In addition to music, the creativity of music group and cross-media collective Laibach (German historical name for Ljubljana) finds its expression in design, painting, theatre and other artistic practices. The group formed on 1 June 1980 in Trbovlje. In 1982, Laibach announced their crucial manifesto, “The 10 Items of the Covenant”, first published in Nova revija (No. 13/14). Here the group describes itself as a collective practising anonymity, with membership hidden under the four pseudonyms (Eber, Saliger, Keller and Dachauer), committed to joint authorship and industrial type of work modelled upon totalitarianism and under the leadership of the Immanent Consistent Spirit. According to their creed, creativity steers a path between politics and popular culture, and each art is subjected to political manipulation, except from the one that speaks the language of that same manipulation. In 1984, in collaboration with the painters from the art group Irwin and several consecutive theatre groups/projects initiated by Dragan Živadinov, Laibach co-established the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective. Laibach have won worldwide acclaim and are one of the internationally most prominent Slovenian music bands. Their music blends different genres, from the experimental industrial sound, to symphonic, i.e. militant, classicism and electronic music. They have formulated the so-called retro-avant-garde art form (together with other groups constituting the NSK art movement/collective) and recently reassumed the name they used at the onset – Laibach Kunst – to present their multi-media and art projects and exhibitions. Garnering a lot of attention for their music, the collective are also noted for their overall avant-gardism and have been surrounded by controversy since the very beginning. Their provocative ideological offensives evoking the rhetoric and rituals of totalitarian regimes provoked strong reactions from political authorities, causing serious setbacks for the group at the beginning of their career.

Since her debut with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev in 2012, violinist Lana Trotovsek appeared with some of the world’s finest orchestras. She lives in London and is a Professor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Composer Larisa Vrhunc devotes her time to spectral music and regularly takes part in composition competitions. She is assistant professor of music theory at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts (Department of Musicology).

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