The first Amfiteater symposium, organized in autumn 2017, has now yielded fruit: the thematic block here on the theme of the castration of the political and contemporary Slovenian theatre, edited and presented by Tomaž Toporišič. In addition to eight articles in Slovene, equipped with detailed English summaries, we present an exceptional investigation by Eda Čufer of Marko Peljhan's project Makrolab, which – by confronting art and war – reaffirms the idea of the avant-garde at the transition from the 20th to the 2nd century.
Articles
Tomaž Toporišič:
Everything We Have Been Afraid to Ask about Politicality and the Castration of the (Post-)Dramatic
Lev Kreft:
The Castration of the Political, and Then the Police
Blaž Lukan:
The Powerlessness of the Political. The Power of Acting
Barbara Orel:
Tomaž Toporišič:
What has happened to the political in theatre? The Case of Oliver Frljić
Aldo Milohnić:
Brutalism and Contemporary Slovenian Theatre
Kristof Jacek Kozak:
The Realpolitical Powerlessness of Slovenian Theatre
Gasper Troha:
Nenad Jelesijević:
Waiting for the Political. Towards Protagonism in Performance
Eda Čufer:
Feelings and Territories: Makrolab's Avant-Garde Inquiries
Book Reviews
Nika Arhar:
A personal testimony about the time of the doll (Edi Majaron: Faith in a doll. Thoughts on Puppetry) (available in Slovenian language only)
Kaja Kraner:
A hermeneutic approach to the analysis of modern aesthetic ideology (Andrew Hewitt: Social choreography. Ideology as performance in dance and everyday movement) (available in Slovenian language only)
Eva Pori:
(Ob)marginal in the center: Slovenian (modern) drama from a new point of view (Mateja Pezdirc Bartol: Conflicts of worlds: studies on Slovenian drama) (available in Slovenian language only)
Editor-in-Chief: Maja Šorli
Editor of the Thematic Block: Tomaž Toporišič
Editorial Board: Bojana Kunst, Barbara Orel, Primož Jesenko, Blaž Lukan, Aldo Milohnić, Tomaž Toporišič, Gašper Troha
International Editorial Board: Mark Amerika (University of Colorado, US), Marin Blažević (University of Zagreb, HR), Ramsay Burt (De Montfort University, GB), Joshua Edelman (Manchester Metropolitan University, GB), Jure Gantar (Dalhousie University, CA), Janelle Reinelt (The University of Warwick, GB), Anneli Saro (Tartu Űlikool, EE), Miško Šuvaković (Singidunum University, RS), SE Wilmer (Trinity College Dublin, IE)
Published by: Slovenian Theater Institute (represented by Mojca Jan Zoran, Director) and University of Ljubljana, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (represented by Tomaž Gubenšek, Dean)
Amphitheater – Journal of Performing Arts Theory was founded in 2008 by the University of Ljubljana, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.
