Renaming and Performative Reconstructions: The Uncanny Multiplication of Janez Janša
2010; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0307883310000714
ISSN1474-0672
Autores Tópico(s)Balkans: History, Politics, Society
ResumoThis article considers the uncanny action by three Slovenian artists in 2007 to rename themselves Janez Janša, the name of the right-wing prime minister of Slovenia. It assesses specific performances by the artists, including the Slovene National Theatre, a postdramatic verbatim piece about a Roma family evicted from their homes by Janša's government in response to the mob action of Slovenian villagers. It also interrogates their performance event for the Transmediale Festival at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin in 2008, first banned and then reinstated by the festival organizers, where they created a virtual signature of their new name on the memorial. Theoretically, the importance of naming and renaming as practised by the artists is examined in relation to concepts of subversive affirmation, the author-function in society and postdramatic theatre.
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