Laibach is a cross-media collective formation, founded in 1980 in the industrial mining town Trbovlje. The name Laibach (Austro-German for the capital city Ljubljana) as well as the group\u2019s militant self-stylisation, propagandist manifestos and statements have raised numerous debates on their artistic and political positioning.<\/p>\n
Due to official political ban on Laibach in Slovenia\/Yugoslavia in 1983 the group initiated the founding of a wider collective of NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst) in 1984 and its graphic department Novi Kolektivizem (New Collectivism), extending Laibach tactics and aesthetic into a wider and diverse media practice. This led to the establishment of a strong platform for cultural activity within the climate of liberalisation and pluralisation in 80ies Yugoslavia. NSK existed as a collective movement till 1992, when it modified itself into a virtual State in Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n Laibach became internationally renowned in the music scene, especially with their violating re-interpretations of hits by Queen and the Beatles, but also by their unique concerts in occupied Sarajevo (1995) or their recent one in North Korean capital of Pyongyang (2015) and remaining a point of reference in terms of artistic cultural criticism.<\/p>\n During recent years the group underwent an international re-evaluation of their artistic practice in the course of an emergence of post-structuralist views on worldwide conceptual art production and has thus performed a special extended and sold out show on April 14th<\/sup> 2012 in London\u2019s Tate Modern – Turbine Hall. Extensive Laibach Kunst retrospective exhibitions were shown in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a (Muzeum Sztuki), Ljubljana (MGLC), Trbovlje (Delavski Dom), Maribor (UGM) and Zagreb (HDLU) in the period between 2009 – 2012. Laibach has also been subject of the large retrospective exhibition on NSK, presented by Moderna Gallery Ljubljana in 2015, in Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven in 2016, in Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, 2016 and in Museo Reina Sof\u00eda in Madrid, 2017.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n SELECTED CHRONOLOGY \/ EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988\u00a0 1990 1992 1993 1995 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Laibach is a cross-media collective formation, founded in 1980 in the industrial mining town Trbovlje. The name Laibach (Austro-German for the capital city Ljubljana) as well as the group\u2019s militant self-stylisation, propagandist manifestos and statements have raised numerous debates on their artistic and political positioning. Due to official political ban on Laibach in Slovenia\/Yugoslavia in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2747,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2749","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4396,"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2749\/revisions\/4396"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiv.zavod-parasite.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLAIBACH founded in Trbovlje.
\nALTERNATIVA SLOVENSKI KULTURI (ALTERNATIVE TO THE SLOVENE CULTURE<\/em>) \u2013 Delavski dom (Workers\u2019 Home<\/em>) Cultural Centre, Trbovlje, Slovenia, Yugoslavia; first public manifestation of Laibach with collective exhibition and a concert; the event was banned before opening.<\/p>\n
\nLAIBACH KUNST \u2013 Galerija Sre\u010dna nova umetnost (Happy New Art Gallery<\/em>), SKC (Student Cultural Centre<\/em>), Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia; first exhibition of Laibach paintings, graphic works, articles and presentation of Laibach\u2019s music from the tapes.<\/p>\n
\n\u017dRTVE LETALSKE NESRE\u010cE (VICTIMS OF A PLANE CRASH<\/em>) \u2013 Disco FV 112 \/ 15, Ljubljana; installation and first public concert by Laibach. The group introduces the record player as an instrument and vinyl records as a sound sample source.
\nAUSSTELLUNG! LAIBACH KUNST \u2013 \u0160KUC (Student Cultural Centre<\/em>), Ljubljana; exhibition of paintings and graphic art, concert of a Laibach sub-group 300.000 VERSCHIEDENE KRAWALLE.
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST \u2013 SKC (Student Cultural Centre<\/em>), Belgrade; exhibition and concert. Laibach uses military smoke bombs as special effects within the show.
\nTOUCH OF EVIL \u2013 Laibach performance (exhibition, concert) at the festival YU-rock Alternativa Festival, RANS Mo\u0161a Pijade (Mosha Pijade Hall<\/em>), Zagreb; due to alleged controversy of the show military officials investigate and question members of the group before and during the concert.<\/p>\n
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST \u2013 RE\u017dIMSKA TRANSAVANTGARDA (REGIME TRANS-AVANT-GARDE<\/em>) \u2013 Galerija PM \u2013 Pro\u0161ireni mediji (Expanded Media Gallery<\/em>), Zagreb; Laibach exhibition banned and closed after four days due to \u2018inappropriate motives exhibited\u2019.
