Matevž Lenarčič, an outstanding airman, photographer, mountaineer and environmentalist flies around the globe in his ultralight plane, collecting particles of black carbon, the second largest cause of global warming. Matevž is a solitary adventurer who often brushes with the point-of-no-return while flying his fragile small aircraft. His travels have gained a deeper meaning after he met Griša Močnik, a physicist researching the impact of black carbon on the climate and our lives.

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Devised and performed by: Lea Mihevc
Dramaturgy: Nik Žnidaršič

 

Where Are You From, Girl is a performance that uses music and narrative means to address the question of personal division. The division between two continents, between two places and between two people – between two selves. The actress performs for the audience, seeks to charm, seduce and entertain them, but at the same time it slowly becomes apparent that what she represents is fake. Her intimacy thus penetrates to the surface, dismantling the strictly defined structure of the concert and thereby displacing the image that the actress presents (to herself and to others).

With her voice and through the use of various music genres, she looks for potential openings in the established forms, expectations, even clichés. She juxtaposes a series of dualities, contrasting, connecting and resolving them. She explores what is truly hers and what belongs to others. What it means to simply be (available) – not only as an actor but also as a human being? When, if ever, does the need to belong disappear? She talks about (perhaps fake?) events and changes from a poised young woman into all her identities, including an insecure girl. She searches for her own voice, her own song, and thus the answer to the question of “where you are from, girl?”.
 

Lea Mihevc graduated in Stage Acting from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and TV (AGRFT) in 2021 under Jernej Lorenci and Branko Jordan – as Susn in the production “Mislila sem, da bo konec sveta drugacˇen” directed by Dorian Šilec Petek. As a student, Mihevc played Gertrude in Dragan Živadinov’s “H genotipu Hamlet”. The show was included in the accompanying programme of the Maribor Theatre Festival.

Prior to her studies, she lived in New York for five years, where she completed a two-year Meisner acting technique programme in the William Esper Studio. She is currently finishing her master's degree in Stage Singing (AGRFT), makes literature shows for RTV Slovenija, acts in TV series (Ja, Chef!), and is temporary member of the Slovenian National Theatre SNG Maribor. 
She first performed at Cankarjev dom in the show Preblizu (Too Close, Jaša Koceli, 2021).  

The original creation was co-produced by the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and TV in Ljubljana as part of the masters programme Stage Acting, major Stage Singing.
 

Tarta Relena
Marta Torrella, Helena Ros – vocals and electronics
Catalan duo Tarta Relena are further proof that the voice is an instrument whose possibilities are endless. After all this time, it remains capable of addressing the deepest and most timeless themes from all corners of the planet; and the problems that stem from the human condition are the same as they were centuries ago, regardless of the time and place in which we find ourselves. Since Tarta Relena's inception in 2016, Marta and Helena have used their voices to travel through the ages, but with a determination to create their own repertoire from an oral music tradition rooted in the Mediterranean. Electronics play a key role here, allowing the duo to rework ancient melodies without erasing their origin. Their vocal styles range from flamenco to jazz, and their languages from Catalan and Spanish to Greek, Ladin and Latin. The Mediterranean has never been so mystical. Tarta Relena are its history and its vision.

Kadinelia
Thanasis Zikas, guitar, tsabouna (Greek bagpipes), vocals – Evi Seitanidou, guitar, lyra, beatbox, vocals
When Kadinelia’s first concert recordings appeared a few years back, it was clear that Greece was witnessing the arrival of a strong new project by two superb musicians keen to insert their own blues and rock into the musical tradition of their home country, and to bring the resulting sound to every corner of the world. And they've been pretty successful at it too, embarking on a journey in which the timeless sounds of Greece are transformed into something wholly new, courtesy of some lovely acoustic guitar and harmony-singing. Add beatbox to this, along with traditional Greek bagpipes and lyra, and you have an explosive energy that proves that even small groups, in the case a duo, can offer an expansive experience for concert audiences. Their dedication and faultless live performances have earned them major recognition and a spot on numerous stages at home and abroad. A new tradition as redolent of the streets of Athens as of olive groves and vineyards.

Harmelogic
Kris Korat, piano – Damir Mazrek, percussion
Harmelogic create a fascinating contemporary sound world that ranges across the musical cultures of the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa. Their latest record, Point of Views, which gets its live premiere at Druga Godba, is a thrilling blend of rhythms, harmonies and vocal melodies, and the result of a decade of deep research.
 
Kiki
Kiki, vocals – Jaka Florjančič, guitar – Nika Trdin, Gala Pregel, Eva Ana Zudič, backing vocals
Kiki is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing new artists to have arrived on the Slovenian musical scene in recent years, and one whose intimate, confessional approach to songwriting and performance is perfectly complemented by a powerful yet gentle stage presence that draws the audience irresistibly into an imaginary world. This showcase is the perfect place for Kiki and band to present their debut album, which comes out in the spring.

