15th Extraordinary Congress

The Croatian artist and performer Vlatka Horvat invites 7 artists, born in different republics of the former Yugoslavia, to sit at a table and exchange stories and anecdotes, facts and rumours, reflections and thoughts about a country in which all of us grew up, but which no longer exists. Sifting through their shared memories as well as through versions of events remembered and understood differently, they try to unpack the story of Yugoslavia – approaching the question of “what happened there” from a range of different perspectives. Through an improvised exchange lasting several hours, they recount events large and small, excavating bits of their shared history from realms both political and personal. The piece unfolds a complex narrative in which contradictions and inconsistencies sit side by side – decidedly unresolved and open – in a state of tension, dialogue and play.