this is my truth, tell me yours

During the performance on SA 11.5. there will be childcare in the Tojo.

«This is my truth, tell me yours» is a solo project by the dramaturg and writer Jasna Žmak, in which she explores her relationship with the artistic field, questioning the responsibilities and the anxieties that the role of the contemporary artist implies. Leaning on her personal experience from 2011, when she started suffering from tinnitus and hyperacusis after firing a theatre gun during a performance by the Slovenian artist Marko Mandić, in this piece Žmak explores the ways in which art forms the reality we are living in. Although seemingly not connected, the themes of tinnitus and patriarchy become the central motif of this work that operates at the intersection between stand-up comedy and lecture performance. Appearing on stage in the role of the performer for the first time, Žmak deals with questions of truthfulness and representation, participation and responsibility, guiding us through her dramaturgical and sexual experiences, asking herself and the audience questions about the importance and the meaning of artistic production in the era of wild capitalism.

Jasna Žmak is a writer, dramaturg, researcher and psychodramatist from Zagreb, Croatia, working in the fields of performance, dance, literature and film. She is associate professor at the Department of Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, teaching BA and MA courses on performance dramaturgy. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Zagreb, graduating with the theme of lecture performance. She writes performance texts, short stories, reviews, research papers, essays, and picture books. She has organized and mentored several workshops about writing, feminism, dramaturgy and psychodrama. She loves playing around with language and believes intersectional feminism is the future.

Following the performance on 11.5. there will be a discussion with the artists at 19:15.