𝐎 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢 / 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

Nit brez konca, IV. dejanje je najnovejša v seriji pripovedovalskih uprizoritev Ane Čavić z naslovom Nit brez konca, potencialno neskončnega dela, ki se nenehno razvija. V središču uprizoritev v več dejanjih je mitopejska zgodba o nastanku sveta, ki uvaja dva arhetipska lika, žensko in antropomorfno lisico. Performans Nit brez konca, IV. dejanje bo skupaj z ostalimi dejanji celotne serije premierno uprizorjen v Gledališču Glej 13. decembra 2023, čemur bosta sledili tudi dve ponovitvi, in sicer 14. in 15. decembra 2023.

Ana Čavić ustvarja performans vizualnega pripovedništva, ki je sodobna interpretacija cantastorie, tradicionalnega teatralnega pripovedniškega sloga, v katerem nastopajoči pripoveduje zgodbo, medtem ko kaže na vizualne pripomočke. Vizualni pripomočki ilustrirajo potek zgodbe in hkrati služijo kot zemljevid zgodbe. V vsakem dejanju serije Nit brez konca avtorica in performerka uporablja vizualne pripomočke in z njimi vodi publiko skozi različne zgodbe; to so velikoformatni poslikani zvitek (I. dejanje), digitalno obogatena risba v obliki zemljevida (II. dejanje), digitalno obogatena teatralna izrezanka (III. dejanje) in zbirka poslikanih ročnih pahljač (IV. dejanje). Na tako različne načine se Ana Čavić obrača k nekaterim novim, digitalno obogatenim možnostim pripovedništva.

Ana Čavić v maniri “teatralne poetizacije” poleg svojih zgodb v verzih pričara razkošne vizualne scene, ki uvedejo občinstvo v njene zvočno-vizualne pripovedniške uprizoritve.

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A thread without end, Act IV is the latest performance in Čavić’s ever evolving and potentially never-ending performance storytelling cycle A thread without end, in which a mythopoetic creation story about two archetypal characters, a woman and an anthropomorphic fox, unravels across four discrete performances to date (Act I-IV), like a thread without an end. A thread without end, Act IV will premiere at Glej Theatre, alongside the entire cycle to date, on 13th of December 2023, with repeat presentations on the 14th and 15th of December 2023.

Čavić’s “visual performance storytelling” is a contemporary interpretation of cantastoria, a traditional theatrical storytelling style in which the performer tells a story while pointing to a visual aid that both illustrates the narrative and prompts the performance by serving as a mnemonic device – a ‘story map’. In each act of A thread without end Čavić similarly uses visual aids to guide the audience through four different story maps: an analogue large-format hand-painted scroll (Act I), a digitally enhanced graphite drawing in the shape of a large, tiled map (Act II), a digitally augmented paper-cut theatre (Act III), and a set of folding hand fans (Act IV). At the same time, Čavić turns towards new, digitally augmented storytelling possibilities. In Act II and Act III, she re-images digital technologies as an extension and enhancement of her performances by introducing digital soundscapes triggered by touch and gesture.

Through “theatrical poeticization”[i] Čavić conjures sumptuous visual scenes alongside her verse stories, to immerse audiences in her theatrical audio-visual storytelling performances.

𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐧 / 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬
I. dejanje / Act I
Avtorica/Author: Ana Čavić

II. dejanje / Act II
Avtorica/Author: Ana Čavić
Oblikovalec zvoka in programske opreme/Software and Sound Design: Tychonas Michailidis
Podpora/Support: SARDAM, International Interdisciplinary Literature Festival

III. dejanje / Act III
Avtorica/Author: Ana Čavić
Oblikovalec zvoka in programske opreme/Software and Sound Design: Tychonas Michailidis
Producent/Producer: Sektor Institute
Koproducent/Co-producer: DUM Association
Podpora/Support: City of Ljubljana

IV. dejanje / Act IV
Avtorica/Author: Ana Čavić
Tehnična podpora/Technical support: Žan Rantaša
Produkcijska podpora/Production support: Barbara Poček
Producent/Producer: Sektor Institute
Koproducent/Co-producer: Glej Theatre
Podpora/Support: City of Ljubljana