0.1 Institute

Contact

Zavod za sodobno umetniško prakso in teorijo 0.1

Trnovska ulica 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

https://institute01.org

info@institute01.org

Jernej Bizjak

jernej.bizjak@institute.org

The 0.1 Institute, founded in 2016, is a creative and conceptual platform for research into and the production of contemporary art practice and theory, with a particular focus on movement as it pertains to the performing (dance, puppetry, physical theatre) and non-performing arts (film, visual arts, music, intermedia).

Concept

While at first glance it retains all the features of a contemporary dance company, particularly for an audience perhaps unaware of the institute's theoretical underpinnings, the professional profiles of the three main players show the wider perspectives they are keen to bring to movement: Jernej Bizjak is a contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher, Sara Živkovič Kranjc a scriptwriter and producer, and Klemen Janežič an actor and director. The best example of the importance to the institute of research and an interdisciplinary approach is For Ludwig, an ongoing project developed in Denmark to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Beethoven's birth in 2020.

Projects

The 0.1 Institute began with two projects in its first year of operation: Torzo (Torso), performed by Janežič at the Slovenian Railway Museum in Ljubljana and co-produced with AGRFT, and V objemu sprožilca ali pot do točke nič (In the Embrace of a Trigger, or the Road to Point Zero), an intimate exploration of anxiety and powerlessness, and Jernej Bizjak's first self-choreographed work.

The institute's educational concerns were highlighted in the first of three projects in 2020. Gibarna was a series of workshops given by Janežič, Bizjak and a series of Slovenian and international mentors, largely online as a result of the 2020 Covid emergency, that aimed to explore how movement intersected with different performing arts. Postaja samobitno (Station Selbstein), choreographed and performed by Janežič, examined the effect of contemporary Western environments on our notions of integration and autonomy. It was produced by Flota, with 0.1 and Bunker co-producing.