Opening & Keynote Speech
Art Talk Conferences
Location: Online - 11/2/20, 5:30 PM - 11/2/20, 6:30 PM (Europe/Berlin) (1 hour)
Opening & Keynote Speech
Vida Cerkvenik Bren
Vida Cerkvenik Bren

Vida Cerkvenik Bren, (Slovenia), is a theatre director, graduate of the Slovenian academy of performing arts (AGRFT). As an artistic director of Ljud group she has directed and coordinated over 25 artistic projects in the public space. She has taught and lectured at the National Theatre University in Iran as well as in South Korea, Israel, Russia, Belarus and across the EU. In 2019 she wrote the book Why don’t we do it in the road – a personal guide to outdoor interactive theater.


Behind the mask: up from the mouth or down from the eyes




Stay home, they said, but which home is mine? We loved to think we were on a never-ending journey, where each destination was a springboard for the next. Instead we remained closed. In that space in between that we learnt to call “distance”. And we started talking about ethics of relationships, dignity of the individual, psychophysical well-being, evolution of communities, human rights, freedoms, sociality and true nature of the human being. All ancient words that have become heavy heavy words, full of new meanings and values.

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