education II - Struggle". The fifth and last part reconstructs the struggle for reproductive rights in Yugoslavia. Written by Tjaša Črnigoj, Sendi Bakotić, Vanda Velagić, Tijana Todorović and Lene Lekše. Co-produced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute and City of Women.
14 Apr 2024
16 Apr 2024
GermanyBerlinHAU3 Hebbel am Ufer
A performance of "Sex Education II: FIGHT - Spolna vzgoja II: Borba", a final part of a cycle of performative lectures on women's sexual pleasure, reconstructing the struggle for reproductive freedom in Yugoslavia. Directed by Tjaša Črnigoj and coproduced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute, and City of Women.
11 Mar 2023
12 Mar 2023
GermanyBerlinDeutsches TheaterRADAR OST
Performance Crises directed by Žiga Divjak and produced by Mladinsko Theatre and The New Post Office in co-production with Maska Institute, Bitef (Belgrade/Serbia) and the Domino Association (Zagreb/Croatia). A part of the ACT project - Art, Climate, Transition, a European cooperation project. Related: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Berlin, SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre
18 Jun 2019
15 Sep 2019
BrazilRio de JaneiroCasa Firjan
The performative installation Life [In Progress] by Janez Janša, produced by Maska Institute, at the Data Corpus – A vida decodificada exhibition,
4 Jul 2019
7 Jul 2019
ItalyBorca di CadoreEni Village
Screenings of the documentary My Name Is Janez Janša, directed by Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute, in the framework of Simposio,
24 Oct 2018
28 Oct 2018
CroatiaRijekaFilodrammaticaZOOM Festival
The performative installation Red Web by Olja Grubić and Živa Petrič, co-produced by Aksioma Institute and City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture; the exhibition Rule 34 by Iza Pavlina, produced by Aksioma Institute; and the theatre performance 6, directed by Žiga Divjak and co-produced by Mladinsko Theatre and Maska Institute,
27 Jan 2018
24 Mar 2018
GreeceThessalonikiContemporary Art Centre
Screenings of the documentary My Name Is Janez Janša, directed by Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute, in the framework of the exhibition Ambiguous Bodies - Timeless Interpretations,
14 Feb 2018
16 Feb 2018
AustriaViennaTanzquartier Wien
The Austrian première of Something's in the Air by Janez Janša, Boštjan Narat, Irena Preda, and Irena Tomažin, produced by Maska Institute, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Vienna,
20 Oct 2017
21 Oct 2017
CyprusLimassolNeMe Arts Centre
A screening of the film My Name Is Janez Janša with Greek subtitles, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia),
17 Jun 2017
18 Jun 2017
PolandPoznańPoznań International Fair MTP1Malta Festival Poznań
The Republic of Slovenia, produced by the Mladinsko Theatre and Maska Institute, My Name is Janez Janša, a film screening and the 350 Janez Janša Bottles project presentation, Bojana Kunst's lecture and book presentation (Artist at Work) and a concert by Laibach
10 Mar 2017
11 Mar 2017
ItalyUdine/VidemCasa Cavazzini
Name Readymade by Janez Janša, Janez Janša and Janez Janša (Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute), Psycho Geographic by Irwin, Protestival by Vuk Ćosić, and a screening of My Name Is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), at the meeting Strange Correspendences
17 Nov 2016
19 Nov 2016
SerbiaSuboticaKosztolányi Dezső Theatre, National Theatre Subotica
Mephisto, co-produced by Maska Institute and Mini Theatre, and Our Violence and Your Violence, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, at the Desiré Central Station
30 May 2016
1 Jun 2016
CroatiaZagrebZagreb Dance Centre
Nótt, produced by the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Falcon!, performed by Janez Janša and Iztok Kovač and produced by En-Knap Productions and Maska Institute, at the 33rd Dance Week Festival
30 May 2015
31 May 2015
GermanyHildesheimFestival Centre
A Speculative Glossary, a research project by Maska Institute, and a concert by N’toko at the Trans-Europa Europeans Festival of Performing Arts, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Vienna,
25 Sep 2014
15 Nov 2014
CroatiaZagrebGallery Nova
NAME Readymade, a lecture performance by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša (Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute), and Credits, an exhibition by the same artists, at the group exhibition Dear Art
24 Sep 2014
25 Sep 2014
North MacedoniaSkopjeYouth Cultural Centre