Zajtrk
Laura Krajnc, vocals, violin – Sven Horvat, vocals, guitar – Neža Pavlovič, double-bass – Matija Solce, accordion
Laura Krajnc and Sven Horvat, the core members of Zajtrk (which translates as ‘breakfast’), describe themselves an ethno-chanson duo. With a commitment to Slovenian as a language of song and a witty, socially critical, mischievous and independent approach to creativity, Zajtrk are clearly fascinated by humankind in all its comical, rebellious, confused, tragic, unhappy (and happy) aspects. It’s an approach that has gained them a loyal following, so why not join us for this special Druga Godba breakfast and see what the fuss is about?

Matevž Lenarčič, an outstanding airman, photographer, mountaineer and environmentalist flies around the globe in his ultralight plane, collecting particles of black carbon, the second largest cause of global warming. Matevž is a solitary adventurer who often brushes with the point-of-no-return while flying his fragile small aircraft. His travels have gained a deeper meaning after he met Griša Močnik, a physicist researching the impact of black carbon on the climate and our lives.

Satantango (1985), Lászlo Krasznahorkai’s literary debut, is a Hungarian classic by a visionary author. Utilizing epic proportions, an original concept and Satanic dance as a fierce vision of decay, the novel immediately aroused great interest and won numerous national and international awards. The novel’s central thread is the story of a villainous Messiah, a false prophet who thematizes the lust for power and violence, the inscrutable questions of human nature, the naive, misplaced trust of ordinary people in self-proclaimed leaders and the collective powerlessness. The main character, Irimiás, is a conniver, a drifter, an ex-conman who abuses the despair of villagers in a rotting, rain-drenched Hungarian hamlet. Lászlo Krasznahorkai is an accomplished writer; even the strangest developments in the story convince, and are beautifully integrated within the novel’s dance-like structure. More than three decades after its creation, Satantango remains a highly relevant work. In recent years, the novel has been enjoying a revival in popularity and has been published in new translations. Satantango was made into a seven-hour black and white film by Bela Tarr. 

The novel has been translated into Slovenian by Marjanca Mihelič.

Known for his signature style, a unique blend of postmodernism and melancholy, material reality and metaphysics, existentialism and refined imagery, László Krasznahorkai (1954) soon attained renown as an iconic writer. He was described by Susan Sontag as the “contemporary Hungarian master of the apocalypse”, and W. G. Sebald compared the universality of Krasznahorkai’s vision to Gogol's Dead Souls. He has received a variety of national and prestigious foreign literary awards, including Brücke-Berlin (2010), Prima Primissima (2012) and the Vilenica Grand Prix (2014), and was the first Hungarian to win the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2015. In 2021, he received the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. For the past few years, he has been a regular candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The talk will be held in Hungarian, with simultaneous translation into Slovenian.
 

On a perfectly ordinary evening in January, the quiet serenity of a small Portuguese town is shattered by the fall of a celestial body that poisons the town of Galveias and its inhabitants with a series of explosions emitting a pungent sulphurous odour. An encounter between a macrocosm and microcosm opens up a realm for the meeting of people with closely guarded (little and big) secrets. The delicate balance in the shared lives of fictional characters is slowly revealed, the monotonous existence in a small town trapped in the clutches of tradition and predictable, never-changing patterns. A town that cannot shake off its torpor even after a contact with an unknown or unnamed space rock, an emissary from cosmic space. The catalyst for the town’s emergence from lethargy is the birth of a child who connects the inhabitants and encourages them to make the necessary steps for a new life and a viable future, while symbolizing – against the background of the cosmic event – the link between a melancholy past and the conflicts and challenges of modernity. 

The novel has been translated into Slovenian by Blažka Müller.

José Luís Peixoto (1974) is one of Portugal's most acclaimed young novelists. Peixoto's poetry and novels have been translated in over thirty languages. His first novel, Nenhum Olhar, (published as "Blank Gaze" in the UK) was shortlisted for all major literary awards in Portugal and won the Jose Saramago Literary Prize, awarded every two years for the best novel written in all Portuguese-speaking countries. Peixoto's first work of fiction, Morreste-me (published in the UK as 'You Died on Me') was selected by Visao as one of their best books of the decade. In 2003, he wrote the short-story collection Antidote in a joint project with the heavy metal band Moonspell, which brought in new readers all around the world. In 2007, his novel Cemitério de Pianos (published as 'The Piano Cemetery' in the UK) won the Calamo Award for the best translated novel published in Spain. An even bigger breakthrough came in 2016 with the novel Galveias, which won the Oceanos Award, the Portuguese equivalent to the prestigious Booker Prize. 

The event will be held in Portuguese, with simultaneous translation into Slovenian.
 

