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The POGO DOLLS is a performance that finds its choreographic and dramaturgical solutions in punk culture. The creation process leaned on the punk environment, particularly its spatial elements, drawing inspiration from the distinctive components of punk concerts: the circle as the epicenter of energy, the mosh pit as a defined space, and the clear procedures inherent in every punk show, including pogoing, the shifting positions of performers and audience, and the chaos.

How can we reverse the logic of the performance creation process? How can we set up the process as a performing subject in which the product becomes an object? That is, what kind of a performance places the process in the center of its interest and treats it as a finished product? How can elements that are a strong symbol of one environment be named as symbols of another? How can we change the state of those elements from passive to active?

The Arbajt Collective ventured into public space and through three interventions announced the premiere of the dance performance Arbyte 2.0. The Arbyte 2.0 project, as well as the work of the collective itself, addressed the issue of the invisibility of artistic work and the often inadequate conditions or insufficient spaces for work, using construction site motifs as the starting material…

With the exhibition Arbyte 1.8, the Arbajt Collective continues its exploration of the relationship between art and labor. However, the Split context provides a different framework for Arbajt, situating it within the “concrete giant” where artistic work played a crucial role in its lengthy process of revitalization.

“Arbajt” was made in a complex of ruined paper factory named “Grafokarton” in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The factory stopped its production in the early 2000s, which was a result of privatization during the postwar period in Croatia. Since then, a huge factory space was devastated, occupied by homeless people, was forgotten and by the years passing, it became just another representation of disappearing spaces in our capital Zagreb…

“Meantime, Between Failures” was a durational performance lasting 11 and a half hours at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, as part of the EU project STAGES Forum 2023: When we all fall asleep at COP28 where do we go?