CONTINUITIES AND CUTS

roundtable discussion

Do forms of art production have a limited duration? The state is represented precisely through the continuity of institutions, including cultural institutions, because the state and its institutions have the ambition to be timeless. But what kind of temporality is inscribed in so-called private, extra-institutional initiatives, i.e. those that have a recognised status of operating in the public interest, either through continuous funding or granting status, or simply through continuous engagement in the public cultural space?

The roundtable discussion Continuities and Cuts addresses questions related to the forms of production as they emerged in the last quarter of the 20th century – in Slovenia, this was particularly the case with the legislation that allowed the creation of private institutes. The questions we are asking are not new, but they have a different dimension precisely because the generations that established non-governmental forms of artistic production are leaving in one way or another. And the conditions in which we operate are increasingly tense and precarious.

Participants: Janez Janša, Alja Lobnik, Goran Sergej Pristaš, Tjaša Pureber, Teja Reba

Reservation: pr@maska.si.