Jasna Žmak: The artist is institutionalised
In this workshop, we will therefore ask ourselves how are our lives shaped by the institutions we are part of. We will approach the artist not only as a creator of artworks, but also as a living archive - a person whose memories, experiences, ambitions, contradictions, and positions within the cultural field carry both personal and social meaning and can become sources of dramaturgical reflection. Together we will explore how personal histories, relationships, influences, and encounters can become artistic material.
Working on the intersection of documentary theater and autofiction, we will investigate how are the narratives through which we understand ourselves as artists created, not in an attempt to reach a final truth, but as a way of questioning, re-framing, and re-imagining the stories we tell about ourselves.
Jasna Žmak is a writer, dramaturg and researcher from Zagreb, Croatia, working across the fields of performance, dance, literature and film. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, where she teaches BA and MA courses in performance dramaturgy. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb. She has published several books, including "Lecture as Performance, Performance as Lecture – On the Production of Knowledge in the Arts" (2019) and "Dirty Words – Essays on Female Sexuality" (2020). She has organized and/or mentored numerous workshops on writing, feminism and/or dramaturgy. Her debut solo performance "this is my truth, tell me yours" (2023), has toured 30 theatres and festivals across Europe and received the Grand Prix at the BITEF Festival in Belgrade.
https://jasnajasnazmak.net/en/
180 minutes with break
Studio of ARCHA+, Zlatnická 1129/8, 110 00 New Town
English
