RE:akt!, platform presentation

RE:akt!
reconstruction, re-enactment, re-reporting
www.reakt.org

Thursday 5th June 2008 at 8 pm ACE Kibla - the presentation of RE:akt! platform, which has been developed since 2006 by Aksioma Institute in cooperation with numerous Slovenian and international partners. Itspurposeis to research the strategies of reenactment within contemporary artand the role of media in creating (post)modern historical myths as wellas emphasizing the importance of media for contemporary mythology – its greatness being measured by theatricality rather than contents - and the extent to which it can be manipulated.

Janez Janša, director of Aksioma Institute and the author of platform concept presented video and photo documentation of all actions created so far within the platform, which are as follows : Ich LubbeBerlin (Reichstag, Berlin, Germany), Das KAPITAL (Vaclav Square,Prague,the Czech Republic), C'était un rendez-vous (déja vu), (Pariscitycentre, France), VD as VB - Erdgeist, Earth Spirit #27-2910827(Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana), The Madonna of Laibachdorf(AlkatrazGallery, Ljubljana), Triglav on Triglav (Mount Triglav),SS-XXX DieFrau Helga (Nova Gallery, Zagreb), Synthetic Performance inSecond Life- Reenactment of Marina Abramović and Ulay's Imponderabilia(ArtistsSpace, New York, USA and Second Life). Slovenian and foreignartiststhat took part in these actions are: Mare Bulc, Janez Janša,JanezJanša, Janez Janša, Igor Štromajer, Bojana Kunst, (Slovenija) QuentinDrouet (France), Vaginal Davis (USA), Jennifer Doyle (USA),DejanDragosavac Ruta (Croatia), Stefan Doepner (Germany), Eva inFrancoMattes – 0100101110101101.org (Italy).

Concept: Janez Janša
Production: Aksioma – Institute of contemporary arts, Ljubljana
Supported by European Cultural Foundation, Ministry of Culture RS and Municipality of Ljubljana.