DEAR VISITORS! IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CONDITIONS FOR VISITING CULTURAL EVENTS, VTR CONDITIONS APPLY TO VISIT THE THEATER – tested, vaccinated or those who already had covid

One recurring fantasy related to late capitalism is undoubtedly the fantasy of “the End”. To be sure, the fantasy of the End also appears outside of, and prior to the capitalist world order, but it might prove instructive to look at the way it is structured in this world order, as well as to look at the shifts that have occurred in this structuring. This talk will demonstrate how the fantasy of the End as some kind of radical catastrophe serves as a means of not ending anything and of maintaining the status quo. To say that the prospect of catastrophe is very often a typical fantasy scenario does not mean that the catastrophe is a fantasy in the sense that it cannot happen. What is “fantastic” about it is the way it frames our present choices and actions, or the absence thereof. The talk will also attempt to define how art differs from fantasy and how it can function as the “end of fantasy”.

Alenka Zupančič is a Slovene philosopher and social theorist. She works as a research advisor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences. She is also a professor at the European Graduate School in Switzerland and a guest lecturer at numerous universities worldwide. Her work lies on the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis. She is the author of numerous articles and books.

Moderated by Marijana Rimanić, the communications manager of RESHAPE and Pogon – Zagreb Centre for Independent Culture and Youth.

DEAR VISITORS! IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CONDITIONS FOR VISITING CULTURAL EVENTS, VTR CONDITIONS APPLY TO VISIT THE THEATER – tested, vaccinated or those who already had covid

Performance Auction House FORSALE is in its legal nature an auction house, and yet it is a conceptual work of art made by the artist and performance-maker Lea Kukovičič. In Artist Talk FORSALE, the artistic director of the auction house will reveal the layers of mechanisms and unpack the ideology of the world’s first theatre performance auction house. Kukovičič will map the matrix of how her conceptual artwork and artistic provocation affects society, the art world, and the economy. Because if you think money is real and theatre is fiction, THINK AGAIN.

DEAR VISITORS! IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CONDITIONS FOR VISITING CULTURAL EVENTS, TVA CONDITIONS APPLY TO VISIT THE THEATER – tested, vaccinated or those who already had covid

For conference guests

A mix of an open discussion and an analytical game, focus groups are a testing ground for the evaluation tools (for creators and managers) created by FARO, based on Fluxonomy Methodology. Each 2 hrs session will focus on RESHAPE’s universe through each one of the dimensions: Cultural, Social, Environmental and Transactional.

Beyond usual survey methodologies, these tools were designed specifically for cultural purposes, they allow the participants to better articulate their feelings and achievements, thus assigning new meanings and revealing new layers of depth around strategic issues.