The Slovenian artist Igor Stromajer describes himself as an intimate mobile communicator. He started his career at the academy for theatre in Ljubljana. From 1989 he worked together with Bojana Kunst on his theatrical experiments, which they called theatrical installations. Together they studied relations between the body of the actor, dancer and spectator, physical energy, intimate plot, and the private examination of the actor in public (theatre) space. With the arrival of internet his interest in multimedia performance and especially net art grew. More than theatre the internet gave him the possibility to build on a more intimate relation with his audience. His performances on the web are working on themes like emotion and trauma, whereby he uses advanced but simple technologies that he develops in his own production house: Intima Virtual Base. His most well-known award winning works are amongst others Ballettikka Internettikka and Oppera Internettikka. His work is part of international renowned art collections and he travels across Europe and North America as artist in resident and guest lecturer in academies, universities and art organizations. At the moment Igor concentrates on political aspects of mobile, intimate, digital communication. In the form of intermediate guerrilla actions he is constantly searching for intimate communication.
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Igor Stromajer (SLO)
still from: The Netherlands is respectful. Russia is corrupt.