All Together Now!, by Mare Bulc and performers, produced by Maska Institute and co-produced by Bunker Institute and Exodos Institute, Škrip Inc., produced by Maska Institute and co-produced by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and in cooperation with Bunker Institute, and Pavla above the Precipice, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, at the 39th International Theatre Festival MOT
4 Aug 2014
6 Aug 2014
CroatiaZadarZadar Puppet Theatre
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, co-produced by Mini Theatre, and The Debt of Rakef Saška / The Debt of RS, a performance by Saška Rakef and produced by Maska Institute, at the 18th International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova
9 May 2014
7 Jun 2014
United KingdomEssexWivenhoe Park Colchester (University of Essex)
My Fiction is Real, a joint exhibition also featuring the installation Troika by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša (Aksioma Institute) and a screening of the film My Name Is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia),
5 Mar 2014
16 Mar 2014
GreeceAthens
Damned be the traitor of his homeland! by Oliver Frljić (Mladinsko Theatre), Sad Sam Lucky by Matija Ferlin (Emanat Institute), Who is Next? by Janez Janša (Maska Institute), and Just the Beginning produced by Via Negativa, at the Festival of the Independent Balkan Scene Transitions: 1. Balkans
21 Nov 2013
12 Jan 2014
AustriaViennaAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
I am another world - Artistic Authorship between Desubjectivization and Recanonization, a joint exhibition also featuring works by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša (Maska Institute, Emanat Institute, Aksioma Institute),
9 Nov 2013
12 Dec 2013
SwitzerlandBasel, Bern, Chur, Geneva, Zürich
A number of screenings of the documentary My name is Janez Janša, directed by Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), at the Festival Culturescapes Balkan 2013
14 Nov 2013
4 Dec 2013
CroatiaRijekaMuseum of Modern and Contemporary Art
An exhibition on the Janez Janša Case by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša (Maska Institute, Emanat Institute, Aksioma Institute) in the framework of the project Smuggling Anthologies
20 Nov 2013
24 Nov 2013
SwitzerlandBasel, Bellinzona, ZürichGessnerallee, Kaserne Basel, Teatro Sociale BellinzonaFestival Culturescapes Balkan 2013
They Live (In Search of Text Zero) by Milan Marković and Maja Pelević, produced by Maska Institute
23 Oct 2013
25 Oct 2013
MontenegroBar
Screenings of films My name is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Thanks for Sunderland, directed by Slobodan Maksimović and produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), and the short film Worst Day Ever, produced by the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), at the XVIII International TV Festival Bar 2013
25 Jun 2013
26 Jul 2013
RussiaMoscowCentral Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
A screening of the documentary My name is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), a master class by the director, and the installation Triplet by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša as a part of the joint exhibition Mocumentary: Reality Is Not Enough, at Media Forum
13 Apr 2013
27 Apr 2013
Czech RepublicBoskovice, Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava, PragueArt Brno, Art Ostrava, Bio Central Hradec Králové, Lucerna, Panorama Boskovice, Světozor
A Trip by Nejc Gazvoda (Perfo Production), The Year of Hip Hop (Luksuz Production), My name is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), at the 20th Days of European Film, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Prague,
16 Mar 2013
19 Mar 2013
NorwayOsloBlack Box Theater
Sad Sam Lucky by Matija Ferlin, produced by Emanat Institute, the film My name is Janez Janša, produced by Aksioma Institute and co-produced by Maska Institute and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), and They Live (In Search of Text Zero) by Milan Marković and Maja Pelević, produced by Maska Institute at the Oslo Interantional Theatre Festival
31 Jan 2013
2 Feb 2013
GermanyBerlinHaus der Kulturen der Welt
Maja Smrekar participating in a chance meeting in the name of Green Rush and Janez Janša (Maska Institute) at the conference The Outsourced / Outsourcing User (Part I): My Name Is Janez Janša at Transmediale 2013 – BWPWAP
22 Nov 2012
25 Nov 2012
SerbiaBelgradeLIMIT - Live Art Festival
Who is next, a performance by Janez Janša (Maska Institute) and Via Negativa
21 Sep 2012
28 Sep 2012
AustriaGrazSteirischer Herbst
