The authors of the performance, David Cvelbar and Matej Marinček, are employees at a creative position within the cultural sector.
The performance portrays their position in life, that is, the position of an individual torn between his job and artistic creation, and the feelings of absurdity, imprisonment, helplessness and inner tension that arise from the antagonisms of this position. As a worker/employee, a person is caught in the cogs of a social system that he intentionally or unintentionally co-creates, recreates and maintains as an invisible and underpaid robot/machine. As a creator/freelance artist, on the other hand, he is an individualist who remains outside the system. This position allows him to see the system differently than is “prescribed” to him, to take a critical stance towards it and thus become a piece of litter/a wedge in its cogs, slowing down and eventually perhaps even stopping the system and turning it in another direction. The paradox of this position is reflected in the concept of the performance, which is the result of the free artistic activity of the two authors, while it at the same time also depicting their involvement in the cogs of the system. The stage set represents the social system as a whole, divided into the consumer and production sectors. The system is driven by the worker with his power and energy, like a robot/machine that is itself invisible and insignificant – only the effects of its work are noticeable. The music, with its methodological concept based in programming and manipulation, reflects the modern technology of the higher work processes and, with its energetic and dark expression, the noise of industrial production.
Concept: David Cvelbar, Matej Marinček
Performance, music and light design: David Cvelbar
Video: Matej Marinček
Sound design: Jure Vlahovič
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Organisation: Kino Šiška in co-production with SMG Ljubljana
