Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes

The essay outlines two attempts to revolutionise the relationship between the periphery and the centre in Central and Eastern Europe. The first belongs to the historical avant-gardes of the 1920s and 1930s. The second one belongs to the retro-avant-gardes at the turn of the century, which re-enacted...

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Main Author: Tomaž Toporišič
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) & Slovenian Theatre Institute (Slovenski gledališki inštitut) 2023-12-01
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spelling doaj-art-e57f3dc75e3e4e3588d7b726d6c650512025-08-19T23:22:10ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) & Slovenian Theatre Institute (Slovenski gledališki inštitut)Amfiteater1855-45391855-850X2023-12-01112323410.51937/Amfiteater-2023-2/32-34Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-GardesTomaž Toporišič0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-9635AGRFT - Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and TelevisionThe essay outlines two attempts to revolutionise the relationship between the periphery and the centre in Central and Eastern Europe. The first belongs to the historical avant-gardes of the 1920s and 1930s. The second one belongs to the retro-avant-gardes at the turn of the century, which re-enacted some of the basic ideas of Constructivist and Futurist utopian questions. The retro-generations announced that they were the heirs of the artistic generation of the Constructivists and Zenitists, who wanted to promote Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Trieste as centres of new art to establish a new bridge between East and West.https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amfiteater_11_2_RAZ_01_Toporisic_AN.pdfhistorical avant-gardesretro-avant-gardeshorizontal history of artdelakčernigojmicić
spellingShingle Tomaž Toporišič
Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
historical avant-gardes
retro-avant-gardes
horizontal history of art
delak
černigoj
micić
title Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
title_full Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
title_fullStr Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
title_full_unstemmed Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
title_short Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
title_sort trieste ljubljana zagreb and belgrade between periphery and centre from historical avant gardes to neo post and retro avant gardes
topic historical avant-gardes
retro-avant-gardes
horizontal history of art
delak
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micić
url https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amfiteater_11_2_RAZ_01_Toporisic_AN.pdf
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