26.-30.05.2015. 18. FAKI - Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression

The 18th edition of the Festival of alternative theatrical expression – FAKI – is held in Zagreb from May 26 to May 30, 2015, in the various adapted spaces of the former medical factory Medika, Pierottijeva 11. As a festival of alternative theater, street theater, performance, off- and low-budget theater, FAKI affirms the idea of theater as a collective, inclusive art, reviving the community and finding its true function only in conjuction with it, when the entire environment is involved and integrated as a potential audience with the common progressive and creative denominator.

That is why we have chosen the DIY collectives for this year’s festival theme. The low-budget collectives attach their productions to the independent youth and cultural centers, occupied spaces and squats. FAKI explores the potential of interfering with community to the maximum level of mutual possibilities by using the maximum number of artistic strategies, initiatives, art forms, working methods and presentation systems. Objective lies in finding means of collaborative practices for the sustained growth of a unique, highly profiled and efficient discourse between art and community, based on the ever-increasing level of inclusiveness – in all aspects of social, political, cultural and private interactions.

We are in the constant quest for the effective alternative strategy for balancing group dynamics in a community that is being regarded as a live and changeable mechanism, which requires new tools and operation modes every season. Like theater, community is here also regarded in terms of liminal and crisis situation, or in other words – we approach the community issues from a radical perspective, because we find that we will only then surrender to it.

For more information please check: www.attack.hr/faki/