Janez Janša (director)

Janez Janša
Born 6 February 1964
Rijeka, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Alma mater University of Ljubljana
Occupation Theatre director

Janez Janša (born 6 February 1964 as Emil Hrvatin) is one of the three contemporary artists who in 2007 changed their names[1] to Janez Janša, the name of the Slovenian right-wing politician Janez Janša. He is editor, theatre and film director, and contemporary performing artist.

Life

He has studied sociology and theatre directing at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and performance theory at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

From 1999 to 2006, he has been editor in chief and director of Maska journal and publishing house. Titles edited by him include a reader of contemporary theatre theories and a reader of contemporary dance theories.

Since 1999 he has been the director of the Maska publishing house, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

In 2007, he and other two Slovene contemporary artists together officially changed their names to Janez Janša, the name of the Slovenian right-wing politician Janez Janša.

In 2008, Mladina magazine published his biography[2][3] and a month later he co-edited together with Janez Janša (performance artist) and Janez Janša (visual artist) the book NAME Readymade.[4]

Work

He regularly curates interdisciplinary workshops around Europe and USA and he is the initiator of the organization P.E.A.C.E. - Peacekeepers' entertainment, art and cultural exchange (with Mare Bulc).

He wrote a book on Flemish artist and theatre maker Jan Fabre. As editor he has published numerous essays on contemporary theatre and art, also working as a performance artist, and video and film maker. As performer he was involved in the improvisation project At the Table curated by Meg Stuart.

In 1998, "Cammillo - Memo 1.0: Construction of Theatre", directed by himself, was presented in Milan, Italy, at the Piccolo Teatro.

In 2000, European biennale of contemporary arts, Manifesta 3, was opened by his "Drive in Camillo".

His piece "We are all Marlene Dietrich" was performed for soldiers in peace-keeping missions (with Erna Omarsdottir).

In 2006, he made a reconstruction of the piece from 1969, "Pupilija, Papa Pupilo and the Pupilecks", presented at Slovenian National Theatre in 2007.

He created a series of performances dealing with the status of performance in neoliberal societies, such as a tear donnor session and interdisciplinary artistic and research project The First World Camp.

He did a reconstruction action Mount Triglav with the other two artists called Janez Janša on Mount Triglav.

In 2012, in context of Janez Janša being accused of Machiavellian political maneuvering when he took the Prime minister's seat instead of Zoran Jankovič who was relative winner at the 2011 elections, the three Janez Janšas have together filmed a documentary[5] about the name change, My name is Janez Janša (Jaz sem Janez Janša).[6][7]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ The janezjansa.si webpage about the official name change
  2. ↑ Marcel Štefančič Jr. (2008). Janez Janša - Biografija, Mladina, Ljubljana.
  3. ↑ Janezi Janše o Janezu Janši, Večer, 24. 9. 2008. Maribor
  4. ↑ NAME Readymade, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Janez Janša (eds), Moderna galerija and Revolver, Ljubljana 2008
  5. ↑ www.mynameisjanezjansa.com, homepage of the documentary "My name is Janez Janša"
  6. ↑ Nedokončani film "Jaz sem Janez Janša" buri duhove - Homoerotika, posnetki fašistov in nacistov menda sporni v nastajajočem dokumentarcu umetnika Janeza Janše, Delo, Ljubljana.
  7. ↑ Janez Janša: Viba film nima kompetence za ocenjevanje vsebine, Dnevnik, 6. 4. 2012, Ljubljana.

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