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La Isla Bonita

inframe of cycles Ventilator 2022

Concept and script: Varja Hrvatin
Authors: Varja Hrvatin, Lina Akif, Leon Marič, Anja Romih, Vid Merlak, Simeon Perich

Performers: Lina Akif in Leon Marič
Video: Anja Romih
Music: Vid Merlak (DVMIR) in Simeon Perich (SHAO)

La isla bonita is a cycle of hybrid events combining performance art and contemporary club music. It's a series of five site-specific experiments which deal with the »hype*« phenomenon and the various strategious it exploits. In terms of content and the narrative, La isla bonita is questioning the constant challenges and pressures of (re)creating content and its potential for the production of »hype«. What are the ways in which »hype« is generated and is there any content hidden behind it? Through various strategies of confronting contemporary club music with public non-performative spaces, La isla bonita explores the role and the power of »hype« in experiencing and valuing content – both on social media as well as in the context of art.
*Hype refers to artificially created expectations around a person or a product whose promotional campaing and image have been built from overestimating their traits and characteristics.

Production: Zavod Sploh and Via Negativa

LA ISLA BONITA ON DEMAND
29.01.2023 at 7 pm
Starting point: Španski borci
Performers: Leon Marič, Živa Selan, Lina Akif, Julija Pečnikar
We invite you to the after-new-year race on the island of La Isla Bonita. An exploration of hidden corners, deserted beaches and hype bays. We begin our race at 7 pm and venture on binging the new season of Bonita reality. Bring warm clothes, your smartphones and a cheerful spirit. Welcome to race away with us!
LA ISLA BONITA@NOVO LETO
31.12. at 10 pm, main hall, Španski borci
In cooperation with EN-KNAP and Španski borciLA ISLA BONITA@NEW YEAR is the resulting hybrid event combining performance and contemporary club music from the cycle Ventilator. It is composed of LA ISLA BONITA performance and clubbing event AFTER LA ISLA BONITA. New Year, as an evening and as an event, represents the ultimate culmination of »hype«. It establishes the concept of a turning point of great alternations and determinating effects. La isla bonita is a construct of a game that never ends. It is a game, trapped in the constant production of content. It dribbles the questions of expectations, resolutions, superstitions, ritual, sacrifice and (dis)utopia.
LA ISLA BONITA@LPP
22.11. at 6 pm
Starting point: bus station Bavarski dvor (Kora bar)
In collaboration with LPP.
We invite you for an autumn escape from the city center; a collective journey through Ljubljana’s public transportation. The boarding on the bus begins at 6pm, when we embark on the exploration of the peripheral areas of Ljubljana. Bring your Urbana cards, monthly bus passes and a cheerful spirit! Welcome to travel away with us!
LA ISLA BONITA@EMONA9.10. ob 18.00
⛵️⛵️⛵️ Vabljeni na zaključek poletja; večerno plovbo skozi pravljično osrčje mestnega jedra. Plovbo do isle bonite pričenjamo ob 18h ter se podajamo na skrivnostno odkrivanje globočin reke Ljubljanice. Prinesite pametne telefone, senčnike in veliko dobre volje. Dobrodošli, da plujete z nami! ⛵️⛵️⛵️
LA ISLA BONITA@CIELITO LINDO
27.6. at 8.pm at Cielito Lindo
In collaboration with CIELITO LINDO.
🏝🏝🏝 We invite you into the beginning of vacation; an evening of summer fun, great music, delicious drinks and seaside delights. We begin the event at 8pm, but we sail to isla bonita until sunrise. Bring cash, flip-flops and a cheerful spirit. Welcome anytime! 🏝🏝🏝



12.3. - 13.3.2200

Kristina Aleksova in Anita Wach: Trenutek, ko vse obstane, Cukrarna

12. 3. 2025 ob 20h, 13. 3. 2025 ob 19h
Cukrarna Ljubljana

Trenutek, ko vse obstane
Kristina Aleksova in Anita Wach

Fizika
Zemlja se vrti okoli svoje osi s hitrostjo 1600 km na uro. Hitrost gibanja Sonca okoli središča Galaksije je 792.000 km na uro. Rimska cesta se vrti s hitrostjo 270 kilometrov na sekundo, za en obrat pa potrebuje približno 200 milijonov let. Tako hitro bomo med performansom drveli skozi vesolje.

Meta
Neskončno vrtenje je edino stabilno stanje sveta, ki ga poznamo. Tako kot vračanje starih paradigem kot nečesa povsem novega. Podvrženi smo temu repetitivnemu ciklu. Ekspanzionizem se vrača. Puritanizem vzhaja. Suženjstvo se ni nikoli zares končalo. Priča smo trdovratnemu vračanju končnih rešitev. Orjaški zidovi. Modularna taborišča za migrante. Riviere smrti. Še vedno sanjamo o spremembah in večnem miru.

Utopija
Zagotovo obstajajo alternative, ki pa so enako zagotovo zunaj našega dosega. Možnosti, da bi se ustavili, nimamo v svojih rokah. Morda je imel komunistični filozof Evald Iljenkov prav, morda se lahko ustavimo samo tako, da namerno povzročimo samomorilsko eksplozijo. Morda pa nam ta “optimistična” vizija ni všeč. In se vztrajno, obrat za obratom, odvijamo v prihodnost.

Poiesis repeticij
Gibljemo se v ciklih – lovimo se, se upiramo in prepuščamo. Telesa, ujeta med silo in upočasnjevanjem, preizkušajo meje svojih navad in težo vztrajnosti. Nekatera silijo naprej – hitreje, hitreje – druga zavirajo in vlečejo proti toku. Eno obstane na robu miru, zavrača naglico. Čas ni nekaj podarjenega; meri se v naporu, raztegnjen in upognjen je po naši volji, je tihi upor neizogibni vleki. Zapleteni v gravitacijo lastnih želja rišemo nevidne orbite, obračamo se proti tistemu ali stran od onega. Kako dolgo je še do naslednjega velikega premika? Kdo bo tu, da bi ga videl? In ali sploh šteje, če se gibljemo še naprej?

Koreografija nebesnih teles: Kristina Aleksova
Koreografska naracija: Anita Wach
Izvedba: Loup Abramovici, Polett Kasza, Anita Wach, Kristina Aleksova
Glasba: Eduardo Raon
Objekti: Matej Stupica
Oblikovanje svetlobe: Špela Škulj
Producentka: Špela Trošt
Produkcija: Via Negativa
Koprodukcija: Zavod Sploh
Soorganizator: Cukrarna/MGML, v okviru programskega cikla Performativa IV
Partner: DSPS
Hvala: Bojan Stefanović, Tomo Per

Izvirno zamisel je zasnovana Kristina Aleksova v okviru cikla Ventilator (Zavod Sploh, 2023).

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