The story is set in the 1980s, the former Soviet Republic of Moldova, when the shifting borders and political systems were on the horizon. The Glass Garden revolves around a Romanian-speaking girl Lastochka. Taken from the orphanage by a Russian woman, Lastochka is forced by her adoptive mother to pick up empty bottles and wash them, in a yard of miracles in the 1980s Chișinău, where Russian and Romanian are in a continuous clash. In the Soviet Union, the Moldovan population was subjected to Russification. Russian was the ordained language of communication, and Romanians were forced to write their language in Cyrillic. As a consequence, the protagonist is torn between the two languages, and two cultures. Masterfully portrayed by Tatiana Țîbuleac, the stories about ordinary folk living in blocks of flats in Chisinău shine a ray of light on Lastochka's childhood, defined by trauma and dashed hope. The multi-faceted novel provides the reader with an illuminating insight into Moldovan society – a country that sometimes feels very distant though geographically relatively close.

The novel has been translated into Slovenian by Aleš Mustar. 

Tatiana Țîbulea(1978) was born in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. She studied at the Faculty of Journalism and Communications of the Moldova State University. In 1999, she joined the team at PRO TV Chis?ina˘u as a reporter, editor and news anchor and also worked in Moldova for UNICEF. Since 2008 she has been living in Paris. She made her debut as a writer in 2014 with a collection of short stories Fabule Moderne - Modern Tales. In 2017, her first novel, Vara în care mama a avut ochii verzi - The Summer When My Mother Had Green Eyes, was awarded the prize of the Writer´s Union of Moldova, as well as the Observator Cultural literary magazine prize in Bucharest. Her second novel, Grădina de sticlă  - The Glass Garden (2018), received the EU Prize for Literature. It has been translated into French, Spanish, Catalan, Croatian, Albanian and Bulgarian. Tatiana Tîbuleac won the National Award of the Republic of Moldova for her literary achievements.

The talk will be held in Romanian, with simultaneous translation into Slovenian.

Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (1996) gained cult status even before being published. Its provocative title unleashed a storm of controversy after the writer brought home some bound copies for friends from a trip to the US. The book has largely been heralded as an autobiographical novel by critics, though Zabuzhko maintains it is anything but autobiography. The protagonist, a clever, highly talented and nameless poet, does echo Zabuzhko herself, but that’s where the similarities end. The narrator tells the story of her recently ended relationship with a Ukrainian artist. The history of the affair is mapped out against the history of Ukraine, reflecting on the painful Ukrainian history, the period of transition, female emancipation, the pursuit of writing, language, the issues of identity. The stream of consciousness evokes mordant scenes, narrated with self-ironic vividness and cinematic precision, from a well-considered perspective, while the poetic and lyrical passages on love and passion are imbued with violence and the narrator’s sense of inner dividedness. 

The novel has been translated into Slovenian by Andreja Kalc.

Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), one the greatest Ukrainian authors today, is a distinguished philosopher, essayist, writer and poet. She has authored over twenty works. An extremely engaged intellectual, she has attained renown as a literary critic and as the author of the iconic novel, Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex. Her works address the issues of Ukrainian national identity and self-representation, post-colonialism and feminism. She is a graduate of the Department of Philosophy of Kyiv Shevchenko University. After having completed her post-graduate studies there, she obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Arts. She writes for journals and magazines on various literary issues, and has worked as a columnist for one of the country’s major weeklies. She is Vice-President of the Ukrainian PEN-centre, and Distinguished Creative Writing Professor at Kiev Shevchenko University. She was a Fulbright Fellow in the United States in 1994 (at Harvard University and the University of Pittsburgh), and taught Ukrainian culture and literature as a Writer-in-Residence at Penn State University in 1992. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (2010) won the Angelus Central European Literary Prize (2013) for the best novel of Eastern and Central Europe. Her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.

The talk will be held in Ukrainian, with simultaneous translation into Slovenian.
 

The 2023 Fabula in Theory addresses the issue of personal and collective past, what we have learnt from our past for a better today, and what await us in the future, how this relates to human (personal) and collective (social) memory. What advantage can be taken of retrospection and (self)reflection. World-renowned British author Bernardine Evaristo and Italian writer Antonio Scurati are to address the subject at Cankarjev dom.

M: Son of the Century (M. Il figlio del secolo) is a novel about Benito Mussolini and his rise to power, his methods of intimidation, manipulation and his rule. The novel chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century. In 1919, a rally of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento signals fascism’s rise. The historical sweep takes in fascist, socialist, and liberal ideologies competing for Italy’s future, and the author portrays various characters’ poignant struggles, such as the real-life socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti, who was brutally murdered by fascists. 

Antonio Scurati (1969) is a contemporary Italian writer and essayist. After graduating in philosophy from the Universita degli Studi di Milano, Scurati studied at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris and obtained a doctorate from the Universita di Bergamo. In 2019, Scurati won the Strega Award, Italy’s most prestigious literary prize, for his book M.: Son of the Century. Soon after its publication, the book became a literary sensation. A bestseller for years, it is now being published in forty-two countries. M. L’uomo della provvidenza, the sequel to the novel and the second in a tetralogy, was recently published in Italy. 

The hybrid event at Cankarjev dom (virtual talk with the author) will be hosted by Matejka Grgič.

The event will be simultaneously translated into Slovenian.