Nenad Jelesijević: TRIBE (experimental fable)

The meadow smells well, the forest sings, the sun’s on one’s palm, eyes closed, eyes open, sheep crossing a clear stream, a slide occurs, the question disappears.

I’m in the body, limbs extended to infinity, cells running on electricity.

They’re all here, next to me.

Androids’ve run away.

The soil below us, the stars above us, a call of the distant, reconciliation with our ancestors, ancient movements, a song. To embrace the epic and to dance the present, to release weight, to embrace the eternal rhythm, to follow the drive upwards. We are a tribe on the move.

Nenad Jelesijević is a multimedia artist and writer known for his affinity for incorporating pop culture imagery and spectacles into his work. He has created four solo performances, several multimedia installations, over 250 published texts, six plays, and six plays he has co-authored. His latest performance, Tribe, is an experimental fable that draws on folk poetry amid the unpredictable swirl of singing and dancing in given circumstances and is co-shaped by both those who are present and those who don’t seem to be.

#pop meets spectacle #they’re all here #the stars above us #force of a tribe

concept, performance, choreographic input, text, space design, costumes, light design: Nenad Jelesijević * piano input: Tine Grgurevič * dancing input: Rada Kovačević, Alexander Igoshev * dj: Puno Košta * technical support: Pekinpah * the project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia