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Established in 1996, the Muzeum Institute is a non-for-profit institution (zavod) for art production, distribution and publishing. The organisation developed out of Muzeum Theatre, a conceptual theatre company under the direction of Barbara Novakovič Kolenc, which remains the core of its activities. Between 1993 and 2000 she conceived and directed five stage performances: Cricket in the Fist, Lo Scrittore, Emilija, The Girl and the Double Bass and Paracelsus & Frankenstein, each of them exploring individual fields of art, namely fine art, architecture, dance, music and movement. The subsequent synthesis performance All Together Now was staged at the Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Ljubljana - Opera and Ballet, featuring a cast of actors from an old people's home.

Theatre production

In 2000 Muzeum Theatre launched the Project 1-5 series of performances, with creative talents from different fields - architecture, dance, theory, lighting design and visual arts - being involved for the first time as stage directors.

In 2007 a young visual artist (sculpture and video) Miha Erman together with Alexandra Kajbič presented a theatre piece Bark So I Can See You, while in 2010 Erman's new authorial project is under production.

In Autumn 2006 Muzeum Theatre presented two productions: Molière was premiered within the framework of the Ex Ponto International Festival, and Rodin II was performed at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station and subsequently presented also at the Mladi levi Festival and around Slovenia.

In 2007-2009 the Winter's Uncle trilogy was conceived by Barbara Novakovič Kolenc: A Winter's Tale, based on the play by Shakespeare was put at Križanke stage, while in 2008 the Uncle Vanya and the 12 bouquets was performed at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station as well as at the Ljubljana Castle. The Fundus ZSPP / The Repository WUST (Winter's Uncle and Summer Tale) performance by B. Novakovič and Sanja Nešković Peršin was premiered in December 2009, and featured artifacts from the City Museum of Ljubljana and selected contemporary visual art as a set, while at perfomance tourings artifacts are site specific.

Barbara Novakovič Kolenc directed Racine's Berenice in the framework of the Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Ljubljana - Drama repertory in 2000, and put on stage Daniil Harms' play Elisabeth Bam at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station in 2008.

Visual arts projects

The Muzeum Institute actively engages in visual arts projects. In 2002-2003 it presented the auteur fine art projects Talking House - Theory Open I, II, III: The Shirt of Saint Francis at the Museum of Modern Art, Saint Lazarus at the City Art Museum Ljubljana and Saint Teresa at Kapelica Gallery, all conceived by Barabara Novakovič Kolenc.

In 2007 an international exhibition entitled Paperwork was presented at the City Museum of Ljubljana.

Some Muzeum performances were staged in gallery spaces, for example the 2004 production Rodin (directed by Boris Mihalj), and the 2010 production Fundus ZP PP at the Jakopič Gallery.

International projects and touring

Muzeum has also produced various international visual arts projects, notably Map to Paradise from Ljubljana (2000), a site-specific installation at Ljubljana Castle by Peter Greenaway, and the accompanying Peter Greenaway film retrospective of the same year.

In 2005 the Muzeum Institute participated in the international co-curatorial and multidisciplinary project Continental Breakfast; the Ljubljana component of the project was entitled Memory (W)hole and comprised an international symposium, a site-specific exhibition and art performances at Ljubljana Castle. New variants of the Memory (W)hole exhibition were subsequently presented at the Skopje Museum of Modern Art in Macedonia and at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Banja Luka.

Besides theatre and visual arts projects the Muzeum Institute has also been involved in a number of international cultural policy projects (eg Mobile Theatre Network and Loops, 1999-2001) and in publishing activities.

Muzeum Theatre productions have been presented in Austria, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Croatia, Albania, Armenia and Italy.

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

Muzeum publishing

Since 2000 Muzeum has published the Muzeum Newsletter. Other publications have included Mobile Theatre Network - Strategies for Establishing Distribution Networks for Independent Performing Arts in Central and Eastern Europe (a symposium in 1999), Peter Greenaway's Book (a book of theoretical texts by Slovene authors on the work of Peter Greenaway), Peter Greenaway: Map to Paradise from Ljubljana (a book of documents) and the Memory (W)hole - Continental Breakfast Ljubljana exhibition catalogue.

External links

Muzeum Institute website (in English) [Category:Theatre producers]]

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-In 2000 Muzeum Theatre launched the [[Project 1-5]] series of performances, with creative talents from different fields - architecture, dance, theory, lighting design and visual arts - being involved for the first time as stage directors.
+In 2000 Muzeum Theatre launched the ''Project 1-5'' series of performances, with creative talents from different fields - architecture, dance, theory, lighting design and visual arts - being involved for the first time as stage directors.
 In 2007 a young visual artist (sculpture and video) Miha Erman together with Alexandra Kajbič presented a theatre piece ''Bark So I Can See You'', while in 2010 Erman's new authorial project is under production.