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𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 (live video version)object theatre and storytelling / Neja Tomšič
in English with Slovenian surtitles
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For the first time in Ljubljana, Opium Clippers takes on a new form: 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 that brings the audience closer to the intricate world of the performance. Ten audience members gather around the table with the artist, following the tea ceremony and stories firsthand, while a live camera captures the unfolding action and projects it onto a screen. Through close-up shots, the smallest details come into focus: the delicate painted surfaces of the ceramics, the gestures, textures and objects that carry the stories. An intimate, up-close encounter with Opium Clippers, revealing a whole new layer of its visual language.
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Opium Clippers is a visual essay with painted ceramics and narration. It's a tea ceremony through which we are guided by the stories of the five Opium Clippers, which tell the history of the opium and tea trade in the 2nd half of the 18th and 19th centuries in China. The stories of the ships do not only conceal international conflicts, colonisation and the development of consumerism, but also give rise to a reflection on the profound implications of the tea and opium trade for our times.
Neja Tomšič has been running Opium Clippers since 2017. They have been hosted in 13 countries and have had over 100 iterations.
In 2018, the project evolved into an artist's book, Opium Clippers, published by Rostfrei Publishing, which won the Best Artist's Book Award 2017/2018 and the Slovenian Book Fair Award for the Most Beautifully Designed Book in the Book as Object category.
𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬
Concept, painting and performance: Neja Tomšič
Ceramics: Anja Slapničar
Music: Gašper Torkar
Executive production: Barbara Poček
Produced by: Gledališče Glej in Neja Tomšič
Produced by MoTA - Museum of Transitory Art until 2018
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avtorska predstava / Neja Tomšič
V angleščini s slovenskimi nadnapisi!
𝐎 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢
Opijske ladje so vizualni esej s poslikano keramiko in pripovedovanjem. So čajni obred, po katerem nas vodijo zgodbe petih opijskih ladij, ki pripovedujejo zgodovino trgovine z opijem in čajem v drugi polovici 18. in v 19. stoletju na Kitajskem. V zgodbah ladij pa se ne skrivajo le mednarodni konflikti, kolonizacija in razvoj potrošništva, temveč iz njih vznika razmislek o globokih posledicah trgovine s čajem in opijem na današnji čas.
Opijske ladje Neja Tomšič izvaja od leta 2017. Gostovale so že v 13. državah in doživele preko 100 ponovitev.
Projekt se je leta 2018 razvil v umetniško knjigo z naslovom Opium Clippers, ki je izšla pri založbi Rostfrei Publishing in prejela nagrado za najboljšo knjigo umetnika v letih 2017/2018 in nagrado Slovenskega knjižnega sejma za najlepše oblikovano knjigo v kategoriji Knjiga kot objekt.
𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐧
Koncept, izvedba in poslikava: Neja Tomšič
Keramika: Anja Slapničar
Glasba: Gašper Torkar
Izvršna produkcija: Barbara Poček
Produkcija: Gledališče Glej in Neja Tomšič
Produkcija do 2018: MoTA – Muzeja tranzitornih umetnosti
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PTL - Plesni Teater Ljubljana / Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Prijateljeva 2a,Ljubljana, Slovenia
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