NAME Readymade project by Janez Janša,Janez Janša, and Janez Janša, produced by Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute, Zdenka Badovinac, and Irwin participating in the 24/7 marathon camp on artistic strategies in politics and political strategies in art
27 Jan 2012
28 Jan 2012
AustriaViennaTanzquartier Wien
Who is next? by Janez Janša, produced by Maska Institute
26 Nov 2011
15 Jan 2012
GermanyLeipzigMuseum of Contemporary Arts - Leipzig GfZK-2
NAME Readymade project by Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, produced by Maska Institute and Aksioma Institute, a part of the Scenarios about Europe: Scenario 2 exhibition and a lecture
14 Oct 2011
15 Oct 2011
SwedenMalmöInkonst
Who's Next by Janez Janša, produced by Tanzquartier Dunaj and Maska Institute
14 Sep 2011
21 Sep 2011
TurkeyIstanbulSabanci Center
NAME Readymade produced by Maska Institute, Forum Stadtpark and Aksioma Institute at the 17th International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)
30 Aug 2010
4 Sep 2010
CroatiaRijekaCroatian Cultural Centre (HKD) at Sušak and Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtZOOM Festival
Janez Janša in Rijeka - 3 performances and exhibition by J.J. produced by Maska Institute
- Testing Ground (TestG), 2022
Project summary - Peripheral Visions - towards a trans(l)national publishing culture (PVTTPC), 2021
Project summary - TIMEeSCAPES, Images and preformances of time in late capitalism, 2012
Project summary - Up to Nature, 2011
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Maska productions
Maska Productions produces performances and other interdisciplinary, visual, and new media events by established and innovative 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. Maska regularly enters co-productions with other cultural and contemporary art organisations, its productions are often awarded and featured in the programmes of the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance, Borštnik Theatre Festival, and Week of Slovenian Drama.
Monument G (Spomenik G) trailer
Visual and intermedia production, among others, includes co-productions with Aksioma Institute, Cona Institute, Intima Virtual Base, the International Centre of Graphic Arts – MGLC, etc.
In the late 2010s Maska ran The New Post Office project together with Mladinsko Theatre.
Maska publishing
Maska's wide-ranging publishing programme is aimed at offering critical writing on media and society as well as on reflecting the broadest area of contemporary performing arts, from theatre, contemporary dance and new ballet to performance, multimedia, and new-media/intermedia art.
Book series
The TRANSformations (TRANSformacije) book series covers contemporary performing arts theory, introducing some new terminology and conceptual frameworks by Slovene or foreign authors, such as Hans-Thies Lehmann, Amelia Jones, Mladen Dolar, Aleš Erjavec, Jonathan Burrows, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bojana Kunst, Aldo Milohnić, Andrew Hewitt, etc.
The Mediactions (Mediakcije) book series offers some critical, even subversive titles from the fields of media and society. The series has thus far brought translations of authors such as Jacques Rancière, Chantal Mouffe, Serge Halimi, Oliver Razac, Robert Phaller, Naomi Klein, Sandra B. Hrvatin and Lenart J. Kučič, etc.
For a detailed list of titles see below.
Maska, Performing Arts Journal
The institute has been publishing the performing arts journal Maska (The Mask), a successor to the modernist magazine of the same name launched in 1920, since 1993, with bilingual (English and Slovenian) editions available since 2002. For a detailed overview see Maska Journal.
Maska symposium
Maska symposium's basic project is the Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts, a year-round programme featuring internationally acclaimed scholars and artists, aimed at enhancing analytical and critical thinking about performing arts and facilitating the understanding of historical, aesthetic, and cultural contexts to create new forms of reflection. The seminar has thus far hosted some prominent names in the fields of philosophy and theory as well as makers themselves, such as Amelia Jones, Jacques Rancière, Bojana Cvejić, Chantall Mouffe, Bojana Kunst, Tim Etchells, Rabih Mroué, Svetlana Mintcheva, etc.
The participants of the seminar take part in the ongoing platform The Audience Council, organised by Bunker Institute, Via Negativa, and City of Women since 2013, which aims to encourage reflection and stimulate an exchange of the audience's views.
See also
External links
- Maska Institute website
- A list of titles in Maska Publishing programme
- The Monument G performance's trailer on YouTube
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