Bitef

sti, konkretno na lik Odila Globočnika: Slovenca koji je bio jedan od ljudi od najvećeg Hitlerovog poverenja, a kojeg se danas u Sloveniji niko ne želi da seća. Putem spektakularnog rituala, koji je uverljiva rekonstrukcija nacističkih mitinga iz tridesetih godina prošlog veka, ali istovremeno stilizovano i ironično poigravanje tom ikonografijom u duhu pokreta Neue Slowenische Kunst iz osamdesetih godina, Živadinov vrši direktan i eksplicitan egzorcizam: temeljno nas čisti od duha Globočnika, kako on danas ne bi oživeo. S obzirom na to dvostruko ukazivanje na prošlost - kako na doba nacizma, tako i na umetnički pokret NSK, koji je i deo istorije Bitefa - ovaj se projekat pokazao kao idealan za Prolog 52. Bitefa.

Ritualna purifikacija od duha nacizma odmah be se pokazati - selektorske li ironije! - kao plemenit, herojski, ali uzaludan poduhvat. 52, Bitef svečano otvara predstava Svita br 3 'Evropa', francuskog reditelja Žorisa Lakosta, koji je 2016, sa Svitom br. 2, bio najveće iznenađenje festivala, zadobio naklonost i publike i medija i stručne javnosti, te dobio i nagradu publike i specijalnu nagradu žirija. Novi projekat ovog autora zasniva se na istim umetničkim principima: scensko-muzičkom uprizorenju raznih dokumentarnih audio-materijala, u rasponu od politick!h govora do ulične konverzacije. Svita br 3 'Evropa' tretira, kako i sam naslov sugeriše, stanje u Evropskoj uniji, sastoji se od 28 muzičko-scenskih numera, a svaka od njih zasnovana je na jednom audio-zapisu iz jedne od 28 zemalja EU, Svaki od zapisa ukazuje upravo na opasnost od ugrožavanja evropskih vrednosti, porast ksenofobije, netolerancije, autoritarnosti i nasilja, a u rasponu od izjave jednog rumunskog monaha da be Kinezi pokoriti Evropu jer je to deo jevrejske zavere, do govora mađarskog poslanika o tome da je najved problem migranata iz muslimanskih zemalja to što su oni sami nasilni prema svojim ženama i svojoj deci.

Tu liniju nastavljaju i radikalizuju, sasvim u njegovom stilu, dve predstave Olivera Frljiba - Gorki - Atternativa za Nemačku? („Maksim Gorki", Berlin) i Šest lica traži pisca (Satiričko kazalište „Kerempuh", Zagreb), Naslov prve predstave je, za nemačku publiku, prava bomba jer je reč o imenu ultradesnibarske partije koja je na poslednjim izborima ušla u Bundestag, i to kao treba najjača u zemlji. Predstava tematizuje, dakle, uspon desnice u Nemačkoj, ali i, kao što je skoro uvek slučaj

applied to the aforementioned phenomena). Hence, the performance warns us about those very things by pointing at forerunners (or analogies) from the past. Such as at Odilo Globočnik, a Slovenian who was one of Hitler's closest confidants and whom no one in Slovenia wants to remember today. Through a spectacular ritual, which represents a plausible reconstruction of Nazi political rallies from the 30's but is also a stylized and ironical play with iconography in the spirit of the Neue Slowenische Kunst movement from the 80’s, Živadinov presents an ideologically unequivocal exorcism: he thoroughly cleanses us of Globočnik’s spirit to hopefully prevent it from rising back again. Since it refers to the past in two ways - to the times of Nazism and to the later artistic movement NSK, which has its place in the history of Bitef - this project proves to be ideal for the Prologue Day.

This ritual purification from the Nazi spirit will prove to be - what an irony of the selectors! - a noble, heroic, but pointless undertaking. The 52 nd Bitef opens with the performance Suite N° 3 Europe’, by French director Joris Lacoste, whose Suite N° 2 was the biggest surprise of the festival in 2016 when it equally impressed audiences, the media, and theatre professionals, having received the audience award and the special jury award. The author's new project is based on the same artistic principles: musical staging of various audio recordings which range from political speeches to random street conversations. True to its title, Suite N° 3 Europe’ deals with the situation in the European Union, and consists of 28 scores, each of which is based on an audio-recording from one of the 28 EU member states. Each recording points at the danger of jeopardizing European values: the increase of xenophobia, non-tolerance, authoritarian regimes, and violence. They span from a Romanian monk’s statement that the Chinese will conquer Europe as part of some Jewish conspiracy, to a speech by a Hungarian MP claiming that the biggest problem with migrants from Muslim countries lies in their violence towards their women and children.

That stream is maintained and radicalized in two performances by Oliver Frljić, which are completely true to his style: Gorki - Alternative for Germany? ("Maxim Gorki”, Berlin), and Six Characters in Search of an Author (Satirical Theatre "Kerempuh”, Zagreb). The first

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