Julia Gonchar & Katarína Marková/Milo Juráni

In 30-minute short pieces, Panna Adorjáni (Romania), Julia Gonchar (Ukraine), Katarína Marková & Milo Juráni (Slovakia), and the group HAVEIT (Kosovo) offer artistic responses to a period often described with buzzwords such as freedom and new beginnings, yet simultaneously associated with disappointed expectations. Born in the 1990s, the artists address questions such as what mood their generation associates with the 1990s and what political decisions they can still feel today.

Biographies

Julia Gonchar, born in Kiev, works as a dramaturge and in international project management. After studying International Business and Management, she was involved in various theater projects in dramaturgy and public relations. She has been part of the young Ukrainian drama activist scene since 2012. In 2015, she assisted on “The Children of Musa Dagh” at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Her most recent projects include “Homeless Souls”, “Maps of Fear / Maps of Identity” and “End of Imitation”.

Milo Jurani is a dramaturge, performing arts curator and theater theorist focusing on ecology, performative practices and artistic research strategies in different conditions. In recent years, he has been part of the HaDivadlo team and is currently a member of the theater science program at Masaryk University in Brno. His work deals with dramaturgy, ecodramaturgy, site-specific performances and the role of contemporary performances in the context of the Anthropocene - in theory and practice.

Katarína Marková is an interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of the artist group MFK Bochum, which works outdoors and focuses on a “DIY strategy” and the pleasure principle. In her artistic practice, she deals with military infrastructures and forms the “Tactical Body” together with Caroline Kapp. She completed her Master's degree in Scenic Research at the Ruhr University Bochum, where she is part of the research group “Infrastructure: Aesthetics and Supply”. Marková lives between Slovakia, the Czech Republic and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Olga is a curator/dramaturg and Head of Accessibility at AUAWIRLEBEN Bern, Associate Curator of RISING Festival Melbourne and ISPA Global Fellow 2025. Previously she was Head of Program Cooperation at Nowy Teatr Warsaw and curated the New Europe Festival and Generation After Showcase. She works as an outside eye for CAMPUS Porto, teaches at SWPS and was a juror for Perform Europe. As a dramaturge she has collaborated with various artists. She speaks worldwide about performance art and is a member of the activist group Przybyszki.