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST \u2013 MONUMENTALNA RETROAVANTGARDA (MONUMENTAL RETRO-AVANT-GARDE<\/em>) \u2013<\/em> \u0160KUC (Student Cultural Centre<\/em>), Ljubljana; exhibition of art works and presentation of Laibach\u2019s first video film Documents of Oppression<\/em>.
\nXY \u2013 NERE\u0160ENO (XY \u2013 UNSOLVED<\/em>) \u2013 TV Tednik (TV Weekly<\/em>), RTV Ljubljana; controversial TV interview with Laibach.
\nLaibach forbidden by MK SZDL Ljubljana (City Committee of the Socialistic union of working people of Ljubljana). The ban was later officially announced in Uradni list Republike Slovenije (The Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia<\/em>).<\/p>\n
\nTHE DEBATE OVER MAN (\u201cA Polemic Monologue as Artistic Method: Position, Problems, Perspectives\u201d) \u2013 presentation of Laibach manifests at the video festival held at Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, France.
\nWAS IST KUNST? \u2013 SKC, Belgrade; Laibach performance\/exhibition
\nOn a meeting between the members of the three groups Laibach, Irwin, and Gledali\u0161\u010de sester Scipion Nasice \u201cNEUE SLOWENISCHE KUNST\u201d was established in Ljubljana. The establishment of NSK was connected with the official Laibach ban and it was part of the strategy to expand Laibach aesthetics and philosophy into other media.
\nLaibach takes part in the New Year\u2019s exhibition of paintings and graphic works in \u0160KUC Gallery, Ljubljana.<\/p>\n
\nNOVE TENDENCE V UMETNOSTI \u201980 (NEW TENDENCIES IN<\/em> THE ART OF THE 80s<\/em>), \u0160KUC, Ljubljana; Laibach takes part in a group exhibition.
\nBERLINALE \u201985 \u2013 West Berlin; participation at the video festival \u201cInfermental\u201d.
\nDAS IST KUNST \u2013 performance in Belgrade, SKC Hall; official Laibach concert posters are banned.<\/p>\n
\nNO FIRE ESCAPE IN HELL \u2013 eleven performances with Clark & Co. at Sadler\u2019s Wells Theatre in London.<\/p>\n
\nLIFT \u201987 \u2013 presentation of the entire NSK at the London International Festival of Theatre, with Laibach performance at Riverside Studios, London.<\/p>\n
\nLA VIE C\u2019EST MOI \u2013 performances at the occasion of Divergences\/Divisiones Festival, D.M.A.2., at Entrepots Laine Hall in Bordeaux, France.
\nN.Y. \u201988 \u2013 two performances at the occasion of the N.Y. Festival of Art, The Kitchen, New York.<\/p>\n
\nDESET LET LAIBACHA \u2013 DESET LET SLOVENSKE SAMOSTOJNOSTI (TEN YEARS OF LAIBACH \u2013 TEN YEARS OF SLOVENE INDEPENDENCE<\/em>) \u2013 Trbovlje, Termoelektrarna II
\n(Thermo-electrical power station II<\/em>); their first appearance in their hometown since their initial banned project of 1980, exhibition, preformances,\u2026<\/p>\n
\nNSK EMBASSY MOSCOW \u2013 collective NSK event in Moscow with the opening of the NSK Embassy and the concluding action \u201cBlack Square on Red Square\u201d. Proclamation of the NSK State in Time.<\/p>\n
\nNSK STAAT VOLKSB\u00dcHNE \u2013 collective three days NSK event in Volksb\u00fchne in Berlin, with proclamation of temporary NSK State territory (Volksb\u00fchne) and with NSK State passport issuing.<\/p>\n
\nNSK STATE SARAJEVO \u2013 collective NSK event in the National Theatre in occupied Sarajevo. Proclamation of Sarajevo as a temporary NSK State territory, issuing NSK passports.<\/p>\n
\nBODY AND THE EAST, From the 1960 to the Present \u2013 Laibach collaboration in group exhibition , Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (Museum of Modern Art<\/em>).<\/p>\n
\nNSK: RETRO-SPECTION \u2013 paintings by Laibach in the framework of the joint NSK exhibition, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA & Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH, USA.
