I Stutter with Joy

performance

The notion of stutter as a structural nucleus buds the performance I Stutter with Joy with an attempt to question its possible translation and transformation into various 'artistic' fields. Understanding it as an interruption and disruption in the communication, which is mainly hindering it, stuttering is at the same time an offering, occurring exactly in the frozen moment of a potentiality in which something new could emerge.

Created and performed by: Darko Dragičević, Jasmina Založnik
Choreography: Martin Sonderkamp
Sound design: Ivan Mijačević
Light design: David Orešič
Produced by: MKC Maribor and Plesna Izba Maribor
Coproduced by: ZAIK, JSKD, Hostel pekarna
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Maribor

Darko Dragičević lives in Cologne and Berlin and works internationally as a Visual Artist and Filmmaker. He holds a MFA (Hons) in Visual Arts and a BA in Visual Communication from The International College of Arts & Sciences in Milan and a Filmmaking diploma from New York Film Academy, New York City. Dragičević’s focus in various interdisciplinary projects and his research lies in cross methods within the field of visual arts, performance, film and text. As a director he received awards from the Bosifest 7th International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities in Belgrade, 57th International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen and Casa del Cinema in Rome.

Jasmina Založnik is a PhD candidate in Visual Culture and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen (UK) with a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. She works as a dramaturge, curator and writer in the field of performing arts. Založnik completed her MA in Philosophy at the Science Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. As curator and artistic director, she has coordinated several international festivals; she has been engaged in artworks in the fields of performance and dance as dramaturge, co-author, performer and artistic collaborator; she contributes to various magazines and journals. She is an active member of the international platform Nomad Dance Academy, a regular collaborator of Cona, Institute for Contemporary Art Processing, and a member of the Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia and of the City of Women Association. Založnik has received the 2015 Ksenija Hribar award in the category critic/writer/dramaturge.