1973
The performance also features original compositions by the ensemble Mulčer (Samo Kutin, Andrej Fon, and Szymon Gasiorek) and music by Samo Kutin in co-authorship with Enja Grabrijan.
Other musicians collaborating with Samo Kutin on the music for Dodecalogy 1972–1983 include Jure Boršič, Kaja Draksler, Jošt Drašler, Vid Drašler, Andrej Fon, Szymon Gasiorek, Iztok Koren, Ana Kravanja, Dejan Lapanja, Eduardo Raon, and Tea Vidmar.
Music from Tomaž Pengov’s album Odpotovanja and other music from 1973 is also used.
In 1973, Yugoslavia became European basketball champion, Fellini filmed Amarcord, Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon, and Pengov recorded his unforgettable album in a bathroom. The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its manual of mental disorders, the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended, the first mobile phone call was made in New York, and the World Trade Center opened the following day. A mushroom growers’ association was founded in Nova Gorica, while the Athletic Club Nova Gorica celebrated its tenth anniversary. Nova Gorica hosted workers’ sports games of the wood industry of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia…
The performance 1973 is a transgenerational documentary fiction based on the personal stories of its creators. Narratives from the 1970s grow out of then-existing homes and connect with numerous local and global events. The performance is part of the theatrical Dodecalogy 1972–1983, mapping a network of life stories stretching across time, shaped by travel and migration. Above all, it is an omnibus about theatre itself.
