Janez Janša

Biography

Janez Janša is a contemporary artist who in 2007 together with two other Slovenian artists changed his name into the name of the conservative, two times prime-minister of Slovenia. Before and after this radical artistic gesture Janša has been working as theatre director and performer of interdisciplinary works that focus on the relation between art and the social and political context surrounding it, reflecting the responsibility of the performers as well as the spectators.

He is also the director of Maska, a non-profit organization in publishing, artistic production and education, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia and edited several books on contemporary dance and theatre. He is currently fellow at the International Research Center “Interweaving Performance Culture“ at the Freie Universität Berlin and assistant professor at the master program for theatre directing at the University of Ljubljana.