Artist Talk

In his public intervention, Igor Dobričić will focus on the critical yet ethically ambiguous function of highly truncated literary forms—(pagan) oracles, (religious) prophecies, (philosophical) aphorisms, (political) slogans, (poetic) invocations—and their capacity to reaffirm and/or reactivate the bond between the speaking body and disembodied speech acts.

Rather than offering definitive or categorical answers, Dobričić will pursue a set of open questions: under what conditions does the immediate entanglement of viscera and signification retain an emancipatory potential? And at what point does “standing behind one’s words” turn into a delusional operation or reactionary manipulation—one that reinstates subjugation through intensified forms of subjectification?

Free admission. In English.

Igor Dobričić studied dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, (former) Yugoslavia and holds a Master of Theatre degree from DAS Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is living in between Amsterdam, Berlin and Venice and is working internationally as a dramaturg and artistic advisor. He is regularly collaborating with numerous makers / choreographers (Alma Sodeberg, Meg Stuart, Arkadi Zaides a/o). In the role of a lecturer, facilitator and mentor he has a long-term engagement with a broad range of educational institutions: K3 Choreographic Centre in Hamburg, SNDO – School for New Dance and DAS Master of Theatre in Amsterdam, a/o. From 2010 onwards he has also been developing his own performative research practice under the title TableTalks. During the last decade and a half TableTalks is hosted and presented in a number of different cultural contexts: from Amsterdam to Stockholm, Cairo, Sao Paulo and Vienna.

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