Nina Dragičević
Love Says Let’s Go
A poetry concert
Nina Dragičevič, City of Women
Schedule
Running time 45 minutes. No intermission.
Author and performer Nina Dragičević
Performers Anja Novak, Žiga Jenko
Lighting designer Špela Škulj
Technical director Martin Lovšin
Executive producer Eva Prodan
In collaboration with Bunker, Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana
Ljubav reče greva (Love Says Let’s Go), published by ŠKUC Publishing House in 2019, is a poetry book by Nina Dragičević – a prose writer, essayist, composer, sociologist and artist creating in several fields of artistic and theoretical expression. Through the sound interpretation by Žiga Jenko and vocal interpretations by Anja Novak and the author herself, this sound-poetry performance presents a synthesis of artistic and thought genres – from lyrical immersions into love to thorough analyses of contemporary social pathologies. The book Ljubav reči greva was shortlisted In 2019 for the Jenko Award and Veronika Award and, in 2020, nominated for the Kritiško sito Award and included in the Centre for Slovenian Literature’s list of 10 Books from Slovenia – Literary Critic’ Choice 2020. In the same year, the author received the Župančič Award for her book Ljubav reče greva.