\nTHE ART OF EASTERN EUROPE \u2013 Laibach included in \u2018A Selection of Works for the International and National Collections of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana\u2019 exhibition, Orangerie Congress, Innsbruck, Austria.<\/p>\n
\nDO ROBA IN NAPREJ (TILL THE EDGE AND BEYOND<\/em>) \u2013 Slovene Art 1975\u20131985, Moderna Art Gallery, Ljubljana.
\nEINKAUF \u2013 public action in City Park, BTC Ljubljana; Laibach, wearing uniforms of German army officers from World War II, walked along the main \u201cavenue\u201d of the City Park shopping mall in the BTC shopping district in Ljubljana.<\/p>\n
\nRAZ\u0160IRJENI PROSTORI UMETNOSTI (EXPANDED SPACES OF ART<\/em>) \u2013 Slovene Art 1985\u20131995, Moderna Art Gallery, Ljubljana.
\n7 SINS \u2013 LJUBLJANA \u2013 MOSCOW ARTEAST EXHIBITION \u2013 collaboration in group exhibition in Moderna Art Gallery, Ljubljana.<\/p>\n
\nTHE RETROFUTURISTIC UNIVERSE OF NSK \u2013 Neil Rector NSK collection (including Laibach Kunst) exhibited in Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, USA.
\nTERITORIJI, IDENTITETE, MRE\u017dE (TERRITORIES, IDENTITIES, NETS<\/em>) \u2013 Slovene Art 1995\u20132005, Moderna Art Gallery, Ljubljana.
\nINSTRUMENTALNOST DR\u017dAVNEGA STROJA (INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE MACHINE<\/em>) \u2013 Laibach Kunst’s sound installation was exhibited within a series of sound events, performances, sound installations, workshops and lectures, called “Oscillations \u2013 30 days of sound”, Mala galerija (Small Gallery<\/em>), Ljubljana.<\/p>\n
\nINSTRUMENTALNOST DR\u017dAVNEGA STROJA (INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE MACHINE<\/em>) \u2013 Sound installation in KiBela Gallery of KIBLA Multimedia centre in Maribor, Slovenia
\nRETURN OF THE REPRESSIVE \u2013 opening of the LAIBACH KUNST inhibition<\/em> “Instrumentality of the State Machine” with a live premiere of the “Laibach Concerto for Magnetophone, Gramophone, Radiophone and Megaphone” at Custard Factory Gallery in Birmingham (UK).<\/p>\n
\nKAUFHAUS DES OSTENS \u2013 Laibach installation \u201cMonumental Retroavantgarde\u201d exhibited at Kunsthaus Erfurt in Germany as part of the international show Kaufhaus des Ostens \u2013 KaDeOs.<\/p>\n
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST \u2013 REKAPITULACJA\/RECAPITULATION ’09; \u2013 Laibach solo exhibition in Muzeum Sztuki in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland.<\/p>\n
\nGESAMTKUNST LAIBACH, Fundamentals 1980 – 1990 – Laibach solo exhibition at the MGLC (International Centre of Graphic Arts,), Ljubljana
\nDORM, The Model\u2019s galleries, Sligo, Ireland; participation at the group exhibition
\nPROMISES OF THE PAST, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; participation at the group exhibition
\nSCHWARZGOLD, Schloss Beesenstedt near Halle an der Saale, Germany; participation at the group exhibition
\nEINKAUF, Laibach Kunst Installation, Galerie Seiler, Munich
\nAUSSTELUNG LAIBACH KUNST – RED DISTRICTS + BLACK CROSS 1980 – 2010, Delavski Dom Trbovlje, solo exhibition<\/p>\n
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – PERSPECTIVES 1980 – 2011, UGM Maribor Art Gallery, retrospective solo exhibition
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – \u2018CECI N\u2019EST PAS MALEVICH!\u2019 , HDLU Zagreb, retrospective solo exhibition
\nRAUMSCHIFF JUGOSLAWIEN – Die Aufhebung der Zeit, Neue Gesselschaft fuer Bildende Kunst, Berlin; participation at the group exhibition
\nAT HOW MANY LUX\u2026? – GLOW Festival, Eindhoven; participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nBEYOND OCCUPIED IMAGES, Galerija \u0160KUC, Ljubljana, participation at the group exhibition
\nMONUMENTAL RETRO-AVANT-GUARDE, Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London,; special Laibach performance
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – GLUECK AUF!, Laibach Kunst installation at Velenje Coal Mining Museum, solo show
\nLAIBACH PERFORMANCE at the National Gallery of Denmark
\nRED, WHITE & BLUE: POP \/ Punk \/ Politics \/ Space; Chelsea Space Gallery, London; participation at the group exhibition
\nYUGOSLAVIA: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END; Museum of Yugoslav History \/ Museum May 25th<\/sup>, Belgrade; Participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nMATERIALITY, Kibla Portal, Maribor, Slovenia; participation at the group exhibition
\nBIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART, D-0 ARK Underground; Atomic shelter, Konjic, BiH, participation at the group exhibition
\nBLACK SQUARE – 100 YEARS; Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide BC, Australia; Participation at the group exhibition
\nIDENTIFYING EUROPE; TWENTE BIENNALE, Roombeek, Enschede, NL; Participation at the group exhibition
\nWAS IST KUNST?… RESUMING FRAGMENTED HISTORIES; Halle fuer Kunst & Medien, Steirischer Herbst; Participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – THE NEW CULTURAL REVOLUTION; CIA Gallery, Hong Kong, solo show
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – RED DISTRICTS; INDUSTRIAL ART BIENNIAL, Labin, Croatia; Participation at the group exhibition
\nB\u00d6SE CLOWNS; HMKV , Dortmunder U; Participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nGRAMMAR OF FREEDOM, FIVE LESSONS; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Participation at the group exhibition
\nNSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL – AN EVENT OF THE FINAL DECADE OF YUGOSLAVIA; Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Participation at the collective exhibition
\nLaibach special performance at the MSUM Zagreb<\/p>\n
\nNSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL – AN EVENT OF THE FINAL DECADE OF YUGOSLAVIA; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Participation at the collective exhibition
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST – RED DISTRICTS + BLACK CROSS; Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, CZ; solo show
\nCOLD FRONT FROM THE BALKANS; Pera M\u00fczesi (\u2018Pera Museum\u2019), Istanbul; Participation at the group exhibition
\nAUSSTELLUNG LAIBACH KUNST MASCHINE; Galerija Sveta Srca, Pula; solo show<\/p>\n
\nTHE EIGHTIES Multimedia Practices and Venues of Production; Museum of contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana; Participation at the group exhibition
\nNSK FROM KAPITAL TO CAPITAL – AN EVENT OF THE FINAL DECADE OF YUGOSLAVIA; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda, Madrid; Participation at the collective exhibition<\/p>\n
\nSITES OF SUSTAINABILITY. PAVILIONS, MANIFESTOS AND CRYPTS; Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia; Participation at the group exhibition
\nSELECTION FROM THE COLLECTIONS | Arteast 2000+ and National Collections; Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia; Participation at the group exhibition
\nHELLO WORLD. REVISING A COLLECTION; Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwart, Berlin; Participation at the group exhibition
\nDOUBLE LIVES. VISUAL ARTISTS MAKING MUSIC; MUMOK, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna ; Participation at the group exhibition
\nTHE VALUE OF FREEDOM; Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria; Participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nSELECTION FROM THE COLLECTIONS | Arteast 2000+ and National Collections; Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia; Participation at the group exhibition
\nEXHIBITION | 20th Century. Continuities and Ruptures; Moderna Art Gallery (MG+), Ljubljana, Slovenia; Participation at the group exhibition<\/p>\n
\nAusstellung! Laibach Kunst, RE:CONS:TRUCT; P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia; solo show
\nLaibach: Liberty Leading the People; \u201cS\u201d Gallery, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, Slovenia; solo show<\/p>\n
\nBeyond Art Groups \u2013 The New Art Apparatus, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
\nREALIZE! RESIST! REACT!, Performance and Politics in the 1990s in the Post-Yugoslav Context, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia
\nLaibach: 4 DECADES, Zasavje Museum Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia; solo show<\/p>\n
\nArt at Work \/ At the Crossroads Between Utopianism and (In)Dependence, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia
\nOur